 | Charles Bucke - 1841 - Počet stránok 370
...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...temples as the only proofs of their former existence." Travellers have sometimes taken a fancy to view these ruins by moonlight ; and the view which they... | |
 | 1841 - Počet stránok 844
...astonished spectator, like the creations of some superior power." Belzoni also says, "It appears to me like entering a city of giants, who after a long conflict...all destroyed, leaving the ruins of their various thereof should be blessed. Now temples as the only proofs of their former existence." We are prepared... | |
 | 1844 - Počet stránok 676
...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 first sight of the wonderful structures on the right bank of the Nile arrested the march of the French... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - Počet stránok 198
...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.... | |
 | Marquis Spineto - 1845 - Počet stránok 544
...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 proofs of their former existence. The temple of Louqsor,"... | |
 | Marquis SPINETO - 1845 - Počet stránok 544
...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 proofs of their former existence. The temple of Louqsor,"... | |
 | George Long - 1846 - Počet stránok 450
...wonders of Thebes rise before the astonished spectator like the creations of some superior power. " fit appeared to me," says Belzoni, " like entering a city...temples as the only proofs of their former existence." Denon's description of the first view of Thebes by the French army, which he accompanied in the expedition... | |
 | George Oliver - 1846 - Počet stránok 636
...the other from the bottom of the river. modern travellers. Thus Belzoni compares Thebes to " a eity of giants, who, after a long conflict, were all destroyed,...temples as the only proofs of their former existence." These inundations naturally obliterated the landmarks, which consisted principally of holes dug in... | |
 | Mary Fawler Maude - 1849 - Počet stránok 498
...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... | |
 | Robert Dale Owen - 1849 - Počet stránok 192
...vividly given : " 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 former existence." There is in Carnac, another of these villages, a hall whose roof, of flat stones, is sustained by more... | |
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It appeared to me like entering a city of giants, who, after a long conflict, were all destroyed, leaving the ruins of their various temples as the only proofs of their former existence. 
