 | 1842 - 592 էջ
...stern, ami well fitted to excite terror. The hark was of a different design, unlike any thing we hud ever seen before, and the sides were covered with hieroglyphics. This our gni'le culled nii 'idol;* and before it, at a distance oi three feet, was a lari,'e block of fctnne,... | |
 | 1842 - 574 էջ
...and on all four of the sides from the base to the top. The front was the figure of a man curiously and richly dressed, and the face, evidently a portrait,...sides were covered with hieroglyphics. This our guide callrd an " Idol ;" and before it, nt a distance of three feet, was a large block of stone, also sculptured... | |
 | John L. Stephens - 1841 - 534 էջ
...and on all four of the sides, from the base to the top. The front was the figure of a man curiously and richly dressed, and the face, evidently a portrait,...feet, was a large block of stone, also sculptured with figures and emblematical devices, which he called an altar. The sight of this unexpected monument put... | |
 | 1841 - 470 էջ
...and on all four of the sides, from the base to the top. The front was the figure of a man curiously and richly dressed, and the face, evidently a portrait,...hieroglyphics. This our guide called an 'Idol;' and befare it, at a distance of three feet, was a large block of stone, also sculptured with figures and... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1841 - 578 էջ
...and on all four of the sides, from the base to the top. The front was the figure of a man curiously and richly dressed, and the face, evidently a portrait,...terror. The back was of a different design, unlike any thing we had ever seen before, and the sides were covered with hieroglyphics. This our guide called... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1841 - 600 էջ
...and on all four of the sides, from the base to the top. The front was the figure of a man curiously and richly dressed, and the face, evidently a portrait,...terror. The back was of a different design, unlike any thing we had ever seen before, and the sides were covered with hieroglyphics. This our guide called... | |
 | 1841 - 404 էջ
...and on all four of the sides, from the base to the top. The front was the figure of a man curiously and richly dressed, and the face, evidently a portrait,...terror. The back was of a different design, unlike any thing we had ever seen before, and the sides were covered with hieroglyphics. This our guide called... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1842 - 660 էջ
...and on all four of the sides, from the base to the top. The front was the figure of a man curiously and richly dressed, and the face, evidently a portrait,...feet, was a large block of stone, also sculptured with figures and emblematical devices, which he called an altar. The sight of this unexpected monument put... | |
 | 1842 - 1008 էջ
...and on all four of the sides, from the base to the top. The front was the figure of a man curiously and richly dressed, and the face, evidently a portrait,...feet, was a large block of stone, also sculptured with figures and emblematical devices, which he called an altar. The site of this unexpected monument put... | |
 | 1842 - 648 էջ
...and on all four of the sides, from the base to the top. The front was the figure of a man curiously and richly dressed, and the face, evidently a portrait,...feet, was a large block of stone, also sculptured with figures and emblematical devices, which he called an altar. The sight of this unexpected monument put... | |
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Diverging from the base, and working our way through the thick woods, we came upon a square stone column, about fourteen feet high and three feet on each side, sculptured in very bold relief, and on all four of the sides, from the base to the top. The... 
