The Tiber and Its TributariesLongmans, Green, and Company, 1877 - 221 pàgines |
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Pàgina xiv
... floods it is difficult to discover . One might as well account for the riotous excesses of an individual by the shortness of his stature and the crookedness of his shape . Short , moreover , is nothing but a relative term . The Tiber is ...
... floods it is difficult to discover . One might as well account for the riotous excesses of an individual by the shortness of his stature and the crookedness of his shape . Short , moreover , is nothing but a relative term . The Tiber is ...
Pàgina xv
... floods no less than two metres . In this expectation they will , I believe , be disappointed . The removal of these obstructions will facilitate the navigation of the Tiber ; but , instead of lowering the level of the floods two metres ...
... floods no less than two metres . In this expectation they will , I believe , be disappointed . The removal of these obstructions will facilitate the navigation of the Tiber ; but , instead of lowering the level of the floods two metres ...
Pàgina xix
... ...... Reservoirs for Retaining the Floods ... Animals of the Tiber .. PACE V ix xix I 7 24 27 39 44 49 52 54 62 64 70 74 77 81 93 102 104 105 106 108 III 114 126 127 130 Birds of the Tiber : The Gulls ...... The Kingfisher.
... ...... Reservoirs for Retaining the Floods ... Animals of the Tiber .. PACE V ix xix I 7 24 27 39 44 49 52 54 62 64 70 74 77 81 93 102 104 105 106 108 III 114 126 127 130 Birds of the Tiber : The Gulls ...... The Kingfisher.
Pàgina 1
... floods , and their causes , have formed the subject of conversation in every society , and various schemes have been ... flood , which disfigure its banks , and generate un- wholesome vapours during the summer heats , are thought by many ...
... floods , and their causes , have formed the subject of conversation in every society , and various schemes have been ... flood , which disfigure its banks , and generate un- wholesome vapours during the summer heats , are thought by many ...
Pàgina 6
... floods , and the time of their occurrence , and place ou moveable property out of reach of damage . We may also like the Romans , speedily repair the mischief it has done , and obliterate the traces it has left behind . Though we canno ...
... floods , and the time of their occurrence , and place ou moveable property out of reach of damage . We may also like the Romans , speedily repair the mischief it has done , and obliterate the traces it has left behind . Though we canno ...
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