 | 1842 - 574 Seiten
...against the chiselled stone, I pushed the Indians away, and cleared ont the loose earth with my bands. The beauty of the sculpture, the solemn stillness...over it, all created an interest higher, if possible, lhan I had ever felt among the ruins of the Old World. After several hours' absence I returned to Mr.... | |
 | 1841 - 404 Seiten
...interest with which I explored these ruins. The ground was entirely new; there were no guide-books or guides; the whole was a virgin soil. We could not...chattering of parrots, the desolation of the city, and tho mystery that hung over it, all created an interest higher, if possible, than I had ever felt among... | |
 | John L. Stephens - 1841 - 508 Seiten
...an eye, an ear, a foot, or a hand was disentombed ; and when the machete rang against the chiselled stone, I pushed the Indians away, and cleared out...I had ever felt among the ruins of the Old World. After several hours' absence I returned to Mr. Catherwood, and reported upward of fifty objects to... | |
 | Stephens - 1841 - 534 Seiten
...an eye, an ear, a foot, or a hand was disentombed ; and when the machete rang against the chiselled stone, I pushed the Indians away, and cleared out...desolation of the city, and the mystery that hung it, uU created an interest higher, if possible, than I o\ tur felt among the ruins of the Old World.... | |
 | 1842 - 630 Seiten
...an eye, an ear, a foot, or a hand was disentombed; and when the machete rang against the chiselled stone, I pushed the Indians away, and cleared out...by the scrambling of monkeys and the chattering of parrols, the desolation of the city, and the mystery that hung over it, all created an interest higher,... | |
 | John L. Stephens - 1854 - 638 Seiten
...an eye, an ear, a foot, or a hand was disentombed ; and when the machete rang against the chiselled stone, I pushed the Indians away, and cleared out the loose earth with my hands. The beanty of the sculpture, the solemn stillness of the woods, disturbed only by the scrambling of monkeys... | |
 | John L. Stephens - 1858 - 602 Seiten
...an eye, an ear, a foot, or a hand was disentombed ; and when the machete rang against the chiselled stone, I pushed the Indians away, and cleared out...all created an interest higher, if possible, than 1 had ever felt among the ruins of the Old World. After several hours' absence I returned to Mr. Catherwood.... | |
 | Pictures - 1871 - 272 Seiten
...an eye, an ear, a foot, or a hand was disentombed ; and when the machete rang against the chiselled stone, I pushed the Indians away, and cleared out...I had ever felt among the ruins of the Old World." Notwithstanding the diligence with which they worked, Mr. Stephens soon became aware that it was uncertain... | |
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... the face of a monument, and then to dig around and bring to light a fragment, a sculptured corner of which protruded from the earth. I leaned over with breathless anxiety while the Indians worked, and an eye, an ear, a foot, or a hand was disentombed;... 
