The Menageries: Quadrupeds, Described and Drawn from Living Subjects, Volumen2Charles Knight, 1831 |
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... possessed for ages , " where all " the roads are the work of the elephant * . " Mr. Pringle , to whose communications we are already so much indebted in the first volume of this work , has favoured us with a description of a herd of ...
... possessed for ages , " where all " the roads are the work of the elephant * . " Mr. Pringle , to whose communications we are already so much indebted in the first volume of this work , has favoured us with a description of a herd of ...
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... with- out molesting others . That he is so , is a merciful , as well as a wise dispensation . If he had possessed a ferocity equal to his power , he must have extermi- THE ELEPHANT . 69 Exterior view of the Colosseum of Vespasian.
... with- out molesting others . That he is so , is a merciful , as well as a wise dispensation . If he had possessed a ferocity equal to his power , he must have extermi- THE ELEPHANT . 69 Exterior view of the Colosseum of Vespasian.
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... possessed by the ancients . We shall examine this point in a subsequent chapter on the use of ivory by the an- cients in architecture and sculpture . The construction of the elephant's grinding teeth is one of the most striking examples ...
... possessed by the ancients . We shall examine this point in a subsequent chapter on the use of ivory by the an- cients in architecture and sculpture . The construction of the elephant's grinding teeth is one of the most striking examples ...
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... possessed by the elephants , the numbers which were taken to be employed in war , or to swell the cumbrous pomp of such conquer- ors as Kublai Khan , and Timour , were almost in- credible . Purchas says , " William Clarke , which served ...
... possessed by the elephants , the numbers which were taken to be employed in war , or to swell the cumbrous pomp of such conquer- ors as Kublai Khan , and Timour , were almost in- credible . Purchas says , " William Clarke , which served ...
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... possessed , in all , of about one thou- sand elephants , divided into two classes : those which are thoroughly broken in and tamed , consisting prin- * See Williamson's Sports ; and Mr. Corse's paper in the Asiatic Transactions , vol ...
... possessed , in all , of about one thou- sand elephants , divided into two classes : those which are thoroughly broken in and tamed , consisting prin- * See Williamson's Sports ; and Mr. Corse's paper in the Asiatic Transactions , vol ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Africa African elephant Alexander amongst ancient animal appears army Arrian Aurengzebe battle beasts Bernier body Cæsar carried Carthaginians century chap chariot command Corse covered Ctesias Cuvier danger described Diodorus Siculus earth elephant's Emperor employed enemy exhibited extraordinary feet female elephant fight fire foot force forests fossil gold habits head herd Hindostan horse Hottentots hundred hunters hunting immense inclosure India Indian elephant ivory keddah keeper killed king Kublai Khan length lion male elephants menageries mode Mogul mohout mounted muscles native nature obedience passage Pausanias peculiar phants Phidias Pliny pomp possessed princes proboscis quadrupeds Quatremère de Quincy remains rhinoceros riders river Roman Rome round sagacity says Semiramis shew side skull species splendour Sports statuary strength teeth terror thousand tiger tion Travels trees troops trunk tusks white elephant wild elephants wood wounded young
Pasajes populares
Página 322 - Syria was thy merchant By reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making : They occupied in thy fairs With emeralds, purple, and broidered work, And fine linen, and coral and agate.
Página 322 - And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.
Página 387 - Some drill and bore The solid earth, and from the strata there Extract a register, by which we learn That He who made it and revealed its date To Moses, was mistaken in its age.
Página 72 - THE first shall be of the elephant, whereof there generally passeth an opinion it hath no joints; and this absurdity is seconded with another, that being unable to lie down it sleepeth against a tree; which the hunters observing, do saw it almost asunder, whereon the beast relying, by the fall of the tree falls also down itself, and is able to rise no more.
Página 186 - One lesson, shepherd, let us two divide, Taught both by what she shows, and what conceals • Never to blend our pleasure or our pride With sorrow of the meanest thing that feels.
Página 45 - He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens. The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
Página 288 - ... of the amphitheatre. The wealth of Asia, the arms and ensigns of so many conquered nations, and the magnificent plate and wardrobe of the Syrian queen, were disposed in exact symmetry or artful disorder. The ambassadors of the most remote parts of the earth, of Ethiopia, Arabia, Persia, Bactriana, India, and China, all remarkable by their rich or singular dresses, displayed the fame and power of the Roman emperor, who exposed likewise to the public view the presents that he had received, and...
Página 315 - Numidia; the perpetual stream of hot water was poured into the capacious basins through so many wide mouths of bright and massy silver; and the meanest Roman could purchase, with a small copper coin, the daily enjoyment of a scene of pomp and luxury which might excite the envy of the kings of Asia.
Página 170 - ... mikdembers, and the brilliant and innumerable followers in attendance : and if I had not regarded this display of magnificence with a sort of philosophical indifference, I should have been apt to be carried away by the similar flights of imagination as inspire most of the Indian poets, when they represent the elephants as conveying so many goddesses, concealed from the vulgar gaze.
Página 236 - Tartars, which remained firm, making no movement, but suffering them to approach their entrenchments. They then rushed out with great spirit and the utmost eagerness to engage; but it was soon found that the Tartar horses, unused to the sight of such huge animals, with their castles, were terrified, and wheeling about endeavoured to fly; nor could their riders by any exertions restrain them, whilst the king, with the whole of his forces, was every moment gaining ground. As soon as the prudent commander...