 | Herodotus, Henry Cary - 1848 - 634 pages
...would, on no account, show me them, saying, that there were the sepulchres of the kings who originally built this labyrinth, and of the sacred crocodiles....windings through the courts, from their great variety, presented a thousand occasions of wonder, as I passed from a court to the rooms, and from the rooms... | |
 | Mrs. Warren (Eliza) - 1751 - 206 pages
...would, on no account, show me them, saying that there were the sepulchres of the kings who originally built this labyrinth, and of the sacred crocodiles....windings through the courts, from their great variety, presented a thousand occasions of wonder, as I passed from a court to the rooms, and from the rooms... | |
 | Herodotus, Henry Cary - 1852 - 642 pages
...would, on no account, show me them, saying, that there were the sepulchres of the kings who originally built this labyrinth, and of the sacred crocodiles....windings through the courts, from their great variety, presented a thousand occasions of wonder, as I passed from a court to the rooms, and from the rooms... | |
 | Herodotus, Henry Cary - 1868 - 634 pages
...would on no account show me them, saying that there were the sepulchres of the kings who originally built this labyrinth, and of the sacred crocodiles. I can therefore only relate what I have learned by hearsay concerning the lower rooms; but the upper ones, which surpass all human works, I... | |
 | Herodotus, Henry Cary - 1885 - 628 pages
...would, on no account, show me them, saying, that there were the sepulchres of the kings who originally built this labyrinth, and of the sacred crocodiles....windings through the courts, from their great variety, presented a thousand occasions of wonder, as I passed from a court to the rooms, and from the rooms... | |
 | Jane Trill van Gelder - 1885 - 382 pages
...built this Labyrinth, and of the sacred crocodiles. I can therefore only relate what I have learned by hearsay concerning the lower rooms ; but the upper...windings through the courts, from their great variety, presented a thousand occasions of wonder as I passed from a court to the rooms, and from the rooms... | |
 | Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge - 1890 - 338 pages
...would on no account show me them, saying, that they were the sepulchres of the kings who originally built this labyrinth, and of the sacred crocodiles....which surpass all human works, I myself saw ; for the passage through the corridors, and the windings through the courts, from their great variety, presented... | |
 | Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge - 1890 - 342 pages
...the lower rooms ; but the upper ones, which surpass all human works, I myself saw ; for the passage through the corridors, and the windings through the courts, from their great variety, presented a thousand occasions of wonder as I passed from a court to the rooms, and from the rooms... | |
 | Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge - 1907 - 996 pages
...would, on no account, show me them, saying, that there were the sepulchres of the kings who originally built this labyrinth, and of the sacred crocodiles....windings through the courts, from their great variety, presented a thousand occa sions of wonder, as I passed from a court to the rooms, and from the rooms... | |
 | James Baikie - 1910 - 372 pages
...them, to the number of 3,000, 1,500 of each.' He was not allowed to inspect the underground chambers. ' But the upper ones, which surpass all human works,...windings through the courts, from their great variety, presented a thousand occasions of wonder as I passed from a court to the rooms, and from the rooms... | |
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I myself went through and saw, and relate from personal inspection. But the underground rooms I only know from report ; for the Egyptians who have charge of the building would, on no account, show me them, saying, that there were the sepulchres of the... 
