| 1824 - 494 pages
...was at loss to conjecture how they could be brought thither. Of the ruins of Thebes lie says, — " it appeared to me like entering a city of giants, who, after a long conflict, \rere all destroyed, leaving the ruins of their various temples as the only proofs of their former... | |
| 1821 - 598 pages
...is absolutely impossible to imagine the scene displayed, without seeing it. The most sublime ideas, that can be formed from the most magnificent specimens...construction, that even the pencil can convey but a i'aint idea of the whole. It appeared to me like entering a city of giants, who, after a long conflict,... | |
| English literature - 1821 - 602 pages
...is absolutely impossible to imagine the scene displayed, without seeing it. The most sublime ideas, that can be formed from the most magnificent specimens...architecture, would give a very incorrect picture oi these ruins ; for such is the difference, not only in magnitude, but in torm, proportion, and construction,... | |
| Charles Bucke - Nature - 1823 - 352 pages
...is absolutely impossible to imagine the scene displayed, without seeing it. The most sublime ideas, that can be formed from the most magnificent specimens of our present architecture, would give • very incorrect picture of these ruins ; for such is the difference, not only in magnitude, but... | |
| Marquis Spineto - Egypt - 1829 - 558 pages
...again exclaims Belzoni, " to imagine the scene displayed, without seeing it. The most sublime ideas that can be formed from the most magnificent specimens...would give a very incorrect picture of these ruins. It appeared to me like entering a city of giants, who, after a long conflict, were all destroyed, leaving... | |
| 1829 - 682 pages
...idea of the feelings the traveller experiences on first contemplating these ruins, when he says—" It appeared to me like entering a city of giants,...after a long conflict, were all destroyed, leaving ruins of their various temples, as the only proofs of their former existence." The remainder of the... | |
| James Bell - Geography - 1832 - 812 pages
...formed from the most magnificent specimens of our present architecture, would give a very incorrect idea of these ruins ; for such is the difference, — not...to me like entering a city of giants, who, after a loner conflict, liad been all destroyed, leaving the ruins of their various temples as the only proofs... | |
| James Bell - Geography - 1832 - 580 pages
...most ingenious traveller, " to imagine the scene displayed without seeing it. The most sublime ideas that can be formed from the most magnificent specimens...present architecture, would give a very incorrect idea of these ruins ; (or such is the difference, — not only in magnitude, but in forra, proportion,... | |
| 1834 - 536 pages
...another temple, (Lnxor,) " to imagine the scene displayed, without seeing it. The most sublime ideas that can be formed from the most magnificent specimens...would give a very incorrect picture of these ruins. It appeared to me like entering a city of giants, who after a long conflict were all destroyed, leaving... | |
| 1835 - 430 pages
...another temple, (Luxor,) ".to imagine the scene displayed without seeing it. The most sublime ideas o +ja, ( B ] I q :~8c|z -.= ǥ/ V < $D0 4 Z 8{H z ^- }k m a ŕ ? ʣ r ? 2opǁOm5 rr Ծ V GD It appeared to me like entering a city of giants, who after a long conflict were all destroyed, leaving... | |
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