A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehHarper & Brothers, 1875 - 360 oldal |
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... arms were our only protection ; a valise behind our saddles was our wardrobe , and we tended our own horses , except when relieved from the duty by the hospitable inhabitants of a Tur . coman village or an Arab tent . Thus unembarrassed ...
... arms were our only protection ; a valise behind our saddles was our wardrobe , and we tended our own horses , except when relieved from the duty by the hospitable inhabitants of a Tur . coman village or an Arab tent . Thus unembarrassed ...
25. oldal
... arms and horses , al- though sometimes they are furnished with them by the hyta - bashi , who deducts a part of their pay until he reimburses himself . The best hytas are Albanians and Lazes , and they form a very effective body of ...
... arms and horses , al- though sometimes they are furnished with them by the hyta - bashi , who deducts a part of their pay until he reimburses himself . The best hytas are Albanians and Lazes , and they form a very effective body of ...
26. oldal
... arm was en- circled by a guard , probably of leather , to protect it from the arrow . His sword was in a sheath , the end of which wa elegantly adorned with the figures of two lions . In the sare chariot were a charioteer urging on the ...
... arm was en- circled by a guard , probably of leather , to protect it from the arrow . His sword was in a sheath , the end of which wa elegantly adorned with the figures of two lions . In the sare chariot were a charioteer urging on the ...
29. oldal
... arm . They wore the pointed helmets before described . The foremost warrior was ascending a ladder placed against the castle . Three turrets , with angular battlements , rose above walls similarly ornamented . In the first turret were ...
... arm . They wore the pointed helmets before described . The foremost warrior was ascending a ladder placed against the castle . Three turrets , with angular battlements , rose above walls similarly ornamented . In the first turret were ...
42. oldal
... arm , and in his left hand a branch bearing five flowers . Around his temples was a fillet , adorned in front with a rosette . The other held a square vessel , or basket , in the left hand , and ar . object No. 30 , chamber B , plan 3 ...
... arm , and in his left hand a branch bearing five flowers . Around his temples was a fillet , adorned in front with a rosette . The other held a square vessel , or basket , in the left hand , and ar . object No. 30 , chamber B , plan 3 ...
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