 | George Stanley Faber - 1818 - 486 pàgines
...or the cattle of Nimrod. It is a mound of an oblong figure, the total circumference of which is 762 yards. At the eastern side it is cloven by a deep furrow, and is not more than 50 or 60 feet high : but at the western it rises in a conical figure to the elevation of 198 feet;... | |
 | John Murray - 1831 - 324 pàgines
...mound of an oblong figure, the total circumference of which is seven hundred and sixty-two yards. On the eastern side, it is cloven by a deep furrow, and is not more than fifty or sixty feet high. " On the western side," says Mr. Rich, "it rises in a conical figure to the elevation of one hundred... | |
 | 1831 - 982 pàgines
...Nebuchadnezzar's prison. It is a mound of an oblong figure, the total circumference of which is 762 The time of the accomplishment of this twenty-fourth chapt 50 or 60 feet high ; but at the western it rises in a conical figure to the elevation of 198 feet ;... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1835 - 564 pàgines
...terms : — ' The Birs Nemroud is a mound of an oblong form, the total circumference of which is 762 yards. At the eastern side it is cloven by a deep...than fifty or sixty feet high ; but at the western side it rises in a conical figure to the elevation of 1 98 feet, and on its summit is a solid pile... | |
 | 1835 - 566 pàgines
...terras : — ' The Birs Nemroud is a mound of an oblong form, the total circumference of which is 762 yards. At the eastern side it is cloven by a deep...than fifty or sixty feet high ; but at the western side it rises in a conical figure to the elevation of 198 feet, and on its summit is a solid pile of... | |
 | Ern. Frid. Car Rosenmüller - 1836 - 706 pàgines
...appearance of an oblong hill, which rises in a broad pyramidical form. The base is 2082 feetb in circuit. [" At the eastern side it is cloven by a deep furrow,...and is not more than fifty or sixty feet high, but on the western side, it rises in a conical figure to the elevation of 198 feet, and on its summit is... | |
 | 1848 - 508 pàgines
...detailed account : ' The Birs Nimrud is a mound of an oblong form, the total circumference of which is 762 yards. At the eastern side it is cloven by a deep furrow, and is not more than 50 or 00 feet high ; but on the western side it rises in a conical figure to the elevation of 198 feet... | |
 | 1836 - 544 pàgines
...Nebuchadnezzar's prison. It is a mound of an oblong figure, the total circumference of which is 762 yards. At the eastern side it is cloven by a deep furrow, and it is not more than 50 or 60 feet high ; but at the western it rises in a conical figure to the ele*... | |
 | 1837 - 486 pàgines
...Nemroud is a mound of an oblong form, the total circumference of which is seven hundred and sixty-two yards. At the eastern side it is cloven by a deep...and is not more than fifty or sixty feet high ; but on the western side it rises in a conical figure to the elevation of one hundred and ninety-eight feet,... | |
 | William Fleming - 1838 - 612 pàgines
...even its actual height. " At the eastern side," says Mr Rich, " it is cloven by a deep furrow, and it is not more than fifty or sixty feet high ; but at the western side it rises in a conical figure to the elevation of one hundred and ninety-eight feet, and on its... | |
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... in breadth, diminishing in thickness to the top, which is broken and irregular, and rent by a large fissure extending through a third of its height. 
