The Tiber and Its TributariesLongmans, Green, and Company, 1877 - 221 pàgines |
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Pàgina xiii
... whole of its course . Mr. Burn , in his work on Rome and the Campagna , which is , doubtless , extremely correct in all that relates to the monuments of antiquity and the works of man , appears to be completely in the dark about the ...
... whole of its course . Mr. Burn , in his work on Rome and the Campagna , which is , doubtless , extremely correct in all that relates to the monuments of antiquity and the works of man , appears to be completely in the dark about the ...
Pàgina 12
... whole plain between the mountains , until the excess of water escaped over the brow of the precipice in which the plateau terminates . new To remedy this state of things , Curius Dentatus cut a new channel for the river , by which the ...
... whole plain between the mountains , until the excess of water escaped over the brow of the precipice in which the plateau terminates . new To remedy this state of things , Curius Dentatus cut a new channel for the river , by which the ...
Pàgina 16
... whole street , the church of St. Lucia , and half the palace of Boschi , sank into the yawning gulf , along with the vineyards and gardens beside them . Meanwhile the mills and manufactories which had been supplied with water from the ...
... whole street , the church of St. Lucia , and half the palace of Boschi , sank into the yawning gulf , along with the vineyards and gardens beside them . Meanwhile the mills and manufactories which had been supplied with water from the ...
Pàgina 25
... whole of the scanty stream , which flows in them during the summer season , being diverted for the purpose of irrigation . Among these are the Reno , near Bologna , and the Secchia , the Tara , and the Trebbia , famous for the defeat of ...
... whole of the scanty stream , which flows in them during the summer season , being diverted for the purpose of irrigation . Among these are the Reno , near Bologna , and the Secchia , the Tara , and the Trebbia , famous for the defeat of ...
Pàgina 36
... whole fall of the river is no less than two hundred and sixty- six feet and a half in the course of fifty - two miles and a quarter . The river also is liable to change its course , which increases the difficulty of dealing with it ...
... whole fall of the river is no less than two hundred and sixty- six feet and a half in the course of fifty - two miles and a quarter . The river also is liable to change its course , which increases the difficulty of dealing with it ...
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