 | James Johonnot - 1882 - 446 pągines
...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 crash...quarter of an hour, waiting till it subsided again. I could not remove from the place, however, without increasing it, and every step I took crushed a... | |
 | James Johonnot - 1882 - 446 pągines
...to sit; but, when my weight bore on the body of an Egyptian, it crushed like a bandbox. 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 crash of bones, rags, and wooden cases, which raised... | |
 | James Johonnot - 1882 - 452 pągines
...to sit ; but, when my weight bore on the body of an Egyptian, it crushed like a bandbox. 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 crash of bones, rags, and wooden cases, which raised... | |
 | 1882 - 410 pągines
...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 sank altogether among the broken mummies, with a crash of bones, rags, and wooden cases, which raised... | |
 | 1882 - 968 pągines
...into powder beneath him. He stretched out his arms to relieve his weight, and sank altogether among broken mummies, with a crash of bones, rags, and wooden cases which raised such a dust that he could neither see nor breathe. He tried to move onward, but at every step he crushed a mummy.... | |
 | 1902 - 532 pągines
...sit; but when my weight bore on the body of an Egyptian, it crushed it like a bandbox. I naturally had recourse to my hands to sustain my weight; but they found no better support, so that I sank among the broken mummies with a crash of bones, rags, and wooden cases, which raised such a dust... | |
 | James Baikie - 1923 - 552 pągines
...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 crash...quarter of an hour, waiting till it subsided again. I could not remove from the place, however, without increasing it, and every step I took I crushed... | |
 | James Baikie - 1923 - 560 pągines
...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 sank altogether among the broken mummies, with a crash of bones, rags, and wooden cases, which raised... | |
 | James Baikie - 1923 - 562 pągines
...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 sank altogether among the broken mummies, with a crash of bones, rags, and wooden cases, which raised... | |
 | Edward Verrall Lucas - 1928 - 266 pągines
...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. Belzoni's life was to be not long protracted after his literary success. He left England in 1823 to... | |
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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... 
