 | 1849 - 858 pagina’s
...wont in peace. " I had traversed Asia Minor and Syria, visiting the ancient seats of civilization, and the spots which religion has made holy. I now...parts of the East, have the same longing to cross tho great river, and to explore those lands which are separated on tho map, from tho confines of Syria,... | |
 | 1849 - 492 pagina’s
...the past in the years 1839-40, when he wandered through Asia Minor and Syria. "I now felt," says he, "an irresistible desire to penetrate to the regions...point as the birth-place of the wisdom of the west." The deep mystery which has long hung over Assyria, Babylonia, and Chaldea — names with which are... | |
 | John Blackburn - 1850 - 256 pagina’s
...in 1839-40 his wanderings through Syria and Asia Minor, "felt an irrepressible desire to penetrate the regions beyond the Euphrates, to which history...point as the birthplace of the wisdom of the west."" Two journeys brought him among the ruins on the banks of the Tigris, in 1840 and 1842, but it was not... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - 1851 - 340 pagina’s
...tens of centuries had hung over the buried cities of Assyria and Babylonia. To use his own words, he " felt an irresistible desire to penetrate to the regions...point as the birth-place of the Wisdom of the West." He had trodden the consecrated spots where Babylon and Nineveh were supposed to lie. He had walked... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - 1851 - 336 pagina’s
...tens of centuries had hung over the buried cities of Assyria and Babylonia. To use his own words, he " felt an irresistible desire to penetrate to the regions...point as the birth-place of the Wisdom of the West." He had trodden the consecrated spots where Babylon and Nineveh were supposed to lie. He had walked... | |
 | Austen Henry Layard - 1852 - 414 pagina’s
...and went in peace. 1 had traversed Asia Minor and Syria, visiting the ancient seats of civilization, and the spots which religion has made holy. I now...as the birth-place of the wisdom of the West. Most travelers, after a journey through the usually frequented parts of the East, have the same longing... | |
 | Austen Henry Layard - 1852 - 410 pagina’s
...and went in peace. 1 had traversed Asia Minor and Syria, visiting the ancient seats of civilization, and the spots which religion has made holy. I now...as the birth-place of the wisdom of the West. Most travelers, after a journey through the usually frequented parts of the East, have the same longing... | |
 | 1852 - 676 pagina’s
...the mound of Nimroud, he has described an irresistible desire he felt to examine carefully the spot to which history and tradition point, as, "the birthplace of the wisdom of the west" The original discoverer of the site of Nineveh, M. Bottj», had been making excavations at the cost... | |
 | 1852 - 1182 pagina’s
...the mound of Mimroud, he has described an irresistible desire he felt to examine carefully the spot to which history and tradition point, as, "the birthplace of the wisdom of the west.1* The original discoverer of the site of Nineveh, M. Botta, had been making excavations at the... | |
 | R. G. Pote - 1854 - 318 pagina’s
...emotions which scenes so novel, and spots so rich in varied association, cannot fail to produce." " I had traversed Asia Minor and Syria, visiting the...point as the birthplace of the wisdom of the West. * * * * * A deep mystery hangs over Assyria, Babylonia, and Chaldsea. With these nations are linked... | |
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Euphrates, to which history and tradition point as the birthplace of the wisdom of the West. Most travellers, after a journey through the usually frequented parts of the East, have the same longing to cross the great river, and to explore those lands... 
