 | 1848 - 592 pages
...the works of so remote a period." A corresponding figure was soon discovered at a short distance, and B * was ascertained. The figures were twelve feet high and twelve broad. We give Mr. L.'s reflections on... | |
 | 1849 - 596 pages
...Arabs, but of civilized Europeans. Mr. Layard oilers the following reflections upon these events : " I ascertained by the end of March, the existence of a second pair of winged human-headed lions, differiiic from those previously discovered in form, the human shape being continued to the waist and... | |
 | 1849 - 638 pages
...subject. To this let us add Mr. Layard's subsequent reflection on this most memorable discovery : — I ascertained by the end of March the existence of a second pair of winged human-headed buns, differing from those previously discovered in form, the human shape being continued to the waist... | |
 | 1849 - 544 pages
...the excavations at once. Two men were retained to dig leisurely, notwithstanding these injunctions. By the end of March, the existence of a second pair of winged human-headed lions had been determined, and a tunnel, of Assyrian times, explored. As, however, active operations could... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1849 - 538 pages
...the bystanders concurred. Two men were retained to dig leisurely, notwithstanding these injunctions. By the end of March, the existence of a second pair of winged human-headed lions had been determined, and a tunnel, of Assyrian times, explored. As, however, active operations could... | |
 | sir Austen Henry Layard - 1851 - 442 pages
...that he wished the excavations to be stopped at once, and desired to confer with me on the subject, in the town had somewhat subsided, I returned to Nimroud...the human shape being continued to the waist, and being furnished with human arms, as well as with the legs of the lion. In one hand each figure carried... | |
 | Sir Austen Henry Layard - 1851 - 442 pages
...that he wished the excavations to be stopped at once, and desired to confer with me on the subject. in the town had somewhat subsided, I returned to Nimroud...discovered in form, the human shape being continued to tha-waist, and being furnished with human arms, as well as with the legs of the lion. In one hand each... | |
 | 1852 - 590 pages
...Discoveries at Nineveh, by Austin Heury Layard, Esq., DCL," and to which we lately allude-d :— " I ascertained by the end of March the existence of...the human shape being continued to the waist, and being furnished with humau arms, as well as with the legs of the lion. In one hand each figure carried... | |
 | Austen Henry Layard - 1852 - 410 pages
...that he wished the excavations to be stopped at once, and desired to confer with me on the subject. in the town had somewhat subsided, I returned to Nimroud...leisurely along the walls without giving cause for further interfer. ence. I ascertained by the end of March the existence of a second pair of winged human-headed... | |
 | Austen Henry Layard - 1855 - 168 pages
...to discontinue my operations until the sensation CHAP. III. DISCOVERY OF GIGANTIC WINGED LIONS. 51 in the town had somewhat subsided, I returned to Nimroud...the human shape being continued to the waist, and being furnished with human arms, as well as with the legs of the lion. In one hand each figure carried... | |
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As he requested me to discontinue my operations until the sensation in the town had somewhat subsided, I returned to Nimroud and dismissed the workmen, retaining only two men to dig leisurely along the walls without giving cause for further interference.... 
