 | 1850 - 704 pages
...the Prophet — peace be with him ! — has said that they were higher than the tallest date-tree ; this is one of the idols which Noah — peace be with him ! — cursed before the flood." All assented. — A trench was dug southward from the head, and at the distance of twelve feet a corresponding... | |
 | 1849 - 602 pages
...tree ; this m one of the idols which Noah, peace be with him ! cursed befüre the flood.' In l .bis opinion, the result of a careful examination, all...bystanders concurred. " I now ordered a trench to be das. due south from the head, in the expectation of finding a corresponding figure, and before nightfall... | |
 | 1849 - 608 pages
...of whom the Prophet, peace be with him ! has said that they were higher than the tallest date-tree; this is one of the idols which Noah, peace be with...careful examination, all the bystanders concurred." — pp. 65-67 The commotion excited by this apparition, which gave rise to still more active opposition... | |
 | 1849 - 620 pages
...of whom the Prophet (peace be with him,) has said, that they were higher than the tallest date-tree. This is one of the idols which Noah (peace be with...reached the object of my search, about twelve feet deep." — Vol. I., p. 65-67. Having engaged two or three men to sleep near the sculptures, Mr. Layard... | |
 | 1849 - 896 pages
...bands,' exclaimed be, • but of those infidel giants of whom the Prophet, peace be with him ! has said, that they were higher than the tallest date...careful examination, all the bystanders concurred. I DOW ordered a trench to be dug due south from tbe bead, in the expectation of finding a corresponding... | |
 | Austen Henry Layard - 1849 - 386 pages
...men's hands," exclaimed he, " but of those infidel giants of whom the Prophet, peace be with him ! has said, that they were higher than the tallest date...careful examination, all the bystanders concurred. covery by a slaughter of sheep, of which all the Arabs near partook. As some wandering musicians chanced... | |
 | 1849 - 596 pages
...men's hands,' exclaimed he, ' but of those infidel giants of whom the Prophet, peace be with him ! has said, that they were higher than the tallest date...the flood.' In this opinion, the result of a careful exuiuhnition, all the bystanders concurred. " I now ordered a trench to be dug due south from the head,... | |
 | 1849 - 654 pages
...giants of whom the Prophet, peace be with him ! has said that they were higher than the tallest dale tree ; this is one of the idols which Noah, peace...careful examination, all the bystanders concurred.' — pp. 65-67. The commotion excited by this apparition, which gave rise to still more active opposition... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1849 - 538 pages
...of whom the Prophet, peace be with him! has said, that they were higher than the tallest date-tree ; this is one of the idols which, Noah, peace be with...careful examination, all the bystanders concurred. Two men were retained to dig leisurely, notwithstanding these injunctions. By the end of March, the... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1849 - 608 pages
...of whom the Prophet, peace be with him ! has said that they were higher than the tallest date-tree : this is one of the idols which Noah, peace be with...careful examination, all the bystanders concurred." — pp. 66-67 1849.] NINEVEH AND ITS REMAINS. The commotion excited by this apparition, which gave... | |
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Sheikh could be prevailed upon to descend into the pit, and convince himself that the image he saw was of stone. " This is not the work of men's hands... 
