A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehHarper & Brothers, 1854 - 360 oldal |
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4. oldal
... passed the night in the jungle which clothes the banks of the river , and wandered during the day undisturbed by the tribes of the desert . A Cawass , who had been sent with us by the Pasha of Mosul , alarmed at the solitude , and ...
... passed the night in the jungle which clothes the banks of the river , and wandered during the day undisturbed by the tribes of the desert . A Cawass , who had been sent with us by the Pasha of Mosul , alarmed at the solitude , and ...
5. oldal
... passed away . The more he conjectures , the more vague the results appear . The scene around is worthy of the ruin he is contemplating ; desolation meets desolation : a feeling of awe succeeds to wonder ; for there is nothing to relieve ...
... passed away . The more he conjectures , the more vague the results appear . The scene around is worthy of the ruin he is contemplating ; desolation meets desolation : a feeling of awe succeeds to wonder ; for there is nothing to relieve ...
7. oldal
... passed through Mosul on my way to Constantinople . I was then anxious to reach the Turkish capital , and had no time to ex- plore ruins . I had not , however , forgotten Nimroud . I had frequently spoken to others on the subject of ...
... passed through Mosul on my way to Constantinople . I was then anxious to reach the Turkish capital , and had no time to ex- plore ruins . I had not , however , forgotten Nimroud . I had frequently spoken to others on the subject of ...
9. oldal
... passing away for ever . They could scarcely be held together until an inex- perienced pencil could secure an imperfect evidence of their former existence . Almost all that was first discovered thus speedily disappeared ; and the same ...
... passing away for ever . They could scarcely be held together until an inex- perienced pencil could secure an imperfect evidence of their former existence . Almost all that was first discovered thus speedily disappeared ; and the same ...
14. oldal
... of my undertaking ; whilst to his friendship I am indebted for many pleasant hours , which would have been passed wearily in a land of strangers . chiefs , and the rest of their persons enveloped in 14 CHAP . II . NINEVEH AND ITS REMAINS .
... of my undertaking ; whilst to his friendship I am indebted for many pleasant hours , which would have been passed wearily in a land of strangers . chiefs , and the rest of their persons enveloped in 14 CHAP . II . NINEVEH AND ITS REMAINS .
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Abd-ur-rahman alabaster Amadiyah amongst ancient appear Arabs Asheetha Assyrian Baghdad banks bas-reliefs Beder Khan Bey British Museum brought building carried castle Cawass centre Chaldæans chamber chariot chief Christians descended desert Diodorus Siculus discovered discovery distance earth edifice encampment entrance eunuchs Euphrates excavations feet formed fragments head Hormuzd Rassam horsemen horses houses human-headed Ibrahim Agha inhabitants inscriptions Ismail Pasha Jebours journey Kalah Kalah Sherghat Kasha Khorsabad king Kouyunjik Kurdish Kurds lions Melek Mesopotamia monuments Mosul mound mountains Mussulmans N. W. Palace Nestorian night Nimroud Nineveh ornaments party Pasha plain plunder priests principal probably raft Rassam ravine reached remains resembling river rocks rode round rubbish ruins sacred scarcely sculptures Shammar Sheikh Adi Sheikh Nasr side Sinjar slabs Sofuk stones sun-dried bricks tents Tigris Tiyari Tkhoma tomb trees trenches tribe valley village walls warriors whilst winged bulls winged figures women workmen Yezidis