 | 1850 - 682 pages
...Haß.«. — John, xii. 15. THE GREAT TEMPLE OF ТПЕ SUN DJ" OLD PERU. " The interior of the temple was the most worthy of admiration. It was literally a mine of gold. Un the western wall was emblazoned a representation of the deity, consisting of a human countenance... | |
 | Edward Pococke - Buddhism - 1852 - 444 pages
...or the place of gold. The interior of the -temple was the most worthy of admiration. It was totally a mine of gold. On the western wall was emblazoned...deity, consisting of a human countenance, looking forth amidst innumerable rays of light, which emanated from it in every direction, in the same manner as... | |
 | Edward Hammond Hargraves - Australia - 1855 - 272 pages
...and, in some respects, magnificent structure, was thatched with straw ! The interior of the temple was the most worthy of admiration. It was literally...deity, consisting of a human countenance, looking from amidst innumerable rays of light, which emanated from it in every direction, in the same manner... | |
 | Lambert A. Wilmer - America - 1858 - 582 pages
...with the prevailing tastes of his favorite heroes, when he exclaims : " But the interior of the temple was the most worthy of admiration ; it was literally a mine of gold !" A sculptured representation of the sun, executed in solid gold, appeared in dazzling effulgence... | |
 | Stamp collecting - 1866 - 210 pages
...enriched that it received the name of Coricancha, or ' the place of gold.' Tho interior of the temple was the most worthy of admiration. It was literally...emblazoned a representation of the Deity, consisting of a llaman countenance looking forth from innumerable rays of light, which emanated from it in every direction,... | |
 | Thomas Joseph Hutchinson - 1873 - 446 pages
...Gold." Well it must have merited the name, too, from Prescott's description.3 The interior of the temple was the most worthy of admiration ; it was literally...forth from amidst innumerable rays of light, which ' Vol. ii. p. 223. • Op. cit. p. 41. emanated from it in every direction, in the same manner as the... | |
 | John Ellis - New Jerusalem Church - 1882 - 264 pages
...completely encompassed by a wall, which, with the edifices, was all constructed of stone. * * * The interior was literally a mine of gold. On the western wall...forth from amidst innumerable rays of light, which emanate from it in every direction, in the same manner 'as the Sun is often personified with us." The... | |
 | Charles Joseph Barnes, J. Marshall Hawkes - Readers - 1884 - 516 pages
...substantial, and, in some respects, magnificent structure, was thatched with straw! The interior of the temple was the most worthy of admiration. It was literally...consisting of a human countenance looking forth from innumerable rays of light, which darted out from it in every direction. The figure was engraved on... | |
 | Charles Joseph Barnes - Readers - 1884 - 524 pages
...substantial, and, in some respects, magnificent structure, was thatched with straw! The interior of the temple was the most worthy of admiration. It was literally...consisting of a human countenance looking forth from innumerable rays of light, which darted out from it in every direction. The figure was engraved on... | |
 | American literature - 1886 - 556 pages
...substantial and, in some respects, magnificent structure was thatched with straw ! The interior of the temple was the most worthy of admiration. It was literally...consisting of a human countenance looking forth from IV.— v ff 41 amidst innumerable rays of light, which emanated from it in every direction, in the... | |
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The interior of the temple was the most worthy of admiration. It was literally a mine of gold. On the western wall was emblazoned a representation of the deity, consisting of a human countenance looking forth from IV.— v ff 41 amidst innumerable rays... 
