 I was not surprised that the Arabs had been amazed and terrified at this apparition. It required no stretch of imagination to conjure up the most strange fancies. This gigantic head, blanched with age, thus rising from the bowels of the earth, might well...  How to See the British Museum, in Four Visits - Pàgina 177per Blanchard Jerrold - 1852 - 231 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1845 - 624 pàgines
...found in Assyria, .was rounded and without ornament at the top. I was not surprised that the Arahs had been amazed and terrified at this apparition....glimpse of the monster, had thrown down his basket and run off towards Mosul as fast as his legs could carry him. I learned this with regret, as I anticipated... | |
 | 1850 - 704 pàgines
...was rounded and without ornament at the top." The Arab mind was sufficiently impressed and amazed. " One of the workmen, on catching the first glimpse of the monster, had thrown down his basket and run off towards Mosul as fast as his legs could carry him." All who saw the head cried out, " There... | |
 | 1849 - 602 pàgines
...earth, miarht well have belonged to one of those fearful beings which are pictured in the traditions 'if the country, as appearing to mortals, slowly ascending...glimpse of the monster, had thrown down his basket and ran off towards Mosul, as fast as his legs could carry him. I learnt this with regret, as I anticipated... | |
 | 1849 - 608 pàgines
...those fearful beings which are pictured in the traditions of the country as appearing to mortitls, slowly ascending from the regions below. One of the...glimpse of the monster, had thrown down his basket and run off towards Mosul as fast as his legs could carry him. I learnt this with regret, as 1 anticipated... | |
 | Sir Austen Henry Layard - 1849 - 468 pàgines
...VOL. I. F human-headed bulls hitherto found in Assyria, was rounded and without ornament at the top. I was not surprised that the Arabs had been amazed...off towards Mosul as fast as his legs could carry him. I learnt this with regret as I anticipated the consequences. Whilst I was superintending the removal... | |
 | 1849 - 742 pàgines
...that of the human-headed bulls hitherto found in Assyria, was rounded and without ornament at the top. I was not surprised that the Arabs had been amazed...glimpse of the monster, had thrown down his basket and run off towards Mosul as fast as his legs could carry him. I learnt this with regret, as I anticipated... | |
 | 1849 - 492 pàgines
...of the human-headed bulls hitherto found in Assyria, was rounded, and without ornament at the top. I was not surprised that the Arabs had been amazed...glimpse of the monster, had thrown down his basket and run off towards Mosul as fast as his legs could carry him. I learned this with regret, as I anticipated... | |
 | Austen Henry Layard - 1849 - 386 pàgines
...that of the human-headed bulls hitherto found in Assyria, was rounded and without ornament at the top. I was not surprised that the Arabs had been amazed...glimpse of the monster, had thrown down his basket arid run off' towards Mosul as fast as his legs could carry him. I learnt this with regret, as I anticipated... | |
 | 1849 - 896 pàgines
...apparition. It required no stretch of imagination to conjure up the most strange fancies. This gigantic bead, blanched with age, thus rising from the bowels of...glimpse of the monster, had thrown down his basket and run off towards Mosul as fast as his legs could carry him. I learned this with regret, as I anticipated... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1849 - 608 pàgines
...required no stretch of imagination to conjure up the most strange fancies. 1 his gigantic head, Munched with age, thus rising from the bowels of the earth,...glimpse of the monster, had thrown down his basket and run off towards Mosul as fast as his legs could carry him. I learnt this with regret, as 1 anticipated... | |
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