Thebes's streets three thousand years ago, When the Memnonium was in all its glory, And time had .not begun to overthrow Those temples, palaces, and piles stupendous, Of which the very ruins are tremendous. The Edinburgh Annual Register - Page 427edited by - 1824Full view - About this book
| Charles Walton Sanders, Joshua Chase Sanders - 1848 - 468 pages
...of the present generation of civilized men, walking the streets of this once mighty city, and amid " Those temples, palaces, and piles stupendous, Of which the very ruins are tremendous." elapsed, that my curiosity was sufficiently under control to enable me to examine them with any minuteness.... | |
| Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...walk'd about (how strange a story !) In Thebcs's streets three thousand years ago, When the Memnonium was in all its glory, And time had not begun to overthrow...Thou'rt standing on thy legs, above ground, Mummy I Revisiting the glimpses of the moon, Not like thin ghosts or disembodied creatures. But with thy... | |
| Daniel Scrymgeour - 1850 - 596 pages
...walked about (how strange a story !) In Thebes's streets three thousand years ago, When the Memnoninm was in all its glory, And time had not begun to overthrow...stupendous, Of which the very ruins are tremendous I Speak ! for thou long enough hast acted dumby l Thou hast a tongue, come, let us hear its tune ;... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 768 pages
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| Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pages
...walk'd about (how strange a story !) In Thebes' streets three thousand years ago, When the Memnonium was in all its glory, And time had not begun to overthrow...tremendous. Speak ! for thou long enough hast acted diimm'y, Thou hast a tongue — come let us hear its'tune ; TLou'rt standing on thy legs, above ground,... | |
| John Celivergos Zachos - 1851 - 570 pages
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| Ishuree Dass - 1851 - 106 pages
...how strange a story ! — In Thebes's streets three thousands years ago ! When the Memnonium was in its glory, And time had not begun to overthrow Those...stupendous, Of which the very ruins are tremendous ! " Tell us — for doubtless thou canst recollect, — To whom should we assign the Sphinx's fame... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 780 pages
...walked about (how strange a story !) In Tliebes's streets, three thousand years ago, When the Memnonium was in all its glory, And time had not begun to overthrow...Those temples, palaces, and piles stupendous, Of which tlie very ruins are tremendous! Speak! for thou long enough hast acted dummy; Thou hast a tongue, come,... | |
| Scottish school-book assoc - 1852 - 322 pages
...walk'd about (how strange a story!) In Thebes's streets three thousand years ago, When the Memnonium was in all its glory, And time had not begun to overthrow...for thou long enough hast acted Dummy, Thou hast a tongue—come, let us bear its tune; Thou'rt standing on thy legs, above ground, Mummy ! Revisiting... | |
| Horace Smith - 1852 - 324 pages
...walk'd about (how strange a story !) In Thebes's streets three thousand years ago, When the Memnonium was in all its glory, And Time had not begun to overthrow Those temples, palacee, and piles stupendous, Of which the very ruins are tremendous. Speak ! for thou long enough... | |
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