 | Vivant Denon - 1803 - 332 pàgines
...myself a Frenchman. The situation of this town is as fine as can well be imagined ; and the immense extent of its ruins convinces the spectator that fame has not magnified its size ; for the diameter of Egypt not being sufficient to contain it, its monuments rest upon the two chains of mountains... | |
 | Vivant Denon - 1803 - 334 pàgines
...myself a Frenchman. The situation of this town is as fine as can well be imagined ; and the immense extent of its ruins convinces the spectator that fame has not magnified its size ; for the diameter of Egypt not being sufficient to contain it, its monuments rest upon the two chains of mountains... | |
 | 1803 - 624 pàgines
...observes that ' the diameter of Egypt is not sufficient to contain it : its monuments consequently rest upon the two chains of mountains which are contiguous, while its tombs occupy the valleys towards the west, far into the desert.' Of Thebes, however, the account is, in this part, slight.... | |
 | John Bigland - 1811 - 588 pàgines
...known. " The situation of Thebes" says Denon, " is as fine as can well be imagined ; and the immense extent of its ruins, convinces the spectator that fame has not magnified its size; for the diameter of Egypt not being sufficient to contain it, • Denon's Trav. vol. 1. p. 256. f N>id. vol.... | |
 | Arthur Jewitt - 1818 - 520 pàgines
...country. " The situation of Thebes, (says Denon,) is as fine as can well be imagined ; and the vast extent of its ruins convinces the spectator that fame...contain it, its monuments rest upon the two chains ofcontiguous mountains, while its tombs occupy the valleys which extend towards the west far into the... | |
 | William Henry Ireland - 1828 - 580 pàgines
...ancient metropolis. The situation of this city is as tine as can well be imagined, and the immense extent of its ruins convinces the spectator that fame has not magnified its size; for the diameter of Egypt not being sufficient to contain it, monuments rest upon the two chains of mountains... | |
 | 1862 - 1124 pàgines
...extent of its ruins convinces the spectator that ho has not magnified its size ; for, the diameter of Egypt not being sufficient to contain it, its monuments...mountains which are contiguous, while its tombs occupy the valleys towards the west, far off into tho desert," " Incomparably beautiful and attractive is the... | |
 | 1821 - 458 pàgines
...cariosities, &c. he says, " The situation of this city is as fine as can be well imagined, and the immense extent of its ruins convinces the spectator that fame has not magnified its size ; for the diameter of Egypt not being sufficient to contain it, its monuments rest upon the two chains of mountains... | |
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The situation of this town is as fine as can well be imagined ; and the immense extent of its ruins convinces the spectator that fame has not magnified its size ; for the diameter of Egypt not being sufficient to contain it, its monuments rest upon the... 