 | Sir Austen Henry Layard - 1851 - 442 pàgines
...Honeysuckle Ornament. Greek Honeysuckle Ornament. Adjoining this corner-stone was a figure of singular form, A human body, clothed in robes similar to those of the winged * 1 Kings, vii. 41, 42. Similar trees, in which the flowers above described were replaced by pomegranates,... | |
 | sir Austen Henry Layard - 1851 - 442 pàgines
...construction of that building had been obtained. Adjoining this corner-stone was a figure of singular form. A human body, clothed in robes similar to those of the winged * 1 Kings, vii. 41, 42. Similar trees, in which the flowers above described were replaced by pomegranates,... | |
 | 1852 - 590 pàgines
...this short extract must suffice : — " Adjoining this corner-stone was a figure of singular form. A human body, clothed in robes similar to those of...considerable length, was half open, and displayed a narrow pointed tongue, on which were still the remains of red paint. On the shoahlers, fell the usual... | |
 | Elizabeth Nicholson - 1853 - 412 pàgines
...length discovered the earliest palace of Nimroud ! The corner-stone led me to a figure of singular form. A human body, clothed in robes similar to those of the winged men on the previous slab, was surmounted by the head of an eagle or vulture. The curved beak, was half... | |
 | William Sandys Wright Vaux - 1855 - 576 pàgines
...slight. Mr. Layard thus describes the one he found : — " A human body clothed in robes similar to the winged men already described, was surmounted by the head of an eagle or of a vulture. The coloured beak of considerable length was half open and displayed a narrow pointed tongue, which was... | |
 | Charles Baker - 1860 - 432 pàgines
...figure is thug mentioned by Mr. Layard : — '• The corner-stone led me to a figure of singular form. A human body clothed in robes similar to those of the winged men on the previous slab, was surmounted by the head of an eagle or of a vulture. The curved beak of considerable... | |
 | Robert Silverberg - 1997 - 420 pàgines
...length discovered the earliest palace of Nimroud. The corner-stone led me to a figure of singular form. A human body, clothed in robes similar to those of the winged men on the previous slab, was surmounted by the head of an eagle or of a vulture. The curved beak, of considerable... | |
 | 1849 - 954 pàgines
...will now read with greater interest Mr. Layard's description of the eagle-headed figure : — ready described, was surmounted by the head of an eagle,...considerable length, was half open, and displayed a narrow pointed tongue, which was still coloured with red paint. On the shoulders fell the usual curled... | |
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The corner-stone led me to a figure of singular form.* A human body, clothed in robes similar to those of the winged men already described, was surmounted by the head of an eagle or of a vulture... 
