 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1835 - 594 pages
...stood alone upon the spot, how long ago this change had taken place, and he gave me the same answer as I had received before. Lastly, on coming back again...a flourishing city, more populous and more rich in beautiful buildings than the city I had seen the first time, arid when I would fain have informed myself... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1835 - 468 pages
...stood alone upon the spot, how long ago this change had taken place, and he gave me the same answer as I had received before. Lastly, on coming back again...a flourishing city, more populous and more rich in beautiful buildings than the city I had seen the first time, and when I would fain have informed myself... | |
 | 1835 - 616 pages
...change had taken place, and he gave me the same answer as I had received hefore. Lastly, on coming hack again after an equal lapse of time, I found there a flourishing city, more populous and more rich in beautiful buildings than the city I had seen the first time, and when I would fain have informed myself... | |
 | 1841 - 456 pages
...the sea had disappeared. I inquired of a man who stood upon the spot, and he gave me the same answers that I had received before. Lastly, on coming back...a flourishing city, more populous and more rich in beautiful buildings than the city I had seen the first time ; and when I would fain have informed myself... | |
 | 1842 - 748 pages
...stood alone upon the spot, how long ago this change had taken place, and he gave me the same answer as I had received before. Lastly, on coming back again,...a flourishing city, more populous and more rich in beautiful buildings than the city I had seen the first time ; and when I would fain have informed myself... | |
 | James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow - Industries - 1847 - 640 pages
...who stood upon the spot, how long since this change had taken place, and he gave me the same answer I had received before. Lastly, on coming back again after an equal lapse of time, I found a flourishing city, more populous and more rich in beantiful buildings, than the city I had seen the... | |
 | British geology - 1850 - 332 pages
...stood alone upon the spot, how long ago the change had taken place, and he gave me the same answer I had received before. Lastly, on coming back again,...a flourishing city, more populous and more rich in beautiful buildings than the city I had seen at the first time ; and when I would fain have informed... | |
 | James Munson Olmstead - 1853 - 378 pages
...stood alone upon the spot, how long ago this change had taken place, and he gave me the same answer as I had received before. Lastly, on coming back again...a flourishing city, more populous and more rich in beautiful buildings than the city I had seen the first time; and when I fain would have informed myself... | |
 | James Munson Olmstead - Bible and geology - 1853 - 428 pages
...stood alone upon the spot, how long ago this change had taken place, and he gave me the same answer as I had received before. Lastly, on coming back again...a flourishing city, more populous and more rich in beautiful buildings than the city I had seen the first time ; and when I fain would have informed myself... | |
 | William Keddie - Literature - 1854 - 400 pages
...stood alone upon the spot, how longthis change had taken place ; and he gave me the same answer as I had received before. Lastly, on coming back again,...flourishing city, more populous, and more rich in beautiful buildings than the city I had seen the first time, and when I would fain have informed myself... | |
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I found there a flourishing city, more populous and more rich in beautiful buildings than the city I had seen the first time ; and when I would fain have informed myself concerning its origin, the inhabitants answered me, ' Its rise is lost in remote... 
