 | John L. Stephens - 1841 - 508 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...stopped to cut away branches and vines which concealed the--face of a monument, and then to dig around and bring to light a fragment, a sculptured Corner... | |
 | Stephens - 1841 - 534 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...one time we stopped to cut away branches and vines •which-concealed the face of a monument, and then to dig around and bring to light a fragment, a... | |
 | 1842 - 630 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...should stumble upon next. At one time we stopped to rut away branches and vines which concealed the face,of a monument, and then to dig around and bring... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1854 - 652 Seiten
...explored these ruins," says our author ; " the ground was entirely new, there were no guide-books nor guides — the whole was a virgin soil. We could not...yards before us, and never knew what we should stumble on next. At one time we stopped to cut away branches and vines which concealed the face of a monument,... | |
 | Paul Schellhas - 1886 - 86 Seiten
...interest, with which I explored these ruins. The ground was entirely new; there were no gnidebooks or guides; the whole was a virgin soil. We could not...and never knew what we should stumble upon next.' Von höchstem Interesse and die wichtigsten Resultate versprechend ist natürlich die Entzifferung... | |
 | 1886 - 1164 Seiten
...interest, with which I explored these ruins. The ground was entirely new; there were no guidebooks or guides; the whole was a virgin soil. We could not see ten yards before us, and never knew »hat we should stumMe upon next.* Von höchstem Interesse und die wichtigsten Resultate versprechend... | |
 | 1886 - 1204 Seiten
...with which l explored these ruins. The ground was entirely new; there were no gnidebooks or puides; the whole was a virgin soil. We could not see ten yards before ns, and never knew »hat we should stumble upon next.' Von höchstem Interesse und die wichtigsten... | |
 | Helen Whybrow - 2003 - 588 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...knew what we should stumble upon next. At one time we stoppedto cut away branches and vines which concealed the face of a monument, and then to dig around... | |
 | Helen Whybrow - 2005 - 580 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...knew what we should stumble upon next. At one time we stoppedto cut away branches and vines which concealed the face of a monument, and then to dig around... | |
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It is impossible to describe the 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 see ten yards before us, and never knew what we should stumble upon... 