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Page 397
... Palenque , and Uxmal - appear to have afforded much to examine ; 1842. Stephens ' Travels in Central América . 397 Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and catan By John T Stephens, Author of Incidents Travel in Egypt ·
... Palenque , and Uxmal - appear to have afforded much to examine ; 1842. Stephens ' Travels in Central América . 397 Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and catan By John T Stephens, Author of Incidents Travel in Egypt ·
Page 398
... Palenque and Copan that circumstances admitted of his considering the remains with minute attention . The dif ficulties with which he had to contend , even where time was allowed him , and no disturbance occasioned by the natives , will ...
... Palenque and Copan that circumstances admitted of his considering the remains with minute attention . The dif ficulties with which he had to contend , even where time was allowed him , and no disturbance occasioned by the natives , will ...
Page 399
... Palenque was equally overgrown and obscured . Yet , notwith- standing the difficulties interposed in the way of a minute exami- nation of these two heaps of ruins , by the astonishing power of vegetation within the tropics , where ...
... Palenque was equally overgrown and obscured . Yet , notwith- standing the difficulties interposed in the way of a minute exami- nation of these two heaps of ruins , by the astonishing power of vegetation within the tropics , where ...
Page 400
... Palenque ; for no other artist has visited Copan ; but the presumption is , that he who has suc- ceeded so well as to one place , cannot have erred materially as to the other . The descriptions and drawings of Copan and Palenque chal ...
... Palenque ; for no other artist has visited Copan ; but the presumption is , that he who has suc- ceeded so well as to one place , cannot have erred materially as to the other . The descriptions and drawings of Copan and Palenque chal ...
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... Palenque , ) would seem to indicate a greater intellectual pro- gress , on the part of the people who reared them , than was found among the inhabitants of Mexico ; but the structures and sculp- tures themselves are indicative of the ...
... Palenque , ) would seem to indicate a greater intellectual pro- gress , on the part of the people who reared them , than was found among the inhabitants of Mexico ; but the structures and sculp- tures themselves are indicative of the ...
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Page 462 - Above me are the Alps, The palaces of Nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled in clouds their snowy scalps, And throned Eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls The avalanche — the thunderbolt of snow ! All that expands the spirit, yet appals, Gather around these summits, as to show How Earth may pierce to Heaven, yet leave vain man below.
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