 ... to have a small aperture, easily concealed, and level with the surface of the rock. This was barely large enough to admit the entrance of a single person; who having descended into the narrow passage, might creep along until he arrived immediately...  Manual of Classical Literature - Page 160de Johann Joachim Eschenburg - 1844 - 690 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Edward Daniel Clarke - 1817 - 658 pages
...might creep along until he arrived immediately behind the centre of the altar; where, being hid by some colossal statue or other screen, the sound of...sanctuary. We amused ourselves for a few minutes, by endeavouring to mimic the sort of solemn farce acted upon these occasions: and as we delivered a mock... | |
 | Thomas Dudley Fosbroke - 1825 - 560 pages
...the entrance of a single person, who could creep along to the back of the altar, where, being hid by some colossal statue, or other screen, the sound of...voice would produce a most imposing effect among the listening votaries 10. As to Altars, Herodotus says that the Egyptians were the first who consecrated... | |
 | Thomas Dudley Fosbroke - 1828 - 428 pages
...passage, might creep along until he arrived immediately behind the centre of the altar, where being hid by some colossal statue or other screen, the sound of...listening in silence upon the floor of the sanctuary. There are also remains of an aqueduct, and appearances of subterraneous passages. A large Church at... | |
 | Benjamin Thomas H. Cole - 1829 - 288 pages
...or other screen, he might, by uttering some preconcerted answer, produce a most imposing effect upon the humble votaries prostrate beneath, who were listening in silence upon the floor of the sanctuary. My friend and his companions amused themselves by endeavouring to mimic the solemn farce formerly acted... | |
 | Johann Joachim Eschenburg - 1837 - 372 pages
...passage, might creep along until he arrived immediately behind the centre of the altar; where being hid by some colossal statue or other screen, the sound of...would produce a most imposing effect among the humble votiries, prostrate beneath, who were listening in silence upon the floor of the sanctuary. We amused... | |
 | Charles Bucke - 1841 - 370 pages
...might creep along until he arrived immediately behind the centre of the altar ; where, being hid by some colossal statue or other screen, the sound of...listening in silence upon the floor of the sanctuary." Argos was consecrated to Juno :* it was subject to different forms of government ; its people were... | |
 | Thomas Ewbank - 1842 - 612 pages
...the entrance of a single person, who could creep along to the back of the altar, where being hid by some colossal statue, or other screen, the sound of...voice would produce a most imposing effect among the listening votaries." Antiq. 33. It is a curious fact that conjurers and chiefs among American Indians,... | |
 | Thomas Ewbank - 1842 - 608 pages
...the entrance of a single person, who could creep along to the back of the altar, where being hid by some colossal statue, or other screen, the sound of...voice would produce a most imposing effect among the listening votaries." Antiq. 33. It is a curious fact that conjurers and chiefs among American Indians,... | |
 | 1851 - 650 pages
...passage, might creep along until he arrived immediately behind the centre of the altar; where being hid by some colossal statue or other screen, the sound of...sanctuary. We amused ourselves for a few minutes by endeavouring to mimic the sort of solemn farce acted upon these occasions; and as we delivered a mock... | |
 | Thomas Ewbank - 1851 - 646 pages
...the entrance of a single person, who could creep along to the back of the altar, where being hid by some colossal statue, or other screen, the sound of...voice would produce a most imposing effect among the listening votaries." Antiq. 33. It is a curious fact that conjurers and chiefs among American Indians,... | |
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