 Where were white, green, and blue hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple, to silver rings, and pillars of marble : the beds were , of gdld and silver, upon a pavement of red and blue, and white, and black marble.  Indian Antiquities: Or, Dissertations, Relative to the Ancient Geographic ... - Pàgina 259per Thomas Maurice - 1806Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 506 pàgines
...according to thf custom of eastern princes, under magnificent paviliens, erected for £ this purfiose ; [Where were] white, green, and blue [hangings,] fastened...pillars of marble : the beds [were of] gold and silver, that is, and couches on which they reclined, were studded with gvld or til* ver, or overlaid with plate*... | |
 | 1810 - 506 pàgines
...magnificence of the Persian kings upon these publick entertainment*. We read of white, green, arid blue hangings fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble ; that the beds were of gold and silver upon a pavement of red, blue, white, and black marble ; and... | |
 | J S. Pipe - 1813 - 646 pàgines
...all the people of Shushan were feasted for seven days together : where were white, blue, and green hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble ; the beds or sofas were of gold or silver, upon a pavement of red, blue, white, and black marble ; they gave... | |
 | 1817 - 696 pàgines
...the garden of the king's palace ; tr/iere mere iftite, green, and bitte hangings, fastened with conis of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble. The beds wert of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and Hack, тагЫе. Esther... | |
 | 1818 - 948 pàgines
...unto great and small, sf ven days, in thecourtofthe garden of the king's palace; 6 Ц'Ъеге teere ng, took o/gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black marble. 7 And they gave them... | |
 | Ezra Sampson - 1818 - 432 pàgines
...him down upon his bed of gold, in a spacious room supported by pillars of marble, and adorned with white, green, and blue hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple, to silver rings. Thus he laid him down, amid an unrivalled profusion of eastern magnificence — but on that night,... | |
 | Henry Phillips - 1822 - 406 pàgines
...the expiration of which he feasted all the people that were in Shusham, "both great and small," for seven days, " in the court of the garden of the king's...purple, to silver rings and pillars of marble. The Romans appear to have derived this idea from the Egyptians', as Lentulus Spinther was the first who... | |
 | 1822 - 820 pàgines
...heat were of ancient use in Persia, we find in the Book 'of Esther, (ch. 1. ver. 6.) speaking of the palace,' Where were white, green, and blue hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen to silver rings, and pillars of marble.' The custom, indeed, prevails to the present day. It being... | |
 | agriculture horticulture - 1823 - 434 pàgines
...the expiration of which he feasted all the people that were in Shusham, " both great and small," for seven days, " in the court of the garden of the king's...purple, to silver rings and pillars of marble. The Romans appear to have derived this idea from the Egyptians, as Lentulus Spinther was the first who... | |
 | George Paxton - 1825 - 578 pàgines
...inspired writer has given of the hangings in the royal garden at Sushan, the ancient capital of Persia : " Where were white, green, and blue hangings, fastened...purple, to silver rings and pillars of marble.'^ The upper part of the walls is adorned with the most ingenious wreathings and devices, in stucco and fret-... | |
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