Wonders of the World as Seen and Described by Great WritersEsther Singleton Dodd, Mead, 1912 - 359 pages |
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... plain , and then the Desert ; that is , they are just at the beginning of the Desert , on a ridge which , of itself , gives them a lift above the valley of the Nile . It is impos- sible not to feel a thrill as one finds oneself drawing ...
... plain , and then the Desert ; that is , they are just at the beginning of the Desert , on a ridge which , of itself , gives them a lift above the valley of the Nile . It is impos- sible not to feel a thrill as one finds oneself drawing ...
Page xiv
... plain on the east of the Nile , which marks Heliopolis and Goshen . The strangest feature in the view is the platform on which the Pyramids stand . It completely dispels the involuntary notion that one has formed of the solitary ...
... plain on the east of the Nile , which marks Heliopolis and Goshen . The strangest feature in the view is the platform on which the Pyramids stand . It completely dispels the involuntary notion that one has formed of the solitary ...
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... plain , driven before the furious south wind , has thrown over the huge mass a thin covering of soil in which no herb or green thing can find nourishment or take root . Thus , unlike the grass - clothed mounds of the more fertile ...
... plain , driven before the furious south wind , has thrown over the huge mass a thin covering of soil in which no herb or green thing can find nourishment or take root . Thus , unlike the grass - clothed mounds of the more fertile ...
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... plain and quite level . The heavenly fire which struck the tower split it to its very foundation . " No traces whatever now remain of the spiral passage spoken of by the Jewish traveller , and it was most probable that he was mis- led ...
... plain and quite level . The heavenly fire which struck the tower split it to its very foundation . " No traces whatever now remain of the spiral passage spoken of by the Jewish traveller , and it was most probable that he was mis- led ...
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... plain , through which winds the Euphrates , with its dark belt of evergreen palms . Rising in the dis- tance , high above all surrounding objects , is the one square mound , in form and size more like a natural hill than the work of ...
... plain , through which winds the Euphrates , with its dark belt of evergreen palms . Rising in the dis- tance , high above all surrounding objects , is the one square mound , in form and size more like a natural hill than the work of ...
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adorned altar Ananga Pala ancient Anio Anio Novus aqueducts arches architecture Assouan bath Baths of Caracalla beautiful bell Beni Hasan blocks brick building built carved centre Century Chaitya Chares of Lindos Christian church colonnade colossal colour columns construction covered cubits decorated diameter dimensions dome dynasty edifice Egypt Egyptian Emperor entrance erected excavations feet high figures four frieze galleries gate gigantic goddess gold golden granite Greek hall height Herodotus hundred immense inscriptions Iron Pillar Kaabah king light magnificent marble masonry Mausoleum menhirs metopes miles monument mosque Nile one-half inches original ornaments pagoda painted palace Parthenon passed pavement Peacock Throne peristyle Pheidias placed platform Pyramid remains rise rock Roman Rome roof round ruins sacred Sanchi sculptured seen side stands statue stone Stonehenge stood summit surrounded temple terrace Thermæ throne tion tomb tons tôpe tower Trajan vast walls whole wonderful Zeus
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Page 134 - This Poem was chiefly written upon the mountainous ruins of the Baths of Caracalla, among the flowery glades, and thickets of odoriferous blossoming trees, which are extended in ever-winding labyrinths upon its immense platforms and dizzy arches suspended in the air.
Page 192 - But the most renowned of the Peruvian temples, the pride of the capital, and the wonder of the empire, was at Cuzco, where, under the munificence of successive sovereigns, it had become so enriched, that it received the name of Coricancha, or "the Place of Gold.
Page 286 - ... where were white, green, and blue hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black marble.
Page 190 - It is remarkable that this important institution should have been known to both the Mexicans and the Peruvians without any correspondence with one another; and that it should have been found among two barbarian nations of the New World, long before it was introduced among the civilized nations of Europe. By these wise contrivances of the Incas, the most distant parts of the long-extended empire of Peru were brought into intimate relations with each other. And while the capitals of Christendom, but...
Page 242 - OM, AMITAYA ! measure not with words Th' Immeasurable ; nor sink the string of thought Into the Fathomless. Who asks doth err, Who answers, errs. Say nought...
Page 146 - Suffer little children to come to me, and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
Page 194 - ... the reservoirs that received it, even the agricultural implements used in the gardens of the temple, were all of the same rich materials. The gardens, like those described belonging to the royal palaces, sparkled with flowers of gold and silver, and various imitations of the vegetable kingdom.
Page 84 - Far in the bosom of the deep, O'er these wild shelves my watch I keep, A ruddy gem of changeful light, Bound on the dusky brow of night, The seaman bids my lustre hail. And scorns to strike his timorous sail.
Page 187 - ... stretched across the water, were conducted through rings or holes cut in immense buttresses of stone raised on the opposite banks of the river, and there secured to heavy pieces of timber. Several of these enormous cables, bound together, formed a bridge, which, covered with planks, well secured arid defended by a railing of the same osier materials on the sides, afforded a safe passage for the traveller.
Page 193 - It was so situated in front of the great eastern portal that the rays of the morning sun fell directly upon it at its rising, lighting up the whole apartment with an effulgence that seemed more than natural, and which was reflected back from the golden ornaments with which the walls and ceiling were everywhere incrusted. Gold, in the figurative language of the people, was 'the tears wept by the sun,' and every part of the temple glowed with burnished plates and studs of the precious metal.