 | 1849 - 608 Seiten
...passage : ': Were the traveller to cross the Euphrates to seek for such r,uins in Mesopotamia and Chaldea as he had left behind him in Asia Minor or Syria, his search would be vain. Tho graceful column rising above the thick foliage of the myrtle, the ilex, and the oleander ; the... | |
 | 1849 - 742 Seiten
...: — Were the traveller to cross the Euphrates to seek for such ruins in Mesopotamia and Chaldtea as he had left behind him in Asia Minor or Syria,...column rising above the thick foliage of the myrtle, the ilex, and the oleander; the gradines of the amphitheatre covering the gentle slope, and overlooking... | |
 | Austen Henry Layard - 1849 - 480 Seiten
...timidity. Were the traveller to cross the Euphrates to seek for such ruins in Mesopotamia and Chaldaea as he had left behind him in Asia Minor or Syria,...column rising above the thick foliage of the myrtle, the ilex, and the oleander ; the gradines of the amphitheatre covering the gentle slope, and overlooking... | |
 | John Cumming - 1849 - 190 Seiten
...truth. " Were the traveller to cross the Euphrates to seek for such ruins in Mesopotamia and Chaldea as he had left behind him in Asia Minor or Syria,...column rising above the thick foliage of the myrtle, the ilex, and the oleander — the gradients of the amphitheatre covering the gentle slope, and overlooking... | |
 | Austen Henry Layard - 1849 - 408 Seiten
...excavations and discoveries which I subsequently made there. ruins in Mesopotamia and Chaldaea as lie had left behind him in Asia Minor or Syria, his search...column rising above the thick foliage of the myrtle, the ilex, and the oleander ; the gradines of the amphitheatre covering the gentle slope, and overlooking... | |
 | 1849 - 858 Seiten
...rising above the thick foliage of the myrtle, the ilex and oleander ; the gradincs of amphitheatres covering a gentle slope, and overlooking the dark...lake-like bay; the richly carved cornice or capital, half-hidden by the luxuriant herbage ; are replaced by the stern shapless mound, rising like a hill... | |
 | 1849 - 896 Seiten
...seek lor such ruins in Mesopotamia and Chaldsea as bj bad left behind him in Asia Minor or Syria, bis search would be vain. The graceful column rising above the thick foliage of the myrtle, the ilex, and the oleander) the gradines of the amphitheatre covering the gentle slope, and overlooking... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1849 - 608 Seiten
..." Were the traveller to cross the Euphrates to seek for such ruins in Mesopotamia and Chaldea аз he had left behind him in Asia Minor or Syria, his search would be vain. Tho graceful column rising above Ibe thick foliage of the myrtle, the ilex, and the oleander ; the... | |
 | Elijah Coleman Bridgman, Samuel Wells Williams - 1849 - 684 Seiten
...thick foliage of the myr: tie, the ilex, and the oleander; the gradmes of the amphitheatre covering the gentle slope, and overlooking the dark blue waters of a lakelike bay , the richly-carved cornice or capital half hidden by the luxuriant herbage; are replaced by the stern shapeless... | |
 | William Laxton - 1850 - 452 Seiten
...when Xenophon passed by with his "ten thousand," twenty-two centuries ago. To quote from Mr. Layard: "The graceful column, rising above the thick foliage...overlooking the dark blue waters of a lake-like bay; the richly-carved cornice or capital, half hidden by the luxuriant herbage; are replaced by the stern,... | |
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Chalda3a as he had left behind him in Asia Minor or Syria, his search would be vain. The graceful column rising above the thick foliage of the myrtle... 
