 | Shakey Jake - 1781 - 430 pages
...of filk, embroidered with gold. The Carpets on the floor were twenty-two r.houP. III. thoufand. An hundred Lions were brought out, with a Keeper to each Lion. AMONG the other Spectacles of rare and flupendous luxury, was a Tree of Gold and Silver, which opened itfelf into eighteen larger branches,... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1800 - 482 pages
...were hung up thirty -eight thousand pieces of tapestry, twelve thousand five hundred of which were of silk embroidered with gold. The carpets on the floor were twentytwo thousand. An hundred lions were brought out, with a keeper to each lion. Among the other spectacles of rare and... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1805 - 488 pages
...hung up thirty-eight " thousand pieces of tapestry, twelve thousand five hundred " of which were of silk embroidered with gold. The carpets " on the floor were twenty-two thousand. An hundred lions " were brought out, with a keeper to each lion.47 Among " the other spectacles of... | |
 | 1817 - 628 pages
...were hung thirty-eight thousand pieces of ' tapestry, twelve thousand five hundred of which were of silk, embroidered with gold. The carpets on the floor were twentytwo thousand. An hundred lions were brought out, with a keeper to each lion. Among the other spectacles of rare and... | |
 | Charles Wilkinson - 1806 - 484 pages
...were liung thirty eight thousand pieces of tapestry ; twelve thousand five hundred of them were of silk, embroidered with gold. The carpets on the floor were twenty-two thousand. An hundred lions were brought out, with a keeper to each lion. Among the other spectacles of rare and... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1811 - 406 pages
...« silk embroidered with gold. The carpets on u ^ ** the floor were twenty-two thousand. Anhun" dred lions were brought out, with a keeper to " each lion.*...luxury, was a tree of gold " and silver spreading intoeighteen largebranches, " on which, and on the lesser boughs, sat a va" riety of birds made of... | |
 | David Ramsay - 1819 - 386 pages
...tapt-stry, 12,5OO of which were of silk, embroidered with gold. The carpets on the floor were 22,OOO. An hundred lions were brought out, with a keeper to each...and silver spreading into eighteen large branches." In the west the Ommiades of Spain supported with equal pomp the title of commander of the faithful.... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1821 - 540 pages
...were hung up thirty-eight thousand pieces of tapestry, twelve thousand five hundred of which were of silk embroidered with gold. The carpets on the floor...out, with a keeper to each lion." Among the other specJ D'Herbelot, p. 530. Abulfeda, p. 154. Nivem Meccam apportavit, rem ihi aut nnnquam aut rarissime... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1830 - 442 pages
...were hung up thirty-eight thousand pieces of tapestry, twelve thousand five hundred of which were of silk, embroidered with gold. The carpets on the floor...hundred lions were brought out, with a keeper to each lion.(l) Among the other spectacles of rare and stupendous luxury, was a tree of gold and silver spreading... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1831 - 522 pages
...were hune; up thirty-eight thousand pieces of tapestry, twelve thousand five hundred of which were of silk embroidered with gold. The carpets on the floor...lions were brought out, with a keeper to each lion. (47) Among the other spectacles of rare and stupendous luxury, was a tree of gold and silver spreading... | |
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Nor was the palace itself less splendid, in which were hung up thirty-eight thousand pieces of tapestry, twelve thousand five hundred of which were of silk embroidered with gold. The carpets on the floor were twenty-two thousand. A hundred lions were... 
