Ancient AssyriaA. & C. Black, Limited, 1916 - 92 páginas |
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12 full-page illustrations 25 Volumes Adapa Allat ancient Arabs army Ashur-natsir-pal Ashurbanipal Assyrian Babylon Babylonian Babylonians and Assyrians beautiful began BLACK Botta brick British Museum W. A. bull called Carchemish chariot clay tablets cloth conquered containing 12 full-page dark dead death Eabani Eagle earth Egypt Egyptian Enlil Erech Etana Etemenanki Euphrates feet gate Gilgamesh goddess gods gold head heaven Hebrew hero hunting illustrations in colour Ishtar Kalah king's land Large crown 8vo Layard libraries lions London look Marduk Mesopotamia Mohammerah Mosul mound of Nimrud mountain Museum W. A. Mansell never Nimrud Nineveh Ninib Nippur palace pasha Peeps plain PRICE rivers royal Sarludari sculptures Serpent Shamash slabs SOHO SQUARE South Wind stone stood story tell temple thee things thou Tiamat Tigris told tower town Ut-napishtim walls Waverley Novels wild wings wonderful Zil-Assur
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Página 17 - Awad advanced and asked for a present to celebrate the occasion, the Arabs withdrew the screen they had hastily constructed and disclosed an enormous human head sculptured in full out of the alabaster of the country. They had uncovered the upper part of a figure, the remainder of which was still buried in the earth. I saw at once that the head must belong to a winged lion or bull, similar to those of Khorsabad and Persepolis.
Página 17 - It was some time before the sheikh could be prevailed upon to descend into the pit, and convince himself that the image he saw was of stone. 'This is not the work of men's hands," exclaimed he, "but of those infidel giants of whom the Prophet, peace be with him!
Página 18 - ... idols of the infidels," said one more knowing than the rest. " I saw many such when I was in Italia with Reshid Pasha, the ambassador. Wallah, they have them in all the churches, and the Papas (priests) kneel and burn candles before them.
Página 17 - I was not surprised that the Arabs had been amazed and terrified at this apparition. It required no stretch of imagination to conjure up the most strange fancies. This gigantic head, blanched with age, thus rising from the bowels of the earth, might well have belonged to one of those fearful beings which are pictured in the traditions of the country, as appearing to mortals, slowly ascending from the regions below.
Página 16 - Bey," exclaimed one of them — " hasten to the diggers, for they have found Nimrod himself. Wallah, it is wonderful, but it is true ! we have seen him with our eyes. There is no God but God ;" and both joining in this pious exclamation, they galloped off, without further words, in the direction of their tents. On reaching the ruins I descended into the new trench, and found the workmen, who had already seen me, as I approached, standing near a heap of baskets and cloaks.
Página 18 - May God curse all infidels and their works ! " observed the cadi's deputy, who accompanied the Pasha ; " what comes from their hands is of Satan : it has pleased the Almighty to let them be more powerful and ingenious than the true believers in this world, that their punishment and the reward of the faithful may be greater in the next.
Página 74 - Now what shall we grant him ? Offer him food of life, that he may eat of it.' They brought it to him, but he did not eat. Waters of life they brought him, but he did not drink. A garment they brought him. He put it on. Oil they brought him. He anointed himself.
Página 4 - FARRAR. ERIC; OR, LITTLE BY LITTLE. ST. WINIFRED'S; OR, THE WORLD OF SCHOOL.
Página 16 - in making sham ones, than you could have defiled between the Zab and Selamiyah. We have killed our horses and ourselves in carrying those accursed stones.
Página 14 - Wallah ! your books are right, and the Franks know that which is hid from the true believer. Here is the gold, sure enough, and, please God, we shall find it all in a few days. Only don't say any thing about it to those Arabs, for they are asses and cannot hold their tongues. The matter will come to the ears of the Pasha.