Nineveh and Its Remains: With an Account of a Visit to the Chaldæan Christians of Kurdistan, and the Yezidis, Or Devil-worshippers, and an Enquiry Into the Manners and Arts of the Ancient Assyrians, Volume 1John Murray, 1849 - 491 páginas |
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... arms were our only protection ; a valise behind our saddles was our wardrobe , and we tended our own horses , except when relieved from the duty by the hospitable inhabitants of a Turcoman village or an Arab tent . Thus unembarrassed by ...
... arms were our only protection ; a valise behind our saddles was our wardrobe , and we tended our own horses , except when relieved from the duty by the hospitable inhabitants of a Turcoman village or an Arab tent . Thus unembarrassed by ...
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... arms and the objects which accompanied them ; were all new to him , and afforded no clue to the epoch of the * This word is probably an abbreviation of Khosrau - abad , the abode of Khosroes . From their vicinity to the Kurdish ...
... arms and the objects which accompanied them ; were all new to him , and afforded no clue to the epoch of the * This word is probably an abbreviation of Khosrau - abad , the abode of Khosroes . From their vicinity to the Kurdish ...
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... arms and horses , although sometimes they are furnished by the Hyta - bashi , who deducts a part of their pay until he reimburses himself . The best Hytas are Albanians and Lazes , and they form a very effective body of irregular ...
... arms and horses , although sometimes they are furnished by the Hyta - bashi , who deducts a part of their pay until he reimburses himself . The best Hytas are Albanians and Lazes , and they form a very effective body of irregular ...
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... arm being extended , grasped a bow at full stretch ; whilst the right , drawing the string to the ear , held an arrow ready to be discharged . A second warrior urged , with the reins and whip to the utmost of their speed , three horses ...
... arm being extended , grasped a bow at full stretch ; whilst the right , drawing the string to the ear , held an arrow ready to be discharged . A second warrior urged , with the reins and whip to the utmost of their speed , three horses ...
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... by a girdle , and ornamented with a fringe of tassels , descended to the knee ; a quiver was sus- pended at the back , and the left arm was passed through the bow , which was thus kept by the CHAP . II . ] 41 DISCOVERY OF SCULPTURES .
... by a girdle , and ornamented with a fringe of tassels , descended to the knee ; a quiver was sus- pended at the back , and the left arm was passed through the bow , which was thus kept by the CHAP . II . ] 41 DISCOVERY OF SCULPTURES .
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Palavras e frases frequentes
alabaster Amadiyah amongst appeared Arabs arrow Asheetha Assyrian Baghdad bas-reliefs Beder Khan Bey Botta bricks brought building carpets carried castle Cawass centre Chaldæans chamber chariot chief Christian church Colossal winged figures compartments desert discovered district encampment entrance eunuch excavations face feet fir-cone followed formed fragments hand head Hormuzd Rassam horned cap horsemen horses houses human-headed Ibrahim Agha inhabitants Ismail Pasha journey Kasha Khorsabad king Kouyunjik Kurdish Kurdistan Kurds lion lower Melek ment Mesopotamia Mosul mound mountains Mussulmans Nestorian Nestorian Chaldæans Nestorius Nimroud Nineveh ornaments party Patriarch Persia plain plunder priests Rassam ravine reached remains returned river rocks rode round rubbish ruins salamlik scarcely sculptures sect Shammar Sheikh Adi Sheikh Nasr sides similar Sinjar Sofuk stones Tatar tents Tigris tion Tiyari Tkhoma tomb trenches tribe uncovered Unsculptured slabs upper usual inscription valley village walls warriors whilst women workmen Yezidis
Passagens conhecidas
Página 74 - I will buy with you, sell with you, talk with you, walk with you, and so following ; but I will not eat with you, drink with you, nor pray with you.
Página 71 - And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness. And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.
Página 261 - And the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures, And ascended into heaven, And sitteth on the right hand of the Father. And he shall come again with glory to judge both the quick and the dead: Whose kingdom shall have no end.
Página 298 - I am Raphael, one of the seven holy angels, which present the prayers of the saints, and which go in and out before the glory of the Holy One.
Página 30 - 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.
Página 67 - 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...
Página 12 - However, it was evident that the monument appertained to a very ancient and very civilised people, and it was natural from its position to refer it to the inhabitants of Nineveh, a city which, although it could not have occupied a site so distant from the Tigris, must have been in the vicinity of the place. M. Botta had discovered an Assyrian edifice, the first, probably, which had been exposed to the view of man since the fall of the Assyrian Empire.
Página 71 - Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.
Página 68 - The news soon got to the ears of the cadi, who, anxious for a fresh opportunity to annoy me, called the mufti and the ulema together to consult upon this unexpected occurrence. Their deliberations ended in a procession to the governor, and a formal protest on the part of the Mussulmans of the town against proceedings so directly contrary to the laws of the Koran. The cadi had no distinct idea whether the bones of the mighty hunter had been uncovered or only his image; nor did Ismail Pasha very clearly...
Página 68 - As he requested me to discontinue my operations until the sensation in the town had somewhat subsided, I returned to Nimroud and dismissed the workmen, retaining only two men to dig leisurely along the walls without giving cause for further interference. I ascertained by the end of March the existence of a second pair of winged human-headed lions, differing from those previously discovered in form, the human shape being continued to the waist, and being furnished with human arms, as well as with...