 ... scorching flame, pouring forth a withering blight and mildew on all around; no grass, no budding flower, no fragrant blossom lives within the sphere of this doleful ruin, but one solitary wonderful majestic object, rearing its leafy head near the...  Karmath, by the author of 'Rameses'. - Page 13by Edward Upham - 1827 - 120 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ann Hasseltine Judson - 1827 - 700 pages
...ruins of the once mighty Babylon, spreading around, abandoned and desolate, and frowning in gloomy and sombre majesty. About four miles to the north-eastward...one majestic tree, not a palm, neither a cedar, but i\ tree partaking the sweets of one, and the imperishable verdure of the other. All Arabia hails it... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - 1827 - 680 pages
...majestic object, rearing its Irafy head near the mysterious walls of the adjoining gigantic mound, wh'ch still retain their name of Al Kasr, the palace. The...circumference of the pile (composed of relics of millions of highly finished bricks) is fallen, destroyed, and ruined ; and in the centre of their desolation blows... | |
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