Ruins of Ancient Cities: With General and Particular Accounts of Their Rise, Fall, and Present Condition, 2. kötetHarper & brothers, 1841 |
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13. oldal
... Preserve them with fidelity , in order to restore them hereafter to the monument of his ancestors , when the Atheni- ans shall become wiser than they are at present . ' 99 Megara still retains its ancient name . It was for- merly ...
... Preserve them with fidelity , in order to restore them hereafter to the monument of his ancestors , when the Atheni- ans shall become wiser than they are at present . ' 99 Megara still retains its ancient name . It was for- merly ...
21. oldal
... remaining at this time exactly as Pausanias saw it in the second century , and in such a state of preservation that an alto - relievo described by him yet exists in the identical position he has assigned for it , adds greatly MYCENE . 21.
... remaining at this time exactly as Pausanias saw it in the second century , and in such a state of preservation that an alto - relievo described by him yet exists in the identical position he has assigned for it , adds greatly MYCENE . 21.
22. oldal
... and , I was told , very small . It was built of immense stones , and was in excellent preservation . The tomb being subterraneous , there are no traces above ground , and you might walk over it for 22 RUINS OF ANCIENT CITIES .
... and , I was told , very small . It was built of immense stones , and was in excellent preservation . The tomb being subterraneous , there are no traces above ground , and you might walk over it for 22 RUINS OF ANCIENT CITIES .
46. oldal
... a gray stone about ten or eleven feet in height . All the inhabitants of Mosul went to see this remarkable specimen of antiquity ; but not one had the taste to endeavour to preserve it ; and in 46 RUINS OF ANCIENT CITIES .
... a gray stone about ten or eleven feet in height . All the inhabitants of Mosul went to see this remarkable specimen of antiquity ; but not one had the taste to endeavour to preserve it ; and in 46 RUINS OF ANCIENT CITIES .
47. oldal
... preserve it ; and in a few days it was broken to pieces . As Mr. Rich was one day riding along outside of the walls , his attention was directed to an object of great antiquity . " Some people , " says he , " had been digging for stones ...
... preserve it ; and in a few days it was broken to pieces . As Mr. Rich was one day riding along outside of the walls , his attention was directed to an object of great antiquity . " Some people , " says he , " had been digging for stones ...
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42. oldal - Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen; Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown . For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he passed...
261. oldal - Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
260. oldal - And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.
36. oldal - Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water. But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God : yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.
256. oldal - SEE the wild waste of all-devouring years! How Rome her own sad sepulchre appears ! With nodding arches, broken temples spread, The very tombs now vanish'd like their dead!
149. oldal - And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them ; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau ; for the Lord hath spoken it.
149. oldal - But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it ; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it : and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.
356. oldal - And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the LORD : it shall not be treasured nor laid up ; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.
213. oldal - There is a stern round tower of other days, Firm as a fortress, with its fence of stone, Such as an army's baffled strength delays, Standing with half its battlements alone, And with two thousand years of ivy grown, The garland of eternity, where wave The green leaves over all by time o'erthrown ; — What was this tower of strength ? within its cave What treasure lay so lock'd, so hid ? — A woman's grave.
41. oldal - And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand : and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.