The Tiber and Its TributariesLongmans, Green, and Company, 1877 - 221 pàgines |
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Pàgina xv
... bridge more fresh water than the Thames and Severn combined . The commissioners appointed by the Government to ... bridges , and other obstructions to the flow of the water ; among the rest the picturesque ruin called the Ponte Rotto ...
... bridge more fresh water than the Thames and Severn combined . The commissioners appointed by the Government to ... bridges , and other obstructions to the flow of the water ; among the rest the picturesque ruin called the Ponte Rotto ...
Pàgina 25
... bridges of eight , ten , or twelve arches , These beds of torrents present nothing to the view but a wide waste of sand and shingle , the whole of the scanty stream , which flows in them during the summer season , being diverted for the ...
... bridges of eight , ten , or twelve arches , These beds of torrents present nothing to the view but a wide waste of sand and shingle , the whole of the scanty stream , which flows in them during the summer season , being diverted for the ...
Pàgina 43
... bridge and Aqua Acetosa it expands to the width of five - hundred feet , even in the dryest season . The average width of the river above the Ponte Molle considerably exceeds that of the Thames at any point beyond the influence of the ...
... bridge and Aqua Acetosa it expands to the width of five - hundred feet , even in the dryest season . The average width of the river above the Ponte Molle considerably exceeds that of the Thames at any point beyond the influence of the ...
Pàgina 50
... bridges , poising in their hands a piece of wood , from which project two which project two or three long and crooked teeth formed by the smaller branches growing out of the trunk from which the piece of wood is cut . This instru- ment ...
... bridges , poising in their hands a piece of wood , from which project two which project two or three long and crooked teeth formed by the smaller branches growing out of the trunk from which the piece of wood is cut . This instru- ment ...
Pàgina 52
... bridges and many build- * “ Aquæ magnæ bis in eo anno fuerunt , Tiberisque agros inundavit cum magna strage tectorum pecorumque , et hominum pernicie . " - Lib . xxiv . 9 , A.C. 214 . ings , especially about the Porta Flumentana . In ...
... bridges and many build- * “ Aquæ magnæ bis in eo anno fuerunt , Tiberisque agros inundavit cum magna strage tectorum pecorumque , et hominum pernicie . " - Lib . xxiv . 9 , A.C. 214 . ings , especially about the Porta Flumentana . In ...
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