A large quantity of manuscripts was also found among the ruins; and very sanguine hopes were entertained by the learned, that many works of the ancients would be restored to light, and that a new mine of science was on the point of being opened ; but... Thesaurus of Horror; Or, The Charnel House Explored ... - 149 페이지저자: John Snart - 1817 - 175 페이지전체보기 - 도서 정보
| Thomas Smith - 1803 - 420 페이지
...ruins, and very sanguine hopes were entertained by the literati that many works of the fncients would be restored to light, and that a new mine of science was on the point of being opened ; but the ditheulty of unrolling the burnt parchments, of pasting the fragments on a flat surface, and of decyphering... | |
| Sarah Atkins - 1825 - 178 페이지
...of course entertained that many works of the classics, of which time had deprived us, were now about to be restored to light, and that a new mine of science...opened. But the difficulty of unrolling the burnt parchments, which resembled sticks of charcoal, rather than any thing else, and of deciphering the... | |
| Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1833 - 288 페이지
...ruins; and very sanguine hopes were entertained by the learned, that many works of the ancients would be restored to light, and that a new mine of science...opened; but the difficulty of unrolling the burnt parchments, and of deciphering the obscure letters, has proved ouch an obstacle, that very little progress... | |
| 1836 - 362 페이지
...ruins; and very sanguine hopes were entertained by the learned, that many works of the ancients would be restored to light, and that a new mine of science...opened ; but the difficulty of unrolling the burnt parchments, and of deciphering the obscure letters, has' proved such an obstacle, that very little... | |
| Joseph Taylor - 1838 - 672 페이지
...ruins, and very sanguine hopes were enterteined, by the literati, that many works of the ancients would be restored to light, and that a new mine of science...opened; but the difficulty of unrolling the burnt parchments, of pasting the fragments on a flat surface, and of deciphering the obscure letters, have... | |
| Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1838 - 270 페이지
...hopes were entertained by the learned,-that many works of the ancients would be restored to light, 9nd that a new mine of science was on the point of being...opened; but the difficulty of unrolling the burnt parchments,,and of deciphering the obscure letters, has proved such an 'obstacle, that very little... | |
| 1840 - 452 페이지
...ruins; and very sanguine hopes were entertained by the learned, that many works of the ancients would bo restored to light, -and that a new mine of science...opened; but the difficulty of unrolling the burnt parchments, and of deciphering the obscure letters, has proved such an obstacle, that very little progress... | |
| Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 페이지
...ruins; and very sanguine hopes were entertained by the learned, that many works of the ancients would be restored to light, and that a new mine of science...opened; but the difficulty of unrolling the burnt parchments, and of deciphering the obscure letters, has proved such an obstacle that very little progress... | |
| William Holmes McGuffey - 1853 - 492 페이지
...ruins; and very sanguine hopes were entertained by the learned, that many works of the ancients would be restored to light, and that a new mine of science was on the point of beiug opened; but the difficulties of unrolling the burnt parchments, and of deciphering the obscure... | |
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