 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
 | 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... | |
 | 1849 - 638 pàgines
...stretch of imagination to conjure up the most strange fancies. This gigantic head, blanched with ige, thus rising from the bowels of the earth, might well...glimpse of the monster, had thrown down his basket and run oil" towards Mosul as fast as his legs could carry him. I learnt this with regret, as I anticipated... | |
 | 1849 - 596 pàgines
...stretch of inniginfition to conjure up the most strange fancies. This gigantic head, blanched with nge, thus rising from the bowels of the earth, might well...glimpse of the monster, had thrown down his basket and run off towards Mosul, ns fast as his legs could carry him. T learnt this with regret, as I anticipated... | |
 | 1849 - 544 pàgines
...head, blanched with age, thus rising from the bowels of the earth, might have belonaed to one of those beings which are pictured in the traditions of the...glimpse of the monster, had thrown down his basket, and run off towards Mosul as fa.t as his legs would carry him. i learnt this with regret, as I anticipated... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1849 - 538 pàgines
...head, blanched with age, thus rising from the bowels of the earth, might have belonjed to one of those beings which are pictured in the traditions of the...glimpse of the monster, had thrown down his basket, and run off towards. Mosul as fast as his legs would carry him. 1 learnt this with regret, as I anticipated... | |
 | 1849 - 778 pàgines
...beings which are pictured in the traditions of the country, as appearing to mortals, slowly rising from the regions below. One of the workmen, on catching...glimpse of the monster, had thrown down his basket and ran off towards Mosul as fast as his legs could carry him. Here is a description of the establishment... | |
 | 1849 - 296 pàgines
...аs appearing to mortals, slowly aseending from the regions below. One of the workmen, on eatehing the first glimpse of the monster, had thrown down his basket and nm off towards Mosul as fast as his legs eould eurry him. Abderrahman, followed by half his tribe,... | |
 | 1849 - 292 pàgines
...eountry as appearing to mortals, slowly aseending from the regions below. One of the workmen, on eatehing the first glimpse of the monster, had thrown down his basket and ran off towards Mosul as fast as bis legs eould earry him. Abderrahman, followed by half his tribe,... | |
 | 1850 - 418 pàgines
...the humanheaded 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...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... | |
 | Austen Henry Layard - 1850 - 280 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...monster, had thrown down his basket and had run off 27 towards Mosul as fast as his legs could carry him. I loarnt this with regret, as I anticipated the... | |
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