| 单词 | hieroglyphical |
| 例句 | According to a passage in Manetho, much suspected, however, of being an interpolation, Thoth or Hermes Trismegistus had himself, before the cataclysm, inscribed on stelæ in hieroglyphical and sacred language the principles of all knowledge. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 2012-04-25T02:01:12.830Z It is possible that this myth may have been contained in the vast amount of hieroglyphical literature now lost to us. Ophiolatreia An Account of the Rites and Mysteries Connected with the Origin, Rise, and Development of Serpent Worship in Various Parts of the World 2012-03-01T03:00:28.303Z Serpents figure among the carvings and hieroglyphical ornaments on some of the remnants of Irish antiquity which still puzzle our antiquaries. Notes and Queries, Vol. III, Number 86, June 21, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. 2011-09-23T02:00:20.637Z An ancient Egyptian papyrus in the library of Paris gives a very curious hieroglyphical representation of the universe. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z The hieroglyphical cakes of wax were deposited at the British Museum, probably at the time the precious manuscripts of Dee’s conferences with “the Spirits” were so carefully lodged in the Cottonian Collections. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z So far as such a period goes, their monuments and their hieroglyphical inscriptions give a reality to their pretensions, which we may very willingly grant. The Plurality of Worlds 2011-06-01T02:00:23.787Z He was the same as Osiris, the Sun; and hence was often called Ob-El, or Pytho Sol; and there were pillars sacred to him, with curious hieroglyphical inscriptions, which had the same name. Ophiolatreia An Account of the Rites and Mysteries Connected with the Origin, Rise, and Development of Serpent Worship in Various Parts of the World 2012-03-01T03:00:28.303Z These columns are covered with hieroglyphical sculptures and paintings, in which the coloring is still brilliant, notwithstanding the centuries that have elapsed since they first saw the light of day. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z Mr. Prisse is an accomplished scholar, versed in hieroglyphical learning, and author of a work on Egyptian Ethnology. The Progress of Ethnology An Account of Recent Archaeological, Philological and Geographical Researches in Various Parts of the Globe 2011-02-12T03:00:34.983Z Ctesias reported the mythological creations which he had witnessed in hieroglyphical representations as actual living animals. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z He found time nevertheless for Egyptological work of the highest value, including a hieroglyphical grammar and dictionary, translations of The Book of the Dead and the Harris papyrus, and numerous catalogues and guides. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z "Evidences also exist in Mexico, of two great branches of hieroglyphical language, both having striking affinities with the Egyptians, and yet distinguished from it by characteristics perfectly American." Heathen Mythology The earliest arithmetical signs appear to have been hieroglyphical, but the Egyptian hieroglyphics were too diffuse to be of any arithmetical value. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli He has discovered in hieroglyphical writing those of the chief butler, chief baker, and others, coeval with the pyramids and anterior to Joseph. The Progress of Ethnology An Account of Recent Archaeological, Philological and Geographical Researches in Various Parts of the Globe 2011-02-12T03:00:34.983Z Both persons and places were often designated by strange hieroglyphical symbols, frequently taken from heraldic badges and bearings, or analogies extremely puzzling to explain. Rambles in an Old City comprising antiquarian, historical, biographical and political associations They would be content to design the constellations of which they wished to speak by the hieroglyphical symbols of their names; hence the constellations have insensibly taken the names of the chief symbols.’ Custom and Myth New Edition This dome was covered with what, in the dim light, appeared to be hieroglyphical sculpture. A Modern Wizard Yea, as undiscoverable as the hieroglyphical writings of the ancient Egyptians. Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 2 The late Mr. Pickering, of Boston, was one of the few who cultivated hieroglyphical literature in America. The Progress of Ethnology An Account of Recent Archaeological, Philological and Geographical Researches in Various Parts of the Globe 2011-02-12T03:00:34.983Z At the close of the consultation, a large bowl was brought to us, filled with sweetened water, and richly ornamented with shells, so arranged as to form a sort of hieroglyphical characters. A Narrative of the Shipwreck, Captivity and Sufferings of Horace Holden and Benj. H. Nute Who were cast away in the American ship Mentor, on the Pelew Islands, in the year 1832; and for two years afterwards were subjected to unheard of sufferings among the barbarous inhabitants of Lord North's island Others had management of the singing choirs with their musical accompaniment of drums and other instruments; others arranged the public festivals according to the calendar, and had charge of the hieroglyphical word-painting and oral traditions. The Story of Extinct Civilizations of the West By deciphering some old hieroglyphical writings, I learned that, somewhere in the North Country, the first teocali had been built. A Modern Wizard The second pyramid, generally attributed, though without hieroglyphical confirmation, to Cephrenes, is more ancient and ruder in its masonry than that of Cheops. