 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1830 - 574 sider
...inscriptions on the wall to the south, and the glittering railing of the Hedjra* (or tomb of the prophet) in the back-ground, dazzle the sight at first ; but,...recollect that this spot is one of the holiest of the Mahommedan world, and celebrated for its splendour, magnificence, and costly ornaments, and that it... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1830 - 564 sider
...inscriptions on the wall to the south, and the glittering railing of tie Hedjra* (or tomb of the prophet) in the back-ground, dazzle the sight at first ; but,...recollect that this spot is one of the holiest of the Mahommedan world, and celebrated for its splendour, magnificence, and costly ornaments, and that it... | |
 | Andrew Crichton - 1833 - 476 sider
...The gaudy colours displayed on every side, the glazed columns, fine pavements, and gilt inscriptions, dazzle the sight at first ; but after a short pause it becomes evident to the spectator that this is an exhibition of tinsel decoration, and not of real riches. "It will... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1853 - 398 sider
...columns of the I toclha, there is no other trace of a garden about it. ' The entrance to the I ioilha, near Bab-es-Salam, has a splendid appearance the gaudy...holiest of the Mohammedan world, and celebrated for its splendonr, magnificence, and costly ornaments, and that it is decorated with the united pious donations... | |
 | 1856 - 876 sider
...dazzling spectacle with its gaudy colouring, gilded inscriptions, mosaics, and carpets, had said :—" After a short pause it becomes evident that this is...we recollect that this spot is one of the holiest in the Mohammedan world, and celebrated for its splendour, magnificence, and costly ornaments, and... | |
 | 1856 - 444 sider
...dazzling spectacle with its gaudy colouring, gilded inscriptions, mosaics, and carpets, had said :—" After a short pause it becomes evident that this is...real riches. When we recollect that this spot is one ofthe holiest in the Mohammedan world, and celebrated for its splendour, magnificence, and costly ornaments,... | |
 | Philip Khuri Hitti - 1973 - 185 sider
...the wall to the south, and the glittering railing of the Hedjrah [Hujrah, site of Muhammad's chamber] in the back-ground, dazzle the sight at first; but,...ornaments, and that it is decorated with the united Richard F. Burton, Nturaliuc of a l'ilifrining(- to fil-Miidiiiuh and J/i-ccrt (London, 1893), vol.... | |
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When we recollect that this spot is one of the holiest of the Mohammedan world, and celebrated for its splendour, magnificence, and costly ornaments, and that it is decorated with the united pious donations of all the devotees of that religion, we are... 