 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 4 visits - Pàgina 177per William Blanchard Jerrold - 1852Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1849 - 636 pàgines
...blanched with age, thus rising from the bowels of the earth, might well have belonged to one of thosu fearful beings which are pictured in the traditions...glimpse of the monster, had thrown down his basket and run off towards Mosul as fast as his legs could carry him. 1 learnt this with regret, as I anticipated... | |
 | Friedrich Otto Froembling - 1866 - 438 pàgines
...surprised that the Arabs had been amazed and terrified at this apparition. It required no stretch of the imagination to conjure up the most strange fancies....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... | |
 | sir Austen Henry Layard - 1867 - 434 pàgines
...the bowels of the earth, might well have belonged to one of those fearful beings which are described in the traditions of the country as appearing to mortals,...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... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1869 - 596 pàgines
...surprised that the Arabs had been amazed and terrified at this apparition. It required no stretch of the imagination to conjure up the most strange fancies....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... | |
 | Annie Keary - 1870 - 360 pàgines
...terrified at this apparition. It required no stretch of imagination to conjure up the most strange fancies. 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 limbs would carry him. Whilst I was superintending the removal... | |
 | George Henry Whitney - 1872 - 524 pàgines
...knowledge of art scarcely to be looked for in works of so remote a period. . . . One of the workmen, catching the first glimpse of the monster, had thrown down his basket, and had run off toward Mosul as fast as his legs could carry him. The neighboring Arab sheikh and half his tribe were... | |
 | 1872 - 556 pàgines
...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 and terrified...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 Miller D. Meiklejohn - 1880 - 426 pàgines
...in the traditions of the country as appearing to mortals slowly ascending from the regions below. 5. 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. I learned this with regret, as I anticipated... | |
 | Zénaïde Alexeïevna Ragozin - 1886 - 432 pàgines
...some mighty secret and to defy the bustling curiosity of those who gazed on them in wonder and fear. " One of the workmen, on catching the first glimpse of the monster, had thrown down his basket and run off toward Mossul as fast as his legs could carry him." 5. The Arabs came in crowds from the sur2.... | |
 | Zénaïde Alexeïevna Ragozin - 1886 - 428 pàgines
...some mighty secret and to defy the bustling curiosity of those who gazed on them in wonder and fear. " One of the workmen, on catching the first glimpse of the monster, had thrown down his basket and run off toward Mossul as fast as his legs could carry him." 5. The Arabs came in crowds from the sur2.... | |
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