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. He caused this opening to be enlarged, and soon discovered the entrance to a long corridor, whose walls were covered with sculptures and hieroglyphical paintings. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. It has therefore been supposed, that the intention of the sculptor was to exhibit a kind of hieroglyphical representation of water. Architectural Antiquities of Normandy A dove is also depicted, with a hieroglyphical emblem of languages in his mouth.... The Story of Extinct Civilizations of the West The study required to translate and comprehend the cabalistic and hieroglyphical records has been very great, and it was essential that I should test each step experimentally. A Modern Wizard This section illustrates certain hieroglyphical emblems, and inculcates many useful and impressive moral lessons. Masonic Monitor of the Degrees of Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft and Master Mason together with the Ceremony of Installation, Laying Corner Stones, Dedications, Masonic Burial, Etc. This disparity was denoted by him in hieroglyphical figures, on the monuments erected to perpetuate the remembrance of his victories, agreeably to the Egyptian practice. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) These hieroglyphical and symbolical characters, being considered by the ignorant and bigoted Spaniards to be monuments of idolatry, the first bishop of Mexico destroyed as many of them as could be collected. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe Without comparisons they are like hieroglyphical characters telling nothing. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject I also explained to you that in the dome which I have discovered the walls are covered with hieroglyphical sculpturing. A Modern Wizard The hieroglyphical inscriptions are in a perpendicular line, sometimes there is but one in the middle of the breadth of the face, and often there are three. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life It was thought for a long time that a substance, mentioned in the hieroglyphical inscriptions very frequently, and in one instance said to have been procured from Babylon, was tin. Notes and Queries, Number 206, October 8, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. To Champollion, on the other hand, it was left to recognize their nature and construction, so that science must acknowledge him to be the discoverer of the true nature of the system of hieroglyphical writing. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History It is almost demonstrable that this very ancient monument was exclusively devoted to astronomical observations, for on the south side of the rock are sculptured several hieroglyphical figures having relation to astronomy. Ancient America, in Notes on American Archaeology When he showed this to the lad, he convinced him of his original proposition, that the hieroglyphical sculptures of his dream were but recollections of what he had seen in books. A Modern Wizard The discovery of this stone is of the greatest importance for hieroglyphical studies. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life A few days later I sent him the plan for the journey, also a second copy of the translation which I had made of the hieroglyphical inscription on the Osiris or sepulchral figure. Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries From 1812 to 1883 Marco watched the log, as it slowly revolved, until presently there came a sort of hieroglyphical mark upon one end, made by crosses and lines cut into the wood. Forests of Maine Marco Paul's Adventures in Pursuit of Knowledge It is not improbable that a kind of hieroglyphical writing existed in some of the Peruvian communities, especially among the Aymaraes. Ancient America, in Notes on American Archaeology In the midst of this collection of idols are two or more oblong stones, on the sides of which are hieroglyphical inscriptions. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America Hence a graphic representation of the mere sound of words would have been perfectly useless, and it was absolutely necessary to resort to hieroglyphical writing, enlarged by the introduction of determinative signs. Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion A peculiar feature of Tom Taylor's editorship was the hieroglyphical character of his handwriting. The History of "Punch" It belongs to Spanish America—more especially Mexico: and it is said to have been this animal that is represented on the hieroglyphical paintings of the ancient Aztecs. Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys It was seen that the pages of the book were “covered with figures of men, animals, and isolated characters, deemed hieroglyphical, and arranged in lines with order and symmetry.” Ancient America, in Notes on American Archaeology His English was good, his spelling pretty fair, considering the absurd nature of the orthography of his native tongue, and his sense was excellent, but the whole was usually shrouded in hieroglyphical mystery. The Red Eric They knew the use of hieroglyphical paintings; they could work metals, and cut the hardest stones; and they had a solar year more perfect than that of the Greeks and Romans. Mexico and its Religion With Incidents of Travel in That Country During Parts of the Years 1851-52-53-54, and Historical Notices of Events Connected With Places Visited The divisions are of a diagonal form filled with various devices, some representing kings and queens or early patrons and founders of the monastery: others being of an hieroglyphical character. A Guide to Peterborough Cathedral Comprising a brief history of the monastery from its foundation to the present time, with a descriptive account of its architectural peculiarities and recent