 I can truly assert, all that has been said of it ; and whoever takes the trouble to examine them will find all the works of Greece much inferior to this, both in regard to workmanship and expense. The temples of Ephesus and Samos may justly claim admiration,...  The Family Library (Harper). - Page 821842Full view - About this book
 | Herodotus - 1812 - 468 pages
...admiration, and the pyramids may individually be compared to many of the magnificent struc . tures of Greece, but even these are inferior to the labyrinth. It is...fifteen hundred above the surface of the ground, and as many beneath, in all three thousand. Of the former I speak from my own knowledge and observation... | |
 | Herodotus - 1821 - 478 pages
...admiration, and the pyramids may individually be compared to many of the magnificent structures of Greece, but even these are inferior to the labyrinth. It is...fifteen hundred above the surface of the ground, and as many beneath, in all three thousand. Of the former I speak from my own knowledge and observation... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - 1829 - 654 pages
...admiration, and the Pyramids may individually be compared to many of the magnificent structures of Greece ; but even these are inferior to the Labyrinth. It is...fifteen hundred above the surface of the ground, and as many beneath, — in all three thousand. Of the former, I speak from my own knowledge and observation... | |
 | 1829 - 666 pages
...individually be compared to many of the magnificent structures of Greece ; bnt even these are inferior to 1he Labyrinth. It is 'composed of twelve Courts, all of...fifteen hundred above the surface of the ground, and ns many beneath, — in all three thousand. Of the former, I speak from my own knowledge and observation... | |
 | Herodotus - 1830 - 346 pages
...admiration, and the pyramids may individually be compared to many of the magnificent structures of Greece; but even these are inferior to the labyrinth. It is...other, six to the north and six to the south ; one wall incloses the whole; the apartments are of two kinds ; there are fifteen hundred above the surface of... | |
 | Herodotus - 1830 - 472 pages
...admiration, and the pyramids may individually be compared to many of the magnificent structures of Greece, but even these are inferior to the labyrinth. It is...other, six to the north and six to the south ; one wall incloses the whole ; the apartments are of two kinds, there are fifteen hundred above the surface of... | |
 | Michael Russell - 1831 - 514 pages
...be imagined that they were placed in the deep basin formed by nature, and which is still occupied by the Birketel-Karoun, but rather in that division of...fifteen hundred above the surface of the ground, and as * Belzoni, vol. ii. p. 150 — 158. Jomard De'scrip. de 1'Egypte, vol. ii. p. 8 — 43. Strabo,... | |
 | Michael Russell - 1831 - 536 pages
...the lake which was prepared by art for the reception of the annual flood, at the period when MoBris changed the course of the Nile from its more ancient...fifteen hundred above the surface of the ground, and as • Belzoni, vol. ii. p. 150 — 158. Jomard D&crip. de 1'Egypte, voL ii. p. 8—43. Strabo, xvi.... | |
 | Samuel Drew - 1831 - 658 pages
...temples of E|>besus and Samos may justly claim admiration, and the Pyramids may individually lie compaied to many of the magnificent structures erected by the...six to the north, and six to the south ; one wall enclos« the whole. The apartment« »re of 338 REVIEW. — FAMILY CLASSICAL LIBRARY. two kinds ; there... | |
 | 1831 - 616 pages
...the magnificent structures erected by the Greeks ; but even these are inferior to the Laby. rinth. It is composed of twelve courts, all of which are...six to the north, and six to the south ; one wall enclose» the whole. The apartment» are of 338 REVIEW. FAMILY CLASSICAL LIBRARY. p la two kinds ;... | |
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