 Hillah ; which is rather an unaccountable circumstance, considering that they survived the final ruin of the town, long after which they served as an enclosure for a park ; in which comparatively perfect state St. Jerome informs us they remained in his...  De gestis Alexandri Magni - Pagina 378di Quintus Curtius Rufus - 1841 - 972 pagineVisualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | 1815 - 586 pagine
...of a conclusion (lint either wall, or ditch had existed within the area," says Mr. Kinneir : — " I have not been fortunate enough to discover the least trace of them," says Mr. Kid,. But, perhaps, the most curious circumstances are those connected with the wild inhabitants... | |
 | Thomas Maurice - 1816 - 452 pagine
...investigation, could find no traces of them. I shall cite on this subject his own decisive expressions. \ " I have not been fortunate enough to discover the least trace of them (the walls) in any part of the ruins at Hellah, which is rather an unaccountable circumstance, considering... | |
 | 1817 - 646 pagine
...them '. Let us hear the author, quoting Mr. RICH, the last visitant of these celebrated ruins — " I have not been fortunate enough to discover the least trace of them (the walls', in any part of the ruins at I!' jl.:!i : v hi< i; is ralhiT an unaccountable circumstance,... | |
 | Alexander Keith - 1835 - 464 pagine
...feet,) " by Darius Hystaspes, after the rebellion of the town, in order to render it less defensible. 1 have not been fortunate enough to discover the least trace of them in any part of the ruins at Hillah ; which is rather an unaccountable circumstance, considering that they survived the final ruin of the... | |
 | Alexander Keith - 1836 - 294 pagine
...feet), " by Darius Hystaspes, after the rebellion of the town, in order to render it less defensible. I have not been fortunate enough to discover the least trace of them in any part of the ruins at Hillah ; which is rather an unaccountable circumstance, considering that they survived the final ruin of the... | |
 | Henry Duncan - 1837 - 426 pagine
...attached to the walls, may here and there be remarked ; but as to the walls themselves, Mr Rich observes, "I have not been fortunate enough to discover the...least trace of them in any part of the ruins at Hillah ; which," he adds, " is rather an unaccountable circumstance, considering that they survived the final... | |
 | Claudius James Rich - 1839 - 490 pagine
...feet, by Darius Hystaspes, after the rebellion of the town, in order to render it less defensible. I have not been fortunate enough to discover the least...trace of them, in any part of the ruins at Hillah ; which is rather an unaccountable circumstance, considering that they survived the final ruin of the... | |
 | Henry Duncan - 1839 - 436 pagine
...attached to the walls, may here and there be remarked ; but as to the walls themselves, Mr. Rich observes, "I have not been fortunate enough to discover the...least trace of them in any part of the ruins at Hillah ; which," he adds, " is rather an unaccountable circumstance, considering that they survived the final... | |
 | Alexander Keith - 1839 - 296 pagine
...Darius Hystaspes, after the rebellion of the town, in order to render it less defensible. I have i ^: been fortunate enough to discover the least trace of them in any part of the ruins at Hillah ; which is rather an unaccountable circumstance, considering that they survived, the final ruin of... | |
 | Quintus Curtius Rufus - 1841 - 1074 pagine
...den .Mauern Babylons in den Ruinen von Hillah und der Umgegend zu entdecken. S. Rich Mem. p. 83: l have not been fortunate enough to discover the least...entschiedensten Beweise von der Anwendung des Bitumens als Mörtel. Vergl. Bich Mcm. p. 22. 2(1. 33. 01. 04. Ker Porter Trav. 2, p. 31Ю. Allein interessant ist... | |
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