| 1845 - 648 pągines
...Pyramids, more wondrons, nnd more awful than all else in the land of Reypt, there sits the loneiy Sphynx. Comely the creature is, but the comeliness is not...world ; the once worshipped beast is a deformity and « monster to this generation, and yet yon can see that those lips, so thick and heavy, were fashioned... | |
| 1849 - 514 pągines
...singularly chaste author of Eothen, in the following sentiment. Speaking of the Sphynx he says — " Comely the creature is, but the comeliness is not...: the once worshipped beast is a deformity, and a mons4er of this generation , anil ^eV you can see that those lips, so thick and heavy, were fashioned... | |
| 1849 - 586 pągines
...strange mysterious beauty awful in its stillness — you stand before her in awe and reverence." " Comely the creature is, but the comeliness is not of this world — the eyes are sad and earnest, and the mien is tranquil." Now I am no iconoclast: I always look for beauty... | |
| Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1856 - 596 pągines
...harmonizing with the sandy hills and plains around it, are noble and beautiful to look upon. Eöthen says : "Comely the creature is, but the comeliness is not of this world. The once worshiped beast is a deformity and a monster to this generation ; and yet you can see that those lips,... | |
| Albert De Burton - 1870 - 394 pągines
...tombs ! Though mutilated and defaced, the lonely sphinx still possesses a strange and weird beauty. " Comely the creature is, but the comeliness is not...once worshipped beast is a deformity and a monster of this generation ; and yet you can see that those lips, so thick and heavy, were fashioned according... | |
| William Pembroke Fetridge - 1872 - 1210 pągines
...tombs ! Though mutilated and deuced, the lonely Sphinx still possesses » «trance and weird beauty. " Comely the creature is, but the comeliness is not of this world. The once worshiped beast is a deformity and a monster to this generation ; and yet you can see that those lips,... | |
| 1872 - 556 pągines
...Pyramids, more wondrous and more awful than all else in the land of Egypt, there sits the lonely Sphynx. Comely the creature is, but the comeliness is not of this world ; the onceworshipped beast is a deformity and a monster to this generation, and yet you can see that those... | |
| William Pembroke Fetridge - 1874 - 688 pągines
...tombs ! Though mutilated and defaced, the lonely Sphinx, still possesses a strange and weird beauty. "Comely the creature is, but the comeliness is not of this world. The once worshiped beast is a deformity and a monster to this generation; and yet you can see that those lips,... | |
| John Murray (Firm) - 1875 - 620 pągines
...a female belongs to Greek mythology. Traces of the red colour, mentioned by Pliny " rubrica facičs monstri colitur," may still be seen on the right cheek,...that, "Comely the creature is, but the comeliness ia not of this world: the once worshipped beast is a deformity and a monster to this generation, and... | |
| John Murray (Firm) - 1875 - 546 pągines
...a female belongs to Greek mythology. Traces of the red colour, mentioned by Pliny " rubrica facičs monstri colitur," may still be seen on the right cheek,...was found on the lions, and in the fragments of the email sphinx found in the area. We may agree with " Eothen " that, " Comely the creature is, but the... | |
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