The Tiber and Its TributariesLongmans, Green, and Company, 1877 - 221 pàgines |
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Pàgina 3
... land . The stream , both within and below the town , must have been still more unsightly than it appears to us . Yet no where is the Tiber spoken of in disparaging terms . Roman humorist would have attempted to provoke a smile at the ...
... land . The stream , both within and below the town , must have been still more unsightly than it appears to us . Yet no where is the Tiber spoken of in disparaging terms . Roman humorist would have attempted to provoke a smile at the ...
Pàgina 10
... navigable even for small boats , and the Tuscan Chiana , or canal of the Chiana , as it is called , is of still smaller dimensions . method adopted in Lincolnshire for reclaiming land from the sel 10 DESCRIPTION OF THE TIBER .
... navigable even for small boats , and the Tuscan Chiana , or canal of the Chiana , as it is called , is of still smaller dimensions . method adopted in Lincolnshire for reclaiming land from the sel 10 DESCRIPTION OF THE TIBER .
Pàgina 11
... land became sufficiently dry and firm . It was then sown with crops , and planted with trees , which served stil further to purify the air by decomposing with their leaves and fixing in their tissues the vapours which had given the Val ...
... land became sufficiently dry and firm . It was then sown with crops , and planted with trees , which served stil further to purify the air by decomposing with their leaves and fixing in their tissues the vapours which had given the Val ...
Pàgina 12
... lands were laid waste by the torrents which in time of floods poured over these newly- created falls . * Æn . VII . 712. The name " Rosea " is undoubtedly derived from " ros " " den . " The fertility for which these plains were ...
... lands were laid waste by the torrents which in time of floods poured over these newly- created falls . * Æn . VII . 712. The name " Rosea " is undoubtedly derived from " ros " " den . " The fertility for which these plains were ...
Pàgina 21
... land . The little stream , also , which flows in the valley between Marino and the ridge encircling the Alban lake , whose source is considered by some to be the Aqua Ferentina of Livy , is conveyed through a similar tunnel to swell the ...
... land . The little stream , also , which flows in the valley between Marino and the ridge encircling the Alban lake , whose source is considered by some to be the Aqua Ferentina of Livy , is conveyed through a similar tunnel to swell the ...
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