The two creations: nature and art1849 |
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... neck splendidly covered with ornaments . The middle head depicts Brahma , or the creative attribute ; the head on the left , Vishnoo , or the preserving ; and the right , Seva , the destroying or changing . The face of Vishnoo is in ...
... neck splendidly covered with ornaments . The middle head depicts Brahma , or the creative attribute ; the head on the left , Vishnoo , or the preserving ; and the right , Seva , the destroying or changing . The face of Vishnoo is in ...
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... neck , where they planted a ladder , but which did not reach half way up the perpendicular face of the rock beyond . About a year afterwards , he resolved to attempt it again , accompanied by Lieutenant Phillpotts , Lieutenant Keppel ...
... neck , where they planted a ladder , but which did not reach half way up the perpendicular face of the rock beyond . About a year afterwards , he resolved to attempt it again , accompanied by Lieutenant Phillpotts , Lieutenant Keppel ...
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... neck of land , about twenty yards in length . On the side which we mounted , we looked back into the deep - wooded gorge we had passed up ; while , on the opposite of the neck , which was between six and seven feet broad , the precipice ...
... neck of land , about twenty yards in length . On the side which we mounted , we looked back into the deep - wooded gorge we had passed up ; while , on the opposite of the neck , which was between six and seven feet broad , the precipice ...
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... he fearlessly scrambled away , till at length we heard him halloo from under the neck , All right . ' These negroes use their feet exactly like monkeys , grasping with them every projection almost as firmly TIE PETER BOTTE MOUNTAIN .
... he fearlessly scrambled away , till at length we heard him halloo from under the neck , All right . ' These negroes use their feet exactly like monkeys , grasping with them every projection almost as firmly TIE PETER BOTTE MOUNTAIN .
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... neck . And a more extraordinary situation I never was in . The head , which is an enormous mass of rock , about thirty - five feet in height , overhangs its base many feet on every side . A ledge of tolerably level rock runs round three ...
... neck . And a more extraordinary situation I never was in . The head , which is an enormous mass of rock , about thirty - five feet in height , overhangs its base many feet on every side . A ledge of tolerably level rock runs round three ...
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ALNWICK CASTLE AMPHITHEATRE OF VERONA ancient ancient Greece appear arches arena ascend basaltic columns beauty boat bridge buildings built Canada Caroline cataract cistern cliffs climbed clouds coast Constantinople cross dark deep depth descended edge edifice Egypt ELEPHANTA Emperor erected excite extremity FALLS OF NIAGARA feet in height Fingal's Cave fortress GIANT'S CAUSEWAY gladiator glories Goat Island Greeks hands head Herod immense inhabitants inscription Jebusites Jerusalem Jews Josephus King ladder lakes ledge length look Lord magnificent marble Menai Strait mighty miles monuments moon Mosque mountains narrow Navy Island nearly neck occupied ocean overhang palace passed perpendicular Peter Botte POMPEY'S PILLAR precipice present river rock Roman Rome roof ropes round seen shore side siege splendour spot Staffa staircase stone stream streets structure surface temple thousand Titus tower travellers Turk United States territory Upper Canada vast vault volcanic walls Warrow wonder worship