 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
 | 1849 - عدد الصفحات: 636
...blanched with age, thus rising from the bowels of the earth, might well have belonged to one of thosu fearful beings which are pictured in the traditions...glimpse of the monster, had thrown down his basket and run off towards Mosul as fast as his legs could carry him. 1 learnt this with regret, as I anticipated... | |
 | Friedrich Otto Froembling - 1866 - عدد الصفحات: 438
...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 off towards Mosul as fast as his legs could carry him. I learned this with regret, as I anticipated... | |
 | sir Austen Henry Layard - 1867 - عدد الصفحات: 434
...the bowels of the earth, might well have belonged to one of those fearful beings which are described in the traditions of the country as appearing to mortals,...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... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1869 - عدد الصفحات: 596
...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 off towards Mosul as fast as his legs could carry him. I learned this with regret, as I anticipated... | |
 | Annie Keary - 1870 - عدد الصفحات: 360
...terrified at this apparition. It required no stretch of imagination to conjure up the most strange fancies. One of the workmen, on catching the first glimpse of the monster, had thrown down his basket and run off towards Mosul as fast as his limbs would carry him. Whilst I was superintending the removal... | |
 | George Henry Whitney - 1872 - عدد الصفحات: 524
...knowledge of art scarcely to be looked for in works of so remote a period. . . . One of the workmen, catching the first glimpse of the monster, had thrown down his basket, and had run off toward Mosul as fast as his legs could carry him. The neighboring Arab sheikh and half his tribe were... | |
 | 1872 - عدد الصفحات: 556
...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... | |
 | John Miller D. Meiklejohn - 1880 - عدد الصفحات: 426
...in the traditions of the country as appearing to mortals slowly ascending from the regions below. 5. One of the workmen, on catching 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... | |
 | Zénaïde Alexeïevna Ragozin - 1886 - عدد الصفحات: 432
...some mighty secret and to defy the bustling curiosity of those who gazed on them in wonder and fear. " One of the workmen, on catching the first glimpse of the monster, had thrown down his basket and run off toward Mossul as fast as his legs could carry him." 5. The Arabs came in crowds from the sur2.... | |
 | Zénaïde Alexeïevna Ragozin - 1886 - عدد الصفحات: 428
...some mighty secret and to defy the bustling curiosity of those who gazed on them in wonder and fear. " One of the workmen, on catching the first glimpse of the monster, had thrown down his basket and run off toward Mossul as fast as his legs could carry him." 5. The Arabs came in crowds from the sur2.... | |
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