 | Giovanni Battista Belzoni, Mrs. Belzoni (Sarah) - 1822 - 486 pàgines
...sit ; but when my weight bore on the body of an Egyptian, it crushed it like a band-box. I naturally had recourse to my hands to sustain my weight, but they found no better support j so that I sunk altogether among the broken mummies, with a crash of bones, rags, and wooden cases,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1823 - 786 pàgines
...and found one; my weight bore on the body of an Egyptian, and it crushed like a band-box. I naturally had recourse to my hands to sustain my weight, but...quarter of an hour, waiting till it subsided again. " Thus I proceeded from one cave to another, all full of mummies, piled up in various ways, some standing,... | |
 | 1823 - 400 pàgines
...and found one, my weight bore on the body of an Egyptian, and it crushed like a band-box. I naturally had recourse to my hands to sustain my weight, but...quarter of an hour, waiting till it subsided again. Thus I proceeded from one cave to another, all full of mummies, piled up in various ways, some standing,... | |
 | 1823 - 784 pàgines
...found one; my weight bore on the body of an Egyptian, and it crushed like a band-box. I naturally liad recourse to my hands to sustain my weight, but they...quarter of an hour, waiting till it subsided again. " Thus I proceeded from one cave to another, all full of mummies, piled up in various ways, some standing,... | |
 | 1823 - 496 pàgines
...to sit; but when my weight bore on the body of an Egyptian it crushed like a band-boi. I naturally had recourse to my hands to sustain my weight, but...bones, rags, and wooden cases, which raised such a dust is kept me motionless for a quarter of an hour, waiting till it subsided again. I ioulil not remove... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1823 - 780 pàgines
...naturally had recourse to my hands to sustain ray weight, but they found no better support.; so that 1 sunk altogether among the broken mummies, with a crash...quarter of an hour, waiting till it subsided again. " Thus I proceeded from one cave to another, all full of mummies, piled up in various ways, some standing,... | |
 | 1823 - 792 pàgines
...and found one; my weight bore on the body of an Egyptian, and it crushed like a band-box. I naturally had recourse to my hands to sustain my weight, but they found no better support : so that I suuk altogether among the broken mummies, with a crash of bones, rags, and wooden cases, •which raised... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1823 - 492 pàgines
...to sit ; but when my weight bore on the body of an Egyptian, it crushed like a band-box. I naturally had recourse to my hands to sustain my weight, but they found no better support ; so that I sank altogether among the broken mummies, with a crush of bones, rags, and wooden cases, which raised... | |
 | Sarah Atkins - 1824 - 256 pàgines
...recourse to his hands to sustain his weight, but they could find no better support, so that he would sink altogether among the broken mummies, with a crash...rags, and wooden cases, which raised such a dust as sometimes left him motionless a quarter of an hour, waiting till it subsided again. BERNARD. — Oh,... | |
 | Sarah Atkins - 1824 - 280 pàgines
...recourse to his hands to sustain his weight, but they could find no better support, so that he would sink altogether among the broken mummies, with a crash...rags, and wooden cases, which raised such a dust as sometimes left him motionless a quarter of an hour, waiting till it subsided again. BERNARD. — Oh,... | |
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I sought a resting-place, found one, and contrived to sit ; but when my weight bore on the body of an Egyptian, it crushed it like a band-box. I naturally had recourse to my hands to sustain my weight, but they found no better support ; so that I sunk... 
