The Tiber and Its TributariesLongmans, Green, and Company, 1877 - 221 pàgines |
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Pàgina 12
... surface being diminished by the drainage of the lakes and marshes , the volume of water in the Velino , where it joins the Nera , was considerably increased , and the people of Terni , or Interamnates , as they were then called ...
... surface being diminished by the drainage of the lakes and marshes , the volume of water in the Velino , where it joins the Nera , was considerably increased , and the people of Terni , or Interamnates , as they were then called ...
Pàgina 16
... surface of the boiling flood , told the story of the havoc which the river was committing in the upper country ; while the roar of the waters as they discharged themselves over the cascade struck terror into the hearts of those whose ...
... surface of the boiling flood , told the story of the havoc which the river was committing in the upper country ; while the roar of the waters as they discharged themselves over the cascade struck terror into the hearts of those whose ...
Pàgina 49
... surface of the river , owing to the height of the banks , yet when swollen by heavy rains , and nearly on a level with the banks , it rolls along an immense body of water , and roars and eddies so as fully to realize the description of ...
... surface of the river , owing to the height of the banks , yet when swollen by heavy rains , and nearly on a level with the banks , it rolls along an immense body of water , and roars and eddies so as fully to realize the description of ...
Pàgina 85
... surface of the land ; but the converse effect , the raising of the bank relatively to the bed of the stream , can never continue for any length of time , because the bank so raised is continually being undermined , and falling in ...
... surface of the land ; but the converse effect , the raising of the bank relatively to the bed of the stream , can never continue for any length of time , because the bank so raised is continually being undermined , and falling in ...
Pàgina 88
... surface . But the strongest evidence is that afforded by the Cloaca Maxima . Strabo tells us that the sewers were arched with stones , nicely fitted together , and that the dimensions of some were such that a cart loaded with hay could ...
... surface . But the strongest evidence is that afforded by the Cloaca Maxima . Strabo tells us that the sewers were arched with stones , nicely fitted together , and that the dimensions of some were such that a cart loaded with hay could ...
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