...and sortie like cedars of Lebanon; the leaves and twigs consisted of artfully fastened and coloured tissue; elegant festoons of bluish gauze were stretched...kingdom and the officers of the troops. Above all this splendour hung a thousand lamps, shaped like lilies and tulips, and in the entrance hall stood a huge...

...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...

...of mother of pearl, of shining plates of mica and other sparkling objects. The throne itself had tho shape of a buckler, guarded by two lions, which rested...fishes, and water plants — covered the floor of the banqueting-hall, in which three hundred seats were placed by the tables, for the nobles of the kingdom...

...vaulted wooden ceiling, which was painted blue, and sprinkled with stars, to represent the night heavens. Thick carpets, which seemed to have transported the...ground was strewn with a variety of shells, fishes, and waterplants — covered the floor of the banqueting-hall.' Mr William Morris makes use of the thought...

...and supported on the backs of four Asiatic captives, who crouched beneath its weight (see Fig. 75)1. Thick carpets, which seemed to have transported the...fishes, and water plants — covered the floor of the 1 The two Egyptian thrones I have given are from the tomb of Kamesea III. ; they show us what cruel...

...and supported on the backs of four Asiatic captives, who crouched beneath its weight (see Fig. 75) l. Thick carpets, which seemed to have transported the...of shells, fishes, and water plants — covered the Hoor of the 1 The two Egyptian thrones I have given are from the tomb of Bameses III. ; they show us...

...dry land — for their pale blue 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 beside the tables, for the nobles of the kingdom and the officers of the troops. Above all this splendour...