improvements; compiled from the works of Gunton, Britton, and original & authentic documents But what was my surprise, my delight, that an animal so Egyptian in association, so hieroglyphical, so suggestive of dragons and monsters, could be so delicately small, so infantile, so perfectly harmless! The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, April 1844 Volume 23, Number 4 "And is Sir Wycherly such a desperate scholar, that he would express himself in this hieroglyphical manner, on what I fear will prove to be his death-bed?" The Two Admirals Relying on their memories, and no doubt aided by some of the ancient hieroglyphical manuscripts, carefully secreted from the vandalism of the monks, they wrote out what they could recollect of their national literature. The Maya Chronicles Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1 It measures more than sixty feet round the shoulders, the breadth of the instep is nearly seven feet, and the hieroglyphical figures engraven on the arm are large enough for a man to walk in. Sketches The gigantic stature of Typhon was borrowed from a like object: and his character was formed from the hieroglyphical representations in the temples styled Typhonian. A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) The Sun is the hieroglyphical sign of Truth, because it is the source of Light; and the rough Stone is the symbol of Stability. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry I now proceeded unwarily enough to the cloisters, where I thought I might puzzle out my hieroglyphical task more in quiet. Confessions of an Etonian Sesostris, on the other hand, was pleased with those who defended their possessions most bravely; the degree of resistance which he had to overcome was denoted by him in hieroglyphical figures on monuments. Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro It measures more than sixty feet round the shoulders, the breadth of the instep is nearly seven feet, and the hieroglyphical figures engraven on the arm are large enough for a man to walk in. Sketches He was the same as Osiris, the Sun; and hence was often called Ob-El, sive Pytho Sol: and there were pillars sacred to him with curious hieroglyphical inscriptions, which had the same name. A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) Flamel, or the Book of the Jew Abraham, made it the hieroglyphical sign of the accomplishment of the great Work. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry This hieroglyphical or algebraical method of 'taking off' the occurrences of human life is applied with almost unvarying uniformity. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 428 Volume 17, New Series, March 13, 1852 The bow drawn at a venture did not miss the mark, but it is a curious reflection that those of his performances which would really have justified their utmost enthusiasm were hieroglyphical to them. Life of John Milton Picture-painting was afterwards gradually converted into the hieroglyphical system, which is still the only kind of writing among the Chinese. A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition. Sir Robert Ker Porter mentions a block of stone found among the ruins of Susa, having, on one side, inscriptions in the cuneiform diameter; and, on another, hieroglyphical figures with a cross in the corner. The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution Our Ancient Masons have concealed from us the most important point of this Divine Art, under hieroglyphical characters, which are but enigmas and parables, to all the Senseless, the Wicked, and the Ambitious. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Coming out of a church one time in which unlighted candles were ostentatiously displayed, I was forcibly reminded of an hieroglyphical of Quarles—an extinguished taper,—and under it the words, "Sine lumine inane." Notes and Queries, Number 65, January 25, 1851 My copy has two titles, the first being an engraved one, with ten small circles round it, containing hieroglyphical figures, and an engraved frontispiece, which is repeated in the volume, with some other cuts. Notes and Queries, Number 56, November 23, 1850 With these he gesticulated much, in a right-angled fashion, after the manner of Egyptian hieroglyphical figures. African Camp Fires They would be content to design the constellations of which they wished to speak by the hieroglyphical symbols of their names; hence the constellations have insensibly taken the names of the chief symbols.’ Custom and Myth Most ancient of all, was a hieroglyphical Elegy on the Dumps, consisting of one thousand and one lines; the characters,—herons, weeping-willows, and ravens, supposed to have been traced by a quill from the sea-noddy. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II The old priest, like a scroll of old parchment, covered all over with hieroglyphical devices, harder to interpret, I'll warrant, than any old Sanscrit manuscript. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I In 1821 he went to Egypt, and remained there and in Nubia exploring, surveying, and studying the hieroglyphical inscriptions, on which he made himself one of the great authorities. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature Wit in Season.—The jest of an ex-minister is as flavourless as a mummy; as unintelligible as its hieroglyphical epitaph. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 484, April 9, 1831 Thus the whole work is not merely "an hieroglyphical and shadowed lesson" of ascetic philosophy; it is also a realisation of mediæval life in its cruellest intensity and most uncompromising truth. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts Upon its pedestal, were pasted certain hieroglyphical notices; according to Mohi, offering rewards for missing men, so many hands high. