 | 1834 - 508 páginas
...ancient and wonderfully populous city, and asked one of its inhabitants how long it had been founded P ' It is, indeed, a mighty city,' replied he ; 'we know...and our ancestors were on this subject as ignorant as ourselves.' Five centuries afterwards, as I passed by the same place, I could not perceive the slightest... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1835 - 598 páginas
...the thirteenth century — ' I passed one day by a very ancient and wonderfully populous city, and asked one of its inhabitants how long it had been...and our ancestors were on this subject as ignorant as ourselves.1' Five centuries afterwards, as I passed by the same place, I could not perceive the... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1835 - 468 páginas
...allegorical personage : — " I passed one day by a very ancient and wonderfully populous city, and asked one of its inhabitants how long it had been...and our ancestors were on this subject as ignorant as ourselves.' Five centuries afterwards, as I passed by the same place, I could not perceive the slightest... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1835 - 594 páginas
...the thirteenth century — ' I passed one day by a very ancient and wonderfully populous city, and asked one of its inhabitants how long it had been...mighty city," replied he ; " we know not how long ic ha* existed, and our ancestors were on this subject as ignorant as our-- selves." Five centuries... | |
 | 1835 - 616 páginas
...and wonderfully populous city, and asked one of its inhabitants how long it had been founded. " II is indeed a mighty city," replied he ; " we know not how long ii has existed, and our ancestors were on this subject as ignorant as ourselves." Five centuries afterwards,... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1837 - 568 páginas
...allegorical personage : — • ' I passed one day by a very ancient and wonderfully populous city, and asked one of its inhabitants how long it had been founded. ' It u indeed a mighty city,' replied he, ' we know not how long it has existed, and our ancestors were... | |
 | sir Charles Lyell (bart.) - 1840 - 486 páginas
...by a very ancient and wonderfully populous city, and asked one of its inhabitants how long it li.-.d been founded. ' It is indeed a mighty city,' replied...and our ancestors were on this subject as ignorant as ourselves.' Five centuries afterwards, as 1 passed by the same place, I could not perceive the slightest... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1840 - 506 páginas
...wonderfully populous city, and asked one of its inhabitants how long it h>-.d been founded. ' It is indeec a mighty city,' replied he, ' we know not how long...and our ancestors were on this subject as ignorant as ourselves.' Five centuries afterwards, as [ passed by the same place, I could not perceive the slijhtest... | |
 | 1841 - 456 páginas
...prevalent respecting them : — " I passed one day by a very ancient and wonderfully populous city, and asked one of its inhabitants how long it had been...how long it has existed, and our ancestors were on the same subject as ignorant as ourselves.' One thousand years afterwards, as I passed hy the same... | |
 | 1847 - 110 páginas
...the earth is perpetually exposed. It is from an Arabic manuscript written in the thirteenth century. The narrative is supposed to be given by Rhidhz, an...and our ancestors were on this subject as ignorant as ourselves.' Some centuries afterwards, as I passed by the same place, I could not perceive the slightest... | |
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I passed one day by a very ancient and wonderfully populous city, and asked one of its inhabitants how long it had been founded. " It is indeed a mighty city," replied he ; " we know not how long it has existed, and our ancestors were on this subject... 
