Uarda: A Romance of Ancient Egypt ...D. Appleton and Company, 1894 |
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Amalekites Ameni Amon asked Assa battle of Kadesh Bent-Anat boat bowed breast brother brought called camp chariot Chennu Cheta child cried Danaids daughter dead Egypt Egyptian enemy exclaimed eyes father fell felt festival flowers Gagabu gave girl Gods hand Hathor heard heart Hekt high-priest horses Horus House of Seti Huni Kadesh Kaschta Katuti king king's kiss laughed lips listened looked Mena Mena's Mohar mother Nebsecht Necropolis Nefert Nemu never night Nile noble old woman once Paaker palace paraschites Pelusium Pentaur Pharaoh pioneer poet Praxilla priests prince princess prisoners Rameri Rameses Rameses II Ramesseum Regent replied robe rose round sacred Scherau Setchem Sinai smiled soldiers soon soul speak stood strange Syria tears tent Thebes thee things thou thought threw to-day to-morrow told tomb took trembling troops turned Uarda valley voice Wadi Maghara wife wine words Xanthe young
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Page 237 - ... objects. The throne itself had the shape of a buckler, guarded by two lions, which rested on each side of it and formed the arms, and supported on the backs of four Asiatic captives who crouched beneath its weight. Thick carpets, which seemed to have transported the sea-shore on to the dry land — for their pale blue ground was strewn with a variety of shells, fishes, and water plants — covered the floor of the banqueting hall, in which three hundred seats were placed by the tables , for the...
Page 237 - Lebanon; the leaves and twigs consisted of artfully fastened and colored tissue; elegant festoons of bluish gauze were stretched from pillar to pillar across the hall, and in the centre of the eastern wall they were attached to a large shell-shaped canopy extending over the throne of the king, which was decorated with pieces of green and blue glass, of mother of pearl, of shining plates of mica, and other sparkling objects. The throne itself had the shape of a buckler, guarded by two lions, which...
Page 237 - Above all this splendor hung a thousand lamps, shaped like lilies and tulips, and in the entrance hall stood a huge basket of roses to be strewn before the king when he should arrive. Even the bedrooms for the king and his suite were splendidly decorated; finely embroidered purple...
Page 237 - It was of unusual height, and had a vaulted ceiling painted blue and sprinkled with stars, to represent the night heavens. This rested on pillars ; carved, some in the form of date palms; some, like cedars of Lebanon. The leaves and twigs consisted of artfully fastened and coloured tissue : elegant festoons of bluish gauze were stretched from pillar to pillar across the hall, and were attached in the centre of the eastern wall to a large shell-shaped canopy over the throne of the king, decorated...