| John Haddon Hindley - Indian literature - 1807 - 194 pages
...Meye Ditye, on whom depended the construction of the houses of the Raksheses, to found three cities : the first of gold, the second of silver, and the third of iron, Meye, the Ditye, in conformity to the command of Brehma, constructed the said three cities accordingly... | |
| John Lemprière - Classical dictionaries - 1827 - 938 pages
...uncommon effusion of blood the first night of his nuptials. [His body was secretly buried, en closed in three coffins, the first of gold, the second of silver, and the third of iron. Those who hud been employed about his grave were put to death, lest they should reveal the place of... | |
| Royal Robbins - World geography - 1833 - 676 pages
...turned to the West ; where his appearance has already been described. His body was secretly buried, enclosed in three coffins, the first of gold, the second of silver, and the third of iron. The men who dug his grave were put to death, lest they should reveal the place of his burial. Aetius, whose... | |
| Royal Robbins - History - 1837 - 732 pages
...turned to the West ; where his appearance has already been described. His body was secretly buried, enclosed in three coffins, the first of gold, the second of silver, and the third of iron. The men who dug his grave were put to death, lest they should reveal the place of his burial. Aetius, whose... | |
| Royal Robbins - History - 1839 - 754 pages
...turned to the West; where his appearance has already been described. His body was secretly buried, enclosed in three coffins, the first of gold, the second of silver, and the third of iron. The men who dug his grave were put to death, lest they should reveal the place of his burial. Aetius, whose... | |
| Charles Anthon - Classical dictionaries - 1841 - 800 pages
...death spread sorrow and terror in the army. His body was enclosed in three coffins : the first was of gold, the second of silver, and the third of iron. The captivée who had made the grave were strangled, in order that the place of interment might be kept... | |
| Biography - 1844 - 440 pages
...men. After having finished their song, they put the dead body on a bier, covered with three plates, the first of gold, the second of silver, and the third of iron, by which they meant that Attila had conquered with his sword the riches of both the Roman empires.... | |
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