 | 1860 - 894 sivua
...memorials of those acts they seemed so anxious to perpetuate. When viewed from a distance the vastncss of the open tract in which Stonehenge stands takes...other building of its class can be said to possess. Its dimensions, although its size is inferior to many other structures, are by no means con-, temptible... | |
 | Valentine Long - 1876 - 294 sivua
...solitary wonder before it." J And Mr. Fergusson justly observes of it that " when viewed from a distance the vastness of the open tract in which Stonehenge...other building of its class can be said to possess." a Hichard Hoare's Ancient Wilts, i., 94, is a very curious account of two bustards having attacked... | |
 | John Small - 1876 - 646 sivua
...posterity the memorials of those acts they seemed so anxious to perpetuate. When viewed from a distance, the vastness of the open tract in which Stonehenge...other building of its class can be said to possess. Its dimensions, although its size is inferior to many other structures, are by no means contemptible.... | |
 | William Long - 1876 - 288 sivua
...before it."1 And Mr. Fergusson justly observes of it that " when viewed from a distance the vast ness of the open tract in which Stonehenge stands takes...grandeur which scarce any other building of its class can IK? said to possess." * I!irh:ird llnare's Ancient \Vilts, i., !>4, is a very curious account of two... | |
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... the monuments of chiefs, who had no means of recording their deeds or even their names, but trusted to the rude mound of earth and the pious memories of their children to transmit to posterity the memorials of those acts they seemed so anxious to... 