It seemed as if I were travelling among the clustered columns of some enormous and enchanted Gothic Cathedral, compared to which the Minster at York, or the Cathedral at Winchester, would have seemed mere baby-houses. The ground extended on all sides... Mysore and Coorg: Coorg - Page 18by Benjamin Lewis Rice - 1878Full view - About this book
| Gilbert Thomas Burnett - 1835 - 538 pages
...Winchester, would have seemed mere baby-houses ; the ground extended on all sides as smooth and flat, nnd clear of underwood, as if the whole had been paved...of bamboo, varying in diameter at their base from six feet to twenty or thirty ; and even to twice that width, as I ascertained by actual measurement.... | |
| 1839 - 272 pages
...to which the minster at York, or the cathedral at Winchester, would have seemed mere baby-houses ; the ground extended on all sides as smooth and flat,...of bamboo, varying in diameter at their base from six feet to twenty or thirty ; and even to twice that width, as I ascertained by actual measurement.... | |
| Basil Hall - 1845 - 252 pages
...compared to which the minster at York, or the cathedral at Winchester. would have seemed mere baby-houses. The ground extended on all sides as smooth, and flat,...symmetrical clusters of bamboo, varying in diameter at their hasp, from six feet to twenty or thirty, and even to twice that width, as I ascertained by actual measurement.... | |
| 1848 - 792 pages
...compared to which the Minster at York, or the Cathedral at Winchester, would have seemed mere baby-houses. The ground extended on all sides as smooth, and flat,...of bamboo, varying in diameter at their base from six feet to twenty or thirty, and even to twice that width, as I ascertained by actual measurement.... | |
| William Balmbro'. Flower - 1848 - 304 pages
...compared to which the minster at York, or the cathedral at Winchester, would have seemed mere baby-houses. The ground extended on all sides as smooth, and flat,...of bamboo, varying in diameter at their base from six feet to twenty or thirty, and even to twice that width, as I ascertained by actual measurement.... | |
| Anne Pratt - 1852 - 108 pages
...to which, the Minster at York, or the Cathedral at Winchester, would have seemed mere baby-houses : the ground extended on all sides as smooth and flat,...been paved with grave-stones. From this level surface arose, on every hand, as far as the eye could penetrate into the forest, immense symmetrical clusters... | |
| Beauties - 1866 - 310 pages
...compared to which the Minster at York, or the Cathedral at Winchester, would have seemed mere babyhouses : the ground extended on all sides as smooth and flat,...been paved with grave-stones. From this level surface arose, on every hand, as far as the eye could penetrate into the forest, immense 1 Puge 65. symmetrical... | |
| G. Richter - 1870 - 510 pages
...all sides as smooth and flat and clear of underwood as if the whole had been paved with grave stones. From this level surface rose on every hand and, as...of bamboo, varying in diameter at their base from six feet to twenty or thirty, as I ascertained by actual measurement. For about 8 or 10 feet from the... | |
| Basil Hall - 1995 - 298 pages
...compared to which the minuter at York, or the cathedral at Winchester, would have seemed mere baby-houses. The ground extended on all sides as smooth, and flat,...hand, and as far as the eye could penetrate into the fores!:, immense symmetrical clusters of bamboo, varying in diameter at their base from six feet to... | |
| Basil Hall - 2005 - 304 pages
...compared to which the minster at York, or the cathedral at Winchester, would have seemed mere baby-houses. The ground extended on all sides as smooth, and flat,...of bamboo, varying in diameter at their base from six feet to twenty or thirty, and even to twice that width, as I ascertained by actual measurement.... | |
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