 Nor was the palace itself less splendid, in which were hung up thirty-eight thousand pieces of tapestry, twelve thousand five hundred of which were of silk embroidered with gold. The carpets on the floor were twenty-two thousand. A hundred lions were...  Oriental memoirs - Side 197av James Forbes - 1815Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Shakey Jake - 1781 - 430 sider
...of filk, embroidered with gold. The Carpets on the floor were twenty-two r.houP. III. thoufand. An hundred Lions were brought out, with a Keeper to each Lion. AMONG the other Spectacles of rare and flupendous luxury, was a Tree of Gold and Silver, which opened itfelf into eighteen larger branches,... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1800 - 482 sider
...swimming on the Tigris. Nor was the place itself less splendid, in which were hung up thirty -eight thousand pieces of tapestry, twelve thousand five...The carpets on the floor were twentytwo thousand. An hundred lions were brought out, with a keeper to each lion. Among the other spectacles of rare and... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1805 - 488 sider
...swimming upon the Tigris. Nor was the palace " itself less splendid, in which were hung up thirty-eight " thousand pieces of tapestry, twelve thousand five...The carpets " on the floor were twenty-two thousand. An hundred lions " were brought out, with a keeper to each lion.47 Among " the other spectacles of... | |
 | 1817 - 628 sider
...swimming on the Tigris. Nor was the palace itself less ' splendid, in which were hung thirty-eight thousand pieces of ' tapestry, twelve thousand five...The carpets on the floor were twentytwo thousand. An hundred lions were brought out, with a keeper to each lion. Among the other spectacles of rare and... | |
 | Charles Wilkinson - 1806 - 484 sider
...in which were liung thirty eight thousand pieces of tapestry ; twelve thousand five hundred of them were of silk, embroidered with gold. The carpets on the floor were twenty-two thousand. An hundred lions were brought out, with a keeper to each lion. Among the other spectacles of rare and... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1811 - 406 sider
...« silk embroidered with gold. The carpets on u ^ ** the floor were twenty-two thousand. Anhun" dred lions were brought out, with a keeper to " each lion.*...luxury, was a tree of gold " and silver spreading intoeighteen largebranches, " on which, and on the lesser boughs, sat a va" riety of birds made of... | |
 | David Ramsay - 1819 - 386 sider
...porters or door keepers were in number 700. In the palace were hung up 38,OOO pieces of tapt-stry, 12,5OO of which were of silk, embroidered with gold. The carpets on the floor were 22,OOO. An hundred lions were brought out, with a keeper to each lion. Among the other spectacles of... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1821 - 540 sider
...swimming upon the Tigris. Nor was the palace itself less splendid, in which were hung up thirty-eight thousand pieces of tapestry, twelve thousand five...out, with a keeper to each lion." Among the other specJ D'Herbelot, p. 530. Abulfeda, p. 154. Nivem Meccam apportavit, rem ihi aut nnnquam aut rarissime... | |
 | 1883 - 404 sider
...seldom has even the gorgeous East seen a more splendid monarch. In his palace were hung up thirty-eight thousand pieces of tapestry, twelve thousand five...hundred of which were of silk embroidered with gold. And so with everything else ; all that wealth and fortune could do was done for this man. And yet his... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1827 - 574 sider
...was the palace itself less splendid, in which were hung up thirty-eight thousand pieces of tapistry, twelve thousand five hundred of which were of silk...The carpets on the floor were twenty-two thousand. An hundred lions were brought out with a keeper to each lion *. Among the other spectacles of rare... | |
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