 | 1852 - Страниц: 702
...three thousand years. Kings had attempted this discovery M the head of armies ; and each expedition wad distinguished from the last, only by the difference of the numbers which had perished, and atrrwii atone in the disappointment which had uniform!)?, and without exception, followed them alii... | |
 | George R. Graham, Edgar Allan Poe - 1852 - Страниц: 696
...baffled the genius, industry. and inquiry of both ancients and moderns, for ihr course of three thousand years. Kings had attempted this discovery at the head of armies ; and each eipedilion was distinguished from the last, only by the difference of (he numbers which had perished,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1853 - Страниц: 366
...the genius, industry, and enquiry of both ancients and moderns for the course of near three thousand years. Kings had attempted this discovery at the head...expedition was distinguished from the last only by the ditference of numbers which had perished, and agreed alone in the disappointment which had uniformly... | |
 | John Frost - 1854 - Страниц: 574
...genius, history, and inquiry of both ancients and moderns, for the course of nearly three thousand years. Kings had attempted this discovery at the head...from the last only by the difference of the numbers who had perished, and agreed alone in the disappointment which had uniformly, and without exception,... | |
 | 1858 - Страниц: 316
...genius, history, and inquiry of both ancients and moderns, for the course of nearly three thousand years. Kings had attempted this discovery at the head...without exception, followed them all. Fame, riches, and honor, had been held out, for a series of ages, to every individual of the myriads those princes commanded,... | |
 | James Augustus St. John - 1859 - Страниц: 356
...the genius, industry, and inquiry of both ancients and moderns for the course of neilr three thousand years. Kings had attempted this discovery at the head...perished, and agreed alone in the disappointment which had,uniformly and -without exception followed them all. Though a mere private Briton, I triumphed here... | |
 | James Bruce - 1860 - Страниц: 442
...the genius, industry, and inquiry of both ancients and moderns, for the course of near three thousand years. Kings had attempted this discovery at the head...perished, and agreed alone in the disappointment which had followed them all. Fame, riches, and honour had been held out for a series of ages to every individual... | |
 | William Swainson - 1862 - Страниц: 426
...had baffled the genius, industry, and inquiry of both ancients and moderns for nearly three thousand years. Kings had attempted this discovery at the head...difference of the numbers which had perished ; and agreed only in the disappointment that had uniformly and without exception followed them all. Though a mere... | |
 | 1864 - Страниц: 806
...the genius, industry, and inquiry of both ancients and moderns for the course of near three thousand years. Kings had attempted this discovery at the head...distinguished from the last only by the difference of numbers which had perished, and agreed alone in the disappointment which had uniformly and without... | |
 | 1872 - Страниц: 522
...the genius, industry, and inquiry of both ancients and moderns for the course of near three thousand years. Kings had attempted this discovery at the head...distinguished from the last, only by the difference of numbers which had perished, and agreed alone in the disappointment which had uniformly followed them... | |
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It is easier to guess than to describe the situation of my mind at that moment — standing in that spot which had baffled the genius, industry and inquiry of both ancients and moderns, for the course of near three thousand years. Kings had attempted... 
