| 1834 - Počet stránok 536
...of our present architecture, would give a very incorrect picture of these ruins. It appeared to me like entering a city of giants, who after a long conflict were all destroyed, leaving ruins of their various temples as the only proof of their former existence." So far Belzoni : and in... | |
| 1835 - Počet stránok 430
...of our present architecture, would give a very incorrect picture of these ruins. It appeared to me like entering a city of giants, who after a long conflict were all destroyed, leaving ruins of their various temples as the only proof of their former existence." So far Bel/от : and... | |
| 1835 - Počet stránok 430
...of our present architecture, would give a very incorrect picture of these ruins. It appeared to me ]^ jaT'j 9&a8MS 7 c p݀ + K t i R Tu M ixP 0 O] k ƧEn : t[ ruins of their various temples as the only proof of their former existence." So far Belzom : and in... | |
| Samuel Roberts - 1836 - Počet stránok 232
...and construction, that even the pencil can convey but a faint idea of the whole. It appeared to me like entering a city of giants, who, after a long...as the only proofs of their former existence. " The temple of Luxor presents to the traveller at once one of the most splendid groups of Egyptian grandeur.... | |
| John George Cochrane - 1836 - Počet stránok 582
...his joyful eureka, and exclaimed, " I have at least lived one day." " It appeared to me," he added, " like entering a city of giants, who, after a long...temples as the only proofs of their former existence." One brief passage will depict the architectural ambition of these great monarchs. Our well-known column... | |
| 1836 - Počet stránok 500
...I have at least lived one day." " It appeared to me," he added, " like entering a city of a hmt --. who, after a long conflict, were all destroyed, leaving...various temples as the only proofs of their former exist-) ence." One brief passage will depict the architectural ambition of these great monarchs. Our... | |
| William Laxton - 1842 - Počet stránok 496
...his joyful Eureka, and exclaimed, " I have at least lived one day." "It appeared to me," he added, "like entering a city of giants, who, after a long...temples as the only proofs of their former existence." One brief passage will depict the architectural ambition of these great monarchs. Onr well-known column... | |
| 1840 - Počet stránok 442
...impressions represented but the truth, when he says, describing his approach to Thebes, " It appeared to me like entering a city of giants, who, after a long...temples, as the only proofs of their former existence !" Herodotus, the father of history, visited Egypt about two thousand four hundred years ago, and it... | |
| 1840 - Počet stránok 902
...describe the effect produced by a view of these astonishing remains. " It appeared to me." says Delzoni, "like entering a city of giants, who, after a long...their various temples as the only proofs of their existence." As it would be impossible to obtain, from any single point, a satisfactory view of the... | |
| Sarah Rogers Haight - 1840 - Počet stránok 320
...of the whole. It appeared to me like entering a city of giants, who, after a long conflict, had been all destroyed, leaving the ruins of their various temples as the only proofs of their existence." When in Paris I often pored over the splendid illustralions of Napoleon's great work on... | |
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