| Lydia Maria Child - 1855 - 516 sidor
...monuments prove that it must have been in full glory more than three thousand years ago. Belzoni says : " The most sublime ideas that can be formed from the...after a long conflict, were all destroyed, leaving the ruins of their various temples as the only proofs of their former existence." The most celebrated... | |
| Juvenal - 1857 - 496 sidor
...travellers is usually described as overpowering. One sentence of Belzoni's expresses this effect : " It appeared to me like entering a city of giants,...after a long conflict were all destroyed, leaving the ruins of their various temples as the only proof of their former existence " (p. 37). 7- Illic... | |
| Juvenal - 1857 - 502 sidor
...travellers is usually described as overpowering. One sentence of Uelzoni's expresses this effect : " It appeared to me like entering a city of giants,...after a long conflict were all destroyed, leaving the ruins of their various temples as the only proof of their former existence " (p. 37). 7. IIHc aeh,rns,]... | |
| James Augustus St. John - 1859 - 396 sidor
...the wonder and admiration of every traveller who has beheld it. " It is absolutely impossible," says Belzoni, " to imagine the scene displayed, without...would give a very incorrect picture of these ruins; for such is the difference, not only in magnitude, but in form, proportion, and construction, that... | |
| 1860 - 782 sidor
...man's release, and in a few days came in sight of the ruins of Thebes, of which he thus writes : — " The most sublime ideas that can be formed from the...would give a very incorrect picture of these ruins: for such is the difference, DO! only in magnitude, but in form, proportion, and construction, that... | |
| Thomas Cooper - 1860 - 326 sidor
...Thebes, even from the accounts of the most skilful and accurate travellers. It is absolutely impossible to imagine the scene displayed without seeing it. The most sublime ideas that caa be formed from the most magnificent specimens of our present architecture would give a very incorrect... | |
| 1862 - 838 sidor
..."I have at least lived one day!" In describing his sensations on seeing the great pyramids, he says: "It appeared to me like entering a city of giants, who, after a long conflict, were destroyed, leaving the ruins of their various temples as the only proofs of their former existence."*... | |
| Philip Smith - 1864 - 590 sidor
...great traveller, Belzoni, thus records his first impressions on finding himself amidst them : — " It appeared to me like entering a city of giants,...after a long conflict, were all destroyed, leaving the ruins of their temples as the only proof of their former existence." In antiquity, Thebes must... | |
| Philip Smith - 1865 - 612 sidor
...great traveller, Belzoni, thus records his first impressions on finding himself amidst them : — " It appeared to me like entering a city of giants, who, after a long conflict, were all destroyed, leav' ing the ruins of their temples as the only proof of their former existence." In antiquity, Thebes... | |
| Juvénal - 1867 - 546 sidor
...the ruins is usually described as overpowering. One sentence of Belzoni's expresses this effect : " It appeared to me like entering a city of giants,...after a long conflict were all destroyed, leaving the ruins of their various temples as the only proof of their former existence" (p. 37). 7. Illic aeluros,]... | |
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