 The neck of the serpent is stretched out, and slightly curved, and its mouth is opened wide, as if in the act of swallowing or ejecting an oval figure, which rests partially within the distended jaws. This oval is formed by an embankment of earth, without...  Ancient America, in Notes on American Archaeology - Seite 28von John Denison Baldwin - 1871 - 299 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1849 - 544 Seiten
...feet The neck of the serpent is stretched out and slightly curved, and its mouth is opened wide, as if in the act of swallowing or ejecting an oval figure which rests partially within the distended jaws. This oval is formed by an embankment of earth without any perceptible... | |
 | 1850 - 534 Seiten
...The neck of the serpent is stretched out, and slightly curved ; and its mouth is opened wide, as if in the act of swallowing or ejecting an oval figure, which rests partially within the distended jaws. This oval is formed by an embankment of earth without any perceptible... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1850 - 794 Seiten
...The neck of the serpent is stretched out, and slightly curved ; and its month is opened wide, as if in the act of swallowing or ejecting an oval figure, which rests partially within the distended jaws. This oval is formed by an embankment of earth without any perceptible... | |
 | 1851 - 518 Seiten
...feet. The neck of the serpent is stretched out and slightly curved, and its mouth is opened wide, as if in the act of swallowing or ejecting an oval figure which rests partially within the distended jaws. In Iowa is found a similar earthwork 1,004 feet in length, representing... | |
 | Ephraim George Squier - 1851 - 294 Seiten
...tail. The neck of the serpent is stretched out and slightly curved, and its mouth is opened wide, as if in the act of swallowing or ejecting an oval figure which rests partially within the distended jaws. This oval is formed by an embankment of earth, without any perceptible... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1854 - 740 Seiten
...The neck of the serpent is stretched out, and slightly curved ; and its mouth is opened wide, as if in the act of swallowing or ejecting an oval figure, which rests partially within the distended jaws. This oval is formed by an embankment of earth without any perceptible... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - 1858 - 800 Seiten
...tail. Tho neck of the figure is stretched out and slightly curved, and its mouth is opened wide, as if in the act of swallowing or ejecting an oval figure,...jaws. This oval is formed by an embankment 4 feet in height, and is perfectly regular in outline, its transverse and conjúgate diameters being 160 and... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1863 - 470 Seiten
...The neck of the serpent is stretched out, and slightly curved, and its mouth is opened wide, as if in the act of swallowing or ejecting an oval figure, which rests partially within the distended jaws. This oval is formed by an embankment of earth, without any perceptible... | |
 | Edward Isidore Sears - 1872
...The neck of the serpent is stretched out and slightly curved, and its mouth is opened widely as if in the act of swallowing or ejecting an oval figure, which rests partially within its distended jaws. This oval emblem of earth is four feet high, its diameters being... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - 1865 - 560 Seiten
...The neck of the serpent is stretched out, and slightly curved, and its mouth is opened wide, as if in the act of swallowing or ejecting an oval figure, which rests partially within the distended jaws. This oval is formed by an embankment of earth, without any perceptible... | |
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