 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1802 - 356 pages
...less fair. When we compare the ruins of Balbec with those of many ancient cities we have visited in Greece, Egypt, and other parts of Asia, we cannot help thinking them the remains of the boldest plan that appears to have been ever attempted in architecture. In taking a view of this city from the south,... | |
 | 1815 - 480 pages
...distances.* «, When we compare the ruins of Balbec with those of many ancient cities we have visited in Greece, Egypt, and other parts of Asia, we cannot help thinking them the remains of the boldest plan that appears to have been ever attempted in architecture. In taking a view of this city from the south,... | |
 | 1837 - 852 pages
...says, " Wiien we compare the t'lins of Baalbec with those of many ancient cities we have visited in d be established before thee. 27 For thou, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, hast "revealed to thy ser that appears to have been ever attempted in architecture." These "mains consist of the grand temple... | |
 | Charles Bucke - 1841 - 370 pages
...Mr. Wood, " with those of many ancient cities which we visited in Italy, Greece, and Egypt, and in other parts of Asia, we cannot help thinking them...boldest plan we ever saw attempted in architecture." " The enormity of the scale," says Mr. Buckingham, " and the magnificence of design, seen throughout... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1853 - 420 pages
...only an artistic view of them, say : ' When we compare' them ' with those of many ancient cities winch we visited in Italy, Greece, Egypt. and other parts of Asia, we cannot help thinking them the boldest plan we ever iaw attempted in architecture.' strikes the mind with an air of greatness beyond... | |
 | 1861 - 892 pages
...says Robert Wood, " with those of many ancient cities which we visited in Italy, Greece, Egypt, and in other parts of Asia, we cannot help thinking them...boldest plan we ever saw attempted in architecture." There confront you now in Ba'albek the remains of two temples, the great temple, called by some the... | |
 | John Carne, William Henry Bartlett, William Purser - 1836 - 306 pages
...in his account of the ancient state of Balbec, remarks, " When we compare the ruins of Balbec with many ancient cities which we visited in Italy, Greece,...remarkably consulted, should be a matter of such obscurity ?" It has been too long supposed that the ancient Hebrews possessed but little knowledge, at any period... | |
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When we compare the ruins of Balbec with those of many antient cities which we visited in Italy, Greece, Egypt, and in other parts of Asia, we cannot help thinking them the remains of the boldest plan we ever saw attempted in architecture.38 The volume... 