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 - الصفحة 177بواسطة William Blanchard Jerrold - 1852عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
| Elizabeth Nicholson - 1853 - عدد الصفحات: 412
...rounded and without ornament at the top. I was not suprised that the Arabs had been amazed and Y 10* terrified at this apparition. It required no stretch...glimpse of the monster, had thrown down his basket and run oS towards Mosul. I learned this with regret, anticipating the consequences. Whilst I was superintending... | |
| 1853 - عدد الصفحات: 444
...the country as appearing to mortals, slowly ascending from the regions below. Qne of the workmen, pn catching the first glimpse of the monster, had thrown down his Basket, and run off towards Itlosul as fast as his legs could carry him." Very soon the sheikh, followed by half... | |
| Austen Henry Layard - 1854 - عدد الصفحات: 468
...F 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...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... | |
| Austen Henry Layard - 1854 - عدد الصفحات: 736
...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 learnt this with regret, as I anticipated... | |
| Austen Henry Layard - 1855 - عدد الصفحات: 168
...the humar.-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 toward Mosul as fast as his legs could carry him. I learned this with regret, as I anticipated the... | |
| Robert Ferguson - 1855 - عدد الصفحات: 120
...His account of the scene connected with this discovery is worthy of insertion. He says: — "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." Very soon the sheikh, followed by half... | |
| Joseph Foulkes Winks - 1837 - عدد الصفحات: 806
...remote a period. The cap was unlike that of the human-headed bulls hitherto found in Assyria. I was not surprised that the Arabs had been amazed and terrified...off towards Mosul as fast as his legs could carry hi™. I learnt this with regret, as I anticipated the consequences. Whilst I was superintending the... | |
| Robert Demaus - 1859 - عدد الصفحات: 612
...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 on' towards Mosul as fast as his legs could carry him. I learned this with regret, as I anticipated... | |
| Robert Demaus - 1860 - عدد الصفحات: 580
...country as appearing to mortals slowly ascending from the regions below. One of the workmen, on catehing 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... | |
| 1861 - عدد الصفحات: 316
...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... | |
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