The Tiber and Its TributariesLongmans, Green, and Company, 1877 - 221 pàgines |
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Pàgina 27
... mouth of Camillus a speech in which he tries to dissuade them from their design . After enlarging upon various considerations , which should induce them to remain , such as their religious rites , which could be fitly performed only in ...
... mouth of Camillus a speech in which he tries to dissuade them from their design . After enlarging upon various considerations , which should induce them to remain , such as their religious rites , which could be fitly performed only in ...
Pàgina 31
... mouth of the Tiber . A portion of their cargo was then discharged into lighters , after which the vessels proceeded up the river to Rome . But the ascent of the Tiber by vessels of war will not assist us in forming a conjecture as to ...
... mouth of the Tiber . A portion of their cargo was then discharged into lighters , after which the vessels proceeded up the river to Rome . But the ascent of the Tiber by vessels of war will not assist us in forming a conjecture as to ...
Pàgina 34
... mouth of a river which brings down large quantities of mud , and is continually extending its delta ; though the navigation of such a river may be continued by dredging and other artificial means . Portus has shared the fate of Ostia ...
... mouth of a river which brings down large quantities of mud , and is continually extending its delta ; though the navigation of such a river may be continued by dredging and other artificial means . Portus has shared the fate of Ostia ...
Pàgina 35
... mouth is now distant a mile and a half . It was deepened by Fontana at the desire of the reign- ing Pope , and is now the only navigable branch . By means of stakes the channel is narrowed , and the requisite depth of water and velocity ...
... mouth is now distant a mile and a half . It was deepened by Fontana at the desire of the reign- ing Pope , and is now the only navigable branch . By means of stakes the channel is narrowed , and the requisite depth of water and velocity ...
Pàgina 59
... mouths and their courses , their termination as well as their origin . Some consideration , also , should be shown for the religious rites of the associated states , which had dedicated to their ancestral rivers their peculiar ...
... mouths and their courses , their termination as well as their origin . Some consideration , also , should be shown for the religious rites of the associated states , which had dedicated to their ancestral rivers their peculiar ...
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