STUPENDOUS STATUES._The Every-day Book and Table Book. v. 3 (of 3) Everlasting Calerdar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Month, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac

Semiramis caused the mountain Bagistan, between Babylon and Media, to be

cut out into a statue of herself, which was seventeen stadia high, that

is, above half a French league; and around it were a hundred other

statues, of proportionable size, though less large.

It was proposed to Alexander the Great, to make a statue of him out of

mount Athos, which would have been a hundred and fifty miles in

circumference, and ten miles in height. The design was to make him hold

in his left hand a city, large enough to contain ten thousand

inhabitants; and in the other an urn, out of which should flow a river

into the sea.

The Every-day Book and Table Book. v. 3 (of 3) Everlasting Calerdar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Month, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac · 第 1732 / 1847 题