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II In his "Monarchy or no Monarchy," published in 1651, he had inserted an hieroglyphical plate, representing on one side persons in winding sheets digging graves; and on the other a large city in flames. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 It has been said that of the component elements of his hieroglyphical name, Isis is the first, and that the name Osiris really signifies the "Eye of Isis." The God-Idea of the Ancients or Sex in Religion In the Egyptian obelisks and hieroglyphical figures it is not easy to meet with bones. Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia, and the Letter to a Friend The book of providence is indeed the least intelligible to us of all that the wisdom of God has written: but we can read some of its pages, and understand some of its hieroglyphical characters. Female Scripture Biographies, Volume I It contains upwards of two hundred historical manuscripts, some in hieroglyphical characters anterior to the conquest, and many in the different ancient languages of the country. Life in Mexico A good Courtier's Habit and Behaviour is hieroglyphical on these Occasions: He deals much in Whispers, and you may see he dresses according to the best Intelligence. The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays THE HIEROGLYPHICS.—We owe our knowledge of ancient Egypt chiefly to hieroglyphical writing. Outline of Universal History The idea of the Indians being in possession of hieroglyphical writings, is calculated to lead us to form a very different opinion of them to that which is usually entertained by the world. The Life, Studies, and Works of Benjamin West, Esq. Composed from Materials Furnished by Himself Pierius, in the fourth book of his "Hieroglyphics," cites this ode, and informs us that the horse was the hieroglyphical emblem of pride. The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes The priests, sole depositaries of knowledge, were put to death; the manuscripts and hieroglyphical paintings were burnt, and the remaining Indians fell into that state of ignorance and degradation, from which they have never emerged. Life in Mexico Adj. writing &c. v.; written &c. v.; in writing, in black and white; under one's hand. uncial, Runic, cuneiform, hieroglyphical†. Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases The first, the hieroglyphical, is composed of literal pictures, as a circle, O, for the sun, a curved line for the moon, a pointed oval for the mouth. Outline of Universal History It is an hieroglyphical and shadowed lesson of the whole world, and of the creatures of God. All Saints' Day and Other Sermons From a desk in one corner he took a large tome labelled "Stock Book," to which he referred, after glancing at a hieroglyphical device pasted on the figure which I held under my arm. The Gerrard Street Mystery and Other Weird Tales A full account is given of her in one of the numbers of the "Mosaico Megicano," as also of a square stone found in the same place, beautifully carved, and covered with hieroglyphical characters. Life in Mexico This was a simple pictorial, or hieroglyphical system, which they gradually developed into the cuneiform. General History for Colleges and High Schools These probably were only devices of a hieroglyphical character. The Iliad On my conscience, I believe the tale of Cadmus was hieroglyphical, and that the dragon's teeth whilk he sowed were the letters he invented. The Fortunes of Nigel I at once looked on the figure of the animal as a kind of punning or hieroglyphical signature. Short Stories for English Courses Upon paper made of its fibres, the ancient Mexicans painted their hieroglyphical figures. Life in Mexico It could be written eight or ten times as fast as the hieroglyphical form. General History for Colleges and High Schools He pulled out a copper cigarette case with some hieroglyphical letters and numbers stamped on it, which he regarded with a humorous smile. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life Humboldt mentions books of hieroglyphical writings among the Panoes, which were "bundles of their paper resembling our volumes in quarto." Atlantis : the antediluvian world The Egyptian method of embalming is not known to the present age, and hieroglyphical pageantry hath outlived the science of deciphering it. Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 1 (1774-1779): the American Crisis The phrase is hieroglyphical; but Mr. Owen and others might be said to put their foot in the question of social improvement and reform much in the same unaccountable manner. Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners They brought with them into the valley the art of hieroglyphical writing, which later developed into the well-known cuneiform system. General History for Colleges and High Schools Observe,' he added, pointing to a hieroglyphical scroll—'observe in these ancient figures the origin of the Christian's Trinity. Last Days of Pompeii Here it will be seen that, out of seven hieroglyphical figures, six contain human faces. Atlantis : the antediluvian world Such puerile conceits as these form a striking contrast with the real knowledge of the Mexicans, as displayed in their hieroglyphical maps, in which the true cause of this phenomenon is plainly depicted. History of the Conquest of Peru; with a preliminary view of the civilization of the Incas According to a passage in Manetho, much suspected, however, of being an interpolation, Thoth, or Hermes Trismegistus, had himself, before the cataclysm, inscribed on stelæ, in hieroglyphical and sacred language, the principles of all knowledge. Atlantis : the antediluvian world |
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