 | 1817 - 628 pages
...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 stupendous luxury, was a tree of gold and silver, which opened itself into " eighteen larger branches, upon which, and the other less branches, " sate... | |
 | James Forbes - 1815 - 458 pages
...the floor were twenty-two thousand. A hundred. lions were brought out, with a keeper to each lion. Among the other spectacles of rare and stupendous...large branches; on which, and on the lesser boughs, sal a variety of birds, made of the same precious metals, as well as the leaves of the tree : while... | |
 | David Ramsay - World history - 1819 - 386 pages
...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 rare and stupendous...and silver spreading into eighteen large branches." In the west the Ommiades of Spain supported with equal pomp the title of commander of the faithful.... | |
 | Benjamin Disraeli - English fiction - 1833 - 226 pages
...curious and costly figures of birds and quadrupeds."—Decline and Fall, vol. xp 39. NOTE 29.—Page 91. "Among the other spectacles of rare and stupendous...well as the leaves of the tree. While the ' machinery effected spontaneous motions, the several birds warbled their natural harmony."—Gibbon, vol. xp 38,... | |
 | Andrew Crichton - Arabian Peninsula - 1833 - 476 pages
...gold. The carpets on the floor were 22,000. A hundred lions were brought out, with a keeper to each. Among the other spectacles of rare and stupendous...a tree of gold and silver, spreading into eighteen larger branches, on which, and on the lesser boughs, sat a variety of birds, made of the same precious... | |
 | William Sullivan - Asia - 1838 - 640 pages
...embroidered with gold. One hundred lions were brought out. A tree of gold and silver was exhibited, spreading into eighteen large branches, on which,...precious metals, as well as the leaves of the tree. The leaves waved in the wind, and the birds warbled their natural harmony. [See Gibbon, chap, lii.]... | |
 | Chandos Leigh - English poetry - 1839 - 430 pages
...sculpture could have given me." P. 238, 1. 9. As the boughs stir—the birds all join in harmony. " Among other spectacles of rare and stupendous luxury was...well as the leaves of the tree. While the machinery effected spontaneous motions, the several birds warbled their natural harmony." —GIBBON'S Decline... | |
 | Chandos Leigh - 1839 - 434 pages
...sculpture could have given me." P. 238, 1. 9. As the boughs stir — the birds all join in harmony. " Among other spectacles of rare and stupendous luxury was...variety of birds made of the same precious metals, as «-ell as the leaves of the tree. While the machinery effected spontaneous motions, the several birds... | |
 | Samuel Green - Islam - 1840 - 430 pages
...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 stupendous luxury, was a tree of gold and silver, which opened itself into eighteen larger hranches, upon which, and the other less branches, sat birds... | |
 | Samuel Green (Baptist minister, Lion St. Chapel, Walworth.) - Islam - 1840 - 442 pages
...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 stupendous luxury, was a tree of gold and silver, which opened itself into eighteen larger branches, upon which, and the other less branches, sat birds... | |
| |
A hundred lions were brought out, with a keeper to each lion. Among the other spectacles of rare and stupendous luxury was a tree of gold and silver spreading into eighteen large branches, on which, and on the lesser boughs, sat a variety of birds made... 
