 | English literature - 1842 - 592 pages
...stern, ami well fitted to excite terror. The hark was of a different design, unlike any thing we hud ever seen before, and the sides were covered with hieroglyphics. This our gni'le culled nii 'idol;* and before it, at a distance oi three feet, was a lari,'e block of fctnne,... | |
 | 1842 - 574 pages
...and on all four of the sides from the base to the top. The front was the figure of a man curiously and richly dressed, and the face, evidently a portrait,...sides were covered with hieroglyphics. This our guide callrd an " Idol ;" and before it, nt a distance of three feet, was a large block of stone, also sculptured... | |
 | John L. Stephens - Central America - 1841 - 534 pages
...and on all four of the sides, from the base to the top. The front was the figure of a man curiously and richly dressed, and the face, evidently a portrait,...feet, was a large block of stone, also sculptured with figures and emblematical devices, which he called an altar. The sight of this unexpected monument put... | |
 | 1841 - 470 pages
...and on all four of the sides, from the base to the top. The front was the figure of a man curiously and richly dressed, and the face, evidently a portrait,...hieroglyphics. This our guide called an 'Idol;' and befare it, at a distance of three feet, was a large block of stone, also sculptured with figures and... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1841 - 578 pages
...and on all four of the sides, from the base to the top. The front was the figure of a man curiously and richly dressed, and the face, evidently a portrait,...terror. The back was of a different design, unlike any thing we had ever seen before, and the sides were covered with hieroglyphics. This our guide called... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1841 - 600 pages
...and on all four of the sides, from the base to the top. The front was the figure of a man curiously and richly dressed, and the face, evidently a portrait,...terror. The back was of a different design, unlike any thing we had ever seen before, and the sides were covered with hieroglyphics. This our guide called... | |
 | 1841 - 404 pages
...and on all four of the sides, from the base to the top. The front was the figure of a man curiously and richly dressed, and the face, evidently a portrait,...terror. The back was of a different design, unlike any thing we had ever seen before, and the sides were covered with hieroglyphics. This our guide called... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1842 - 660 pages
...and on all four of the sides, from the base to the top. The front was the figure of a man curiously and richly dressed, and the face, evidently a portrait,...feet, was a large block of stone, also sculptured with figures and emblematical devices, which he called an altar. The sight of this unexpected monument put... | |
 | 1842 - 1008 pages
...and on all four of the sides, from the base to the top. The front was the figure of a man curiously and richly dressed, and the face, evidently a portrait,...feet, was a large block of stone, also sculptured with figures and emblematical devices, which he called an altar. The site of this unexpected monument put... | |
 | Books - 1842 - 648 pages
...and on all four of the sides, from the base to the top. The front was the figure of a man curiously and richly dressed, and the face, evidently a portrait,...feet, was a large block of stone, also sculptured with figures and emblematical devices, which he called an altar. The sight of this unexpected monument put... | |
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Diverging from the base, and working our way through the thick woods, we came upon a square stone column, about fourteen feet high and three feet on each side, sculptured in very bold relief, and on all four of the sides, from the base to the top. The... 
