The Tiber and Its TributariesLongmans, Green, and Company, 1877 - 221 pàgines |
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Pàgina vii
... four verses alluding to this story which form the motto of one of the chapters ; but , as they are not very complimentary to the Tiber , I refrain from quoting them . To those , however , who know the verses , or have the curiosity to ...
... four verses alluding to this story which form the motto of one of the chapters ; but , as they are not very complimentary to the Tiber , I refrain from quoting them . To those , however , who know the verses , or have the curiosity to ...
Pàgina xv
... four hundred feet wide , when lowest , and discharges through the six arches of the bridge more fresh water than the Thames and Severn combined . The commissioners appointed by the Government to consider the best means of preventing or ...
... four hundred feet wide , when lowest , and discharges through the six arches of the bridge more fresh water than the Thames and Severn combined . The commissioners appointed by the Government to consider the best means of preventing or ...
Pàgina 14
... four miles lower down , and four and a half above Rome by the river , the Tiber is joined by the Anio , or Teverone , the most important , with the exception of the Nera , of all its tribu- taries . No river is better known than the ...
... four miles lower down , and four and a half above Rome by the river , the Tiber is joined by the Anio , or Teverone , the most important , with the exception of the Nera , of all its tribu- taries . No river is better known than the ...
Pàgina 17
... four others of less thickness ; thirteen hundred pounds of iron , and five hundred of lead being employed . But on the twenty- eighth of December , 1831 , there came another great flood , and the river beat with such fury against the ...
... four others of less thickness ; thirteen hundred pounds of iron , and five hundred of lead being employed . But on the twenty- eighth of December , 1831 , there came another great flood , and the river beat with such fury against the ...
Pàgina 20
... four aqueducts which have been mentioned . Four tributaries remain to be described the Cremera , the Allia , the Aqua Crabra , and the Almo - streams insignificant in size , but famous in the annals of Rome , or possessing an interest ...
... four aqueducts which have been mentioned . Four tributaries remain to be described the Cremera , the Allia , the Aqua Crabra , and the Almo - streams insignificant in size , but famous in the annals of Rome , or possessing an interest ...
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