The Tiber and Its TributariesLongmans, Green, and Company, 1877 - 221 pàgines |
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Pàgina vi
... carried out , of dredging its bed , in order to recover the works of art supposed to have been cast into it in times of insecurity . But it was only as a receptacle for these works of art that any interest was felt about it . Most ...
... carried out , of dredging its bed , in order to recover the works of art supposed to have been cast into it in times of insecurity . But it was only as a receptacle for these works of art that any interest was felt about it . Most ...
Pàgina 18
... carrying off the palm for coolness and salubrity , is undoubtedly a gift of heaven to the State . " Both authors describe it as passing from lake Fucinus through a subter- ranean channel , which had its opening in the valley of the Anio ...
... carrying off the palm for coolness and salubrity , is undoubtedly a gift of heaven to the State . " Both authors describe it as passing from lake Fucinus through a subter- ranean channel , which had its opening in the valley of the Anio ...
Pàgina 31
... carry such a cargo across the Mediterranean was able to ascend the Tiber within three miles of Rome . We learn ... carried no stores for distant voyages , and were furnished with slender accommodation for their crews , or for the ...
... carry such a cargo across the Mediterranean was able to ascend the Tiber within three miles of Rome . We learn ... carried no stores for distant voyages , and were furnished with slender accommodation for their crews , or for the ...
Pàgina 32
... carried as ballast , have run the risk in crossing the Mediterranean of sharing the fate of our Captain . But , whatever might have been the depth of water when this vessel made the ascent of the Tiber , the river , owing to the annual ...
... carried as ballast , have run the risk in crossing the Mediterranean of sharing the fate of our Captain . But , whatever might have been the depth of water when this vessel made the ascent of the Tiber , the river , owing to the annual ...
Pàgina 33
... carried out by Claudius , of forming a harbour with docks and artificial basins . In order to make a good foundation for one of the piers , or sea walls , the great vessel of which we have spoken was sunk as a caisson ; the inside was ...
... carried out by Claudius , of forming a harbour with docks and artificial basins . In order to make a good foundation for one of the piers , or sea walls , the great vessel of which we have spoken was sunk as a caisson ; the inside was ...
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