Conjectures on that Mysterious Monument of Ancient Art, Stonehenge, on Salisbury Plain: To which is Added A History of the DruidsJ. Easton, 1815 - Počet stran: 75 |
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... altar , the noble impost is dis- lodged from its airy seat , and fallen upon the altar ; where its huge bulk lies unfractured . The two up- rights that supported it are the most delicate stones of the whole work . They were , I believe ...
... altar , the noble impost is dis- lodged from its airy seat , and fallen upon the altar ; where its huge bulk lies unfractured . The two up- rights that supported it are the most delicate stones of the whole work . They were , I believe ...
Strana 52
... Altar . On this Altar the Druids offered up the blood only of their sacrifices . Notwithstanding they have been charged by all authors with offering up human vic- tims , I must beg leave to dissent from them , for the following reason ...
... Altar . On this Altar the Druids offered up the blood only of their sacrifices . Notwithstanding they have been charged by all authors with offering up human vic- tims , I must beg leave to dissent from them , for the following reason ...
Strana 61
... Altar- stone . ( this is a curious fact . ) The highest of the stones now standing is in the inner circle , and mea- sures twenty - two feet , and that leans on a little pil- lar which has a groove in it : of these little pillars there ...
... Altar- stone . ( this is a curious fact . ) The highest of the stones now standing is in the inner circle , and mea- sures twenty - two feet , and that leans on a little pil- lar which has a groove in it : of these little pillars there ...
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Jeffery of Monmouths Account of Stonehenge | 1 |
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