A Popular Account of Discoveries at Nineveh, 82. kiadásJ. Murray, 1851 - 360 oldal |
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42. oldal
... trench more in the centre of the edifice , and chose for the purpose a deep ravine , which , apparently worn by the winter rains , extended far into the ruins . In two days the workmen reached the top of an entire slab , standing in its ...
... trench more in the centre of the edifice , and chose for the purpose a deep ravine , which , apparently worn by the winter rains , extended far into the ruins . In two days the workmen reached the top of an entire slab , standing in its ...
49. oldal
... trench . As soon as the two Arabs had reached the tents , and published the wonders they had seen , every one mounted his mare and rode to the mound to satisfy himself of the truth of these inconceivable reports . When they beheld the ...
... trench . As soon as the two Arabs had reached the tents , and published the wonders they had seen , every one mounted his mare and rode to the mound to satisfy himself of the truth of these inconceivable reports . When they beheld the ...
50. oldal
... trench , into which I would not allow the multitude to descend . As I had expected , the report of the discovery of the gigantic head , carried by the terrified Arab to Mosul , had thrown the town into commotion . He had scarcely ...
... trench , into which I would not allow the multitude to descend . As I had expected , the report of the discovery of the gigantic head , carried by the terrified Arab to Mosul , had thrown the town into commotion . He had scarcely ...
82. oldal
... trenches , almost suffocated and blinded by the of fine dust and sand which nothing could exclude . Although the number of my workmen was excavations were carried on as actively as pos two human - headed lions , at the small entrance ...
... trenches , almost suffocated and blinded by the of fine dust and sand which nothing could exclude . Although the number of my workmen was excavations were carried on as actively as pos two human - headed lions , at the small entrance ...
91. oldal
... trenches in it . I had not previously done so , as from the vicinity of the ruins to Mosul the inhabitants of the town would have been able to watch my movements , and to cause me continual interruptions before the sanction of the ...
... trenches in it . I had not previously done so , as from the vicinity of the ruins to Mosul the inhabitants of the town would have been able to watch my movements , and to cause me continual interruptions before the sanction of the ...
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Abd-ur-rahman alabaster Amadiyah amongst ancient appeared Arabs Asheetha Assyrian Baghdad banks bas-reliefs Beder Khan Bey Bedouins British Museum brought building carried Cawass centre Chaldæans chamber chariot chief Christians descended desert Diodorus Siculus discovered discovery district earth edifice encampment entrance eunuch Euphrates excavations feet formed fragments head Hormuzd Rassam horsemen horses houses 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 passed plain plunder priests principal probably raft Rassam ravine reached remains resembling river rocks rode round rubbish ruins sacred scarcely sculptures Shammar Sheikh Nasr side Sinjar slabs Sofuk stones sun-dried bricks tents Tigris Tiyari Tkhoma tomb trees trenches tribe valley village walls warriors whilst wild winged bulls winged figures women workmen Yezidis
Népszerű szakaszok
325. oldal - Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand; 7 to execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people; ' to bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; 'to execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints.
331. oldal - The men of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls round about, and the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they have made thy beauty perfect.
255. oldal - Therefore, thus saith the Lord concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.
309. oldal - Chaldeans pourtrayed with vermilion, girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in dyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity...
96. oldal - When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them ; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.
xiv. oldal - Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were printed in a book! That they were graven with an iron pen and lead In the rock for ever!
256. oldal - When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man's life) to employ them in the siege: 20 Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.
216. oldal - How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen ? 25 Am I now come up without; the LORD against this place to destroy it? The LORD said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
48. oldal - ... hasten to the diggers, for they have found Nimrod himself. Wallah, it is wonderful, but it is true! we have seen him with our eyes. There is no God but God;" and both joining in this pious exclamation, they galloped off, without further words, in the direction of their tents.
21. oldal - Written in an easy unaifected style : and the sketches which it gives of European life and manners under an eastern sun must interest all who have friends in India, and who would like to know how they pass their days."— The Theuligian.