The Tiber and Its TributariesLongmans, Green, and Company, 1877 - 221 pàgines |
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Pàgina xv
... flow of the water ; among the rest the picturesque ruin called the Ponte Rotto . By this means they expect to lower the level of the river in time of floods no less than two metres . In this expectation they will , I believe , be ...
... flow of the water ; among the rest the picturesque ruin called the Ponte Rotto . By this means they expect to lower the level of the river in time of floods no less than two metres . In this expectation they will , I believe , be ...
Pàgina 3
... flow hereafter with diminished pride . " His defects were glossed over , inyested with a poetic interest , or described by terms expressive of qualities that are pleasing to the eye . His colour was euphemised by the word " flavus ...
... flow hereafter with diminished pride . " His defects were glossed over , inyested with a poetic interest , or described by terms expressive of qualities that are pleasing to the eye . His colour was euphemised by the word " flavus ...
Pàgina 7
... flows in a south - easterly direction through an elevated valley , in the upper part of which the cold , accord- ing to Pliny the younger , who had a villa there , was too great for the olive , and where the snow often accumulates to a ...
... flows in a south - easterly direction through an elevated valley , in the upper part of which the cold , accord- ing to Pliny the younger , who had a villa there , was too great for the olive , and where the snow often accumulates to a ...
Pàgina 9
... flows in a bed of sand and shingle no less than a third of a Roman mile in width , * and after heavy rains must bring down an enormous body of water . Into the Cina , one of its tributaries , by means of a tunnel , the overflow of the ...
... flows in a bed of sand and shingle no less than a third of a Roman mile in width , * and after heavy rains must bring down an enormous body of water . Into the Cina , one of its tributaries , by means of a tunnel , the overflow of the ...
Pàgina 11
... flows northward for fifty miles , and after passing beneath the lofty range of Monte Velino , and receiving a contribution from its snows , mingles its waters with the Velino . Swelled by these tribu- taries the Nera rolls along a full ...
... flows northward for fifty miles , and after passing beneath the lofty range of Monte Velino , and receiving a contribution from its snows , mingles its waters with the Velino . Swelled by these tribu- taries the Nera rolls along a full ...
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