Wonders of the World as Seen and Described by Great WritersEsther Singleton Dodd, Mead, 1912 - 359 pages |
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... present and its ancient state is dis- closed . One is inclined to imagine that the Pyramids are immutable , and that such as you see them now such they always were . Of distant views this is true , but taking them near at hand it is ...
... present and its ancient state is dis- closed . One is inclined to imagine that the Pyramids are immutable , and that such as you see them now such they always were . Of distant views this is true , but taking them near at hand it is ...
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... present ; the third , all glowing with the red granite from the First Cata- ract . As it is , they have the barbarous look of Stonehenge ; but then they must have shone with the polish of an age already rich with civilization , and that ...
... present ; the third , all glowing with the red granite from the First Cata- ract . As it is , they have the barbarous look of Stonehenge ; but then they must have shone with the polish of an age already rich with civilization , and that ...
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... be traced in those countries and in China to the present day . In so far as it has been explored , the lower storey forms a perfect square , 272 feet each way . Above this are six storeys each forty - two feet 16 THE TOWER OF BABEL.
... be traced in those countries and in China to the present day . In so far as it has been explored , the lower storey forms a perfect square , 272 feet each way . Above this are six storeys each forty - two feet 16 THE TOWER OF BABEL.
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... present bed of the Euphrates , and then turning nearly at right angles completed the defences on the southern side of the principal buildings that mark the site of Babylon , on the eastern bank of the river . Between its most southern ...
... present bed of the Euphrates , and then turning nearly at right angles completed the defences on the southern side of the principal buildings that mark the site of Babylon , on the eastern bank of the river . Between its most southern ...
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... present bed . After the most careful examination of the country , I could find no traces whatever of its having at any time flowed much further than it now does to the east , although during unusual floods it occasionally spreads over ...
... present bed . After the most careful examination of the country , I could find no traces whatever of its having at any time flowed much further than it now does to the east , although during unusual floods it occasionally spreads over ...
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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.