The Wonders of the World, in Nature, Art, and Mind ...R. Sears, 1856 |
Részletek a könyvből
1 - 5 találat összesen 64 találatból.
37. oldal
... resembles the pa- triarchal life described in the Old Testament . miles around is often covered with the flocks the children's children of some wealthy boor . means by which they acquired these extensive possessions . When the Dutch ...
... resembles the pa- triarchal life described in the Old Testament . miles around is often covered with the flocks the children's children of some wealthy boor . means by which they acquired these extensive possessions . When the Dutch ...
46. oldal
... resemble bee - hives in shape , and are usually from eighteen to twenty feet in diameter , and from six to seven feet high . Poles are stuck in the earth , and boughs are wattled in the interstices and made to arch over at the top ...
... resemble bee - hives in shape , and are usually from eighteen to twenty feet in diameter , and from six to seven feet high . Poles are stuck in the earth , and boughs are wattled in the interstices and made to arch over at the top ...
64. oldal
... resembled those we see represented in sculpture and on ancient vases , and which refer to the customs of the Greeks two or three thousand years back . Immediately on her arrival at the house , the young bride took her place on a sofa in ...
... resembled those we see represented in sculpture and on ancient vases , and which refer to the customs of the Greeks two or three thousand years back . Immediately on her arrival at the house , the young bride took her place on a sofa in ...
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... resembles the cup of an acorn , those who can afford it wear a shawl bound round the head in the turban fashion . In cold weather they draw the ends of this shawl over the ears and tie them under the chin , as will be seen in the ...
... resembles the cup of an acorn , those who can afford it wear a shawl bound round the head in the turban fashion . In cold weather they draw the ends of this shawl over the ears and tie them under the chin , as will be seen in the ...
75. oldal
... resemble the order in which a flight of cranes follow their conductor , have given it , not unaptly , the name of repáros - the crane . " It is in the dance that the costume of the Greek islanders is seen to best advantage , and nowhere ...
... resemble the order in which a flight of cranes follow their conductor , have given it , not unaptly , the name of repáros - the crane . " It is in the dance that the costume of the Greek islanders is seen to best advantage , and nowhere ...
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Népszerű szakaszok
183. oldal - ... from half an inch to an inch and a half in diameter, and two or three feet in length...
85. oldal - And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
91. oldal - And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron: and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
180. oldal - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord.
426. oldal - He who has sought renown about the world, and has reaped a full harvest of worldly favour, will find, after all, that there is no love, no admiration, no applause, so sweet to the soul as that which springs up in his native place.
63. oldal - Tis certain they have very fine natural voices; these were very agreeable. When the dance was over, four fair slaves came into the room with silver censers in their hands, and perfumed the air with amber, aloes-wood, and other scents. After this they served me coffee upon their knees in the finest japan china, with soucoups of silver, gilt. The lovely Fatima entertained me all this while in the most polite agreeable manner, calling me often Guzel sultanum, or the beautiful sultana...
101. oldal - One day, whilst lying down, a mocking-thrush alighted on the edge of a pitcher, made of the shell of a tortoise, which I held in my hand, and began very quietly to sip the water; it allowed me to lift it from the ground whilst seated on the vessel: I often tried, and very nearly succeeded, in catching these birds by their legs.
412. oldal - Nibelunge," such as it was written down at the end of the twelfth, or the beginning of the thirteenth century, is
63. oldal - ... four basins with a pleasing sound. The roof was painted with all sorts of flowers, falling out of gilded baskets, that seemed tumbling down. On a. sofa, raised three steps, and covered with fine Persian carpets, sat the...