. History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia and Assyria . Alf ASSYErAK CAVALEi RAID THEOUGH THE WOODS. motion, a troop of horsemen rush blindly over unevenground, and the episodes of their raid are unfolded in alltheir confusion with unfailing animation. Por the firsttime a spectator can realise Assyrian warfare with itsstriking contrasts of bravery and unbridled cruelty; he isno longer reduced to spell out laboriously a monotonous 1 Drawn by Faucher-Gudin, from Layard. 71 SENNACHERIB narrative of a battle, for the battle takes place actuallybefore bis eyes. And after the return from the sce
. History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia and Assyria . Alf ASSYErAK CAVALEi RAID THEOUGH THE WOODS. motion, a troop of horsemen rush blindly over unevenground, and the episodes of their raid are unfolded in alltheir confusion with unfailing animation. Por the firsttime a spectator can realise Assyrian warfare with itsstriking contrasts of bravery and unbridled cruelty; he isno longer reduced to spell out laboriously a monotonous 1 Drawn by Faucher-Gudin, from Layard. 71 SENNACHERIB narrative of a battle, for the battle takes place actuallybefore bis eyes. And after the return from the scene of. TRANSPOBT OF A WINGED action, when it is desired to show how the victor employedhis prisoners for the greater honour of his gods and his own THE EMPLOYMENT OF PRISONERS 75 glory, the picture is no less detailed and realistic. Therewe see them, the noble and the great of all the conquered
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