The Tiber and Its TributariesLongmans, Green, and Company, 1877 - 221 pàgines |
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Pàgina xii
... seen on a grand scale in South America , is observed in miniature proportions in the case of one of its tributaries , the Chiana . There are enquiries , likewise , suggested by the physical peculiarities of the Tiber and by its inun ...
... seen on a grand scale in South America , is observed in miniature proportions in the case of one of its tributaries , the Chiana . There are enquiries , likewise , suggested by the physical peculiarities of the Tiber and by its inun ...
Pàgina xiv
... seen the name of the Chiana than that of the Nera , and attributes its inundations to its short and tortuous course ; though what connexion there is between the short and winding course of a river and its floods it is difficult to ...
... seen the name of the Chiana than that of the Nera , and attributes its inundations to its short and tortuous course ; though what connexion there is between the short and winding course of a river and its floods it is difficult to ...
Pàgina 16
... seen to change its course , and diverging to the right , to open for itself a new channel , which the rush of the waters contributed every instant to deepen . The cascade became a rapid , and as the friable soil yielded to the violence ...
... seen to change its course , and diverging to the right , to open for itself a new channel , which the rush of the waters contributed every instant to deepen . The cascade became a rapid , and as the friable soil yielded to the violence ...
Pàgina 17
... seen that nothing but the diversion of the river could prevent the undermining and fall of the cliff , and with it the destruction of the temple of the Sibyl , and of a portion of the town . For the substance of the cliff is neither the ...
... seen that nothing but the diversion of the river could prevent the undermining and fall of the cliff , and with it the destruction of the temple of the Sibyl , and of a portion of the town . For the substance of the cliff is neither the ...
Pàgina 21
... seen , without a struggle , and even without a wound . See Livy , v . 38. The right wing retreated unharmed to Rome . The Allia cannot be identified with certainty , but it is supposed to be a small stream flowing in a deep ravine ...
... seen , without a struggle , and even without a wound . See Livy , v . 38. The right wing retreated unharmed to Rome . The Allia cannot be identified with certainty , but it is supposed to be a small stream flowing in a deep ravine ...
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