 | 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... | |
 | 1824 - 604 pages
...they had a sight of the ruins of Thebes, and landed at Luxor. " It appeared to me," says Belzoni, " like entering a city of giants, who, after a long...temples as the only proofs of their former existence. The temple of Luxor presents to the traveller one of the most splendid groups of Egyptian grandeur.... | |
 | Giovanni Battista Belzoni - 1820 - 566 pages
...such is the difference, not only in magnitude, but in form, proportion, and construction, that even the pencil can convey but a faint idea of the whole....temples as the only proofs of their former existence. The temple of Luxor presents to the traveller at once one of the most splendid groups of Egyptian grandeur.... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1821 - 602 pages
...such is the difference, not only in magnitude, but in form, proportion, and construction, that even the pencil can convey but a faint idea of the whole....temples as the only proofs of their former existence. The temple of Luxor presents to the traveller at once one of the most splendid groups of Egyptian grandeur.... | |
 | 1821 - 598 pages
...magnitude, but in, form, proportion, and construction, that even the pencil can convey but a i'aint idea of the whole. It appeared to me like entering...temples as the only proofs of their former existence. The temple of Luxor presents to the traveller at once one of the most splendid groups of Egyptian grandeur.... | |
 | 1821 - 602 pages
...in magnitude, but in torm, proportion, and construction, that even the pencil can convey but a taint idea of the whole. It appeared to me like entering...temples as the only proofs of their former existence. The temple of Luxor presents to the traveller at once one of the most splendid groups of Egyptian grandeur.... | |
 | 1821 - 746 pages
...was at a loss to conjecture how they could be brought thither. Of the ruins of Thebes he says, — " it appeared to me like entering a city of giants,...temples as the only proofs of their former existence." Nothing, we think, can be more animating than the following description of one of the temples of this... | |
 | Giovanni Battista Belzoni, Mrs. Belzoni (Sarah) - 1822 - 486 pages
...such is the difference, not only in magnitude, but in form, proportion, and construction, that even the pencil can convey but a faint idea of the whole....temples as the only proofs of their former existence. The temple of Luxor presents to the traveller at once one of the most splendid groups of Egyptian grandeur.... | |
 | Charles Bucke - 1823 - 474 pages
...such is the difference, not only in magnitude, but in form, proportion, and construction, that even the pencil can convey but a faint idea of the whole....temples, as the only proofs of their former existence. The temple of Luxor presents to the traveller, at once, one of the most splendid groups of Egyptian... | |
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It appeared to me like entering a city of giants who, after a long conflict, were all destroyed, leaving the ruins of their various temples as the only proofs of their former existence. 
