 Southwark there was a bridge, so broad that two waggons could pass each other upon it. On the bridge were raised barricades, both towers and wooden parapets, in the direction of the river, which were nearly breast high ; and under the bridge were piles...  St. Nicholas - Pàgina 558editat per - 1884Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1844 - 454 pàgines
...barricades, both towers and wooden parapets, in the direction of the river, which were nearly breast high ; and under the bridge were piles driven into the bottom of the river. Now when the attack was made the troops stood on the bridge everywhere, and defended themselves. King... | |
 | Mrs. Matthew Hall - 1843 - 480 pàgines
...barricades, both towers and wooden parapets, in the direction of the river, which were nearly breast high, and under the bridge were piles driven into the bottom of the river. .Now, when the attack was made, the troops stood on the bridge everywhere, and defended themselves.... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1844 - 830 pàgines
...barricades, both towers and wooden parapets, in the direction of the river, which were nearly breast high ; and under the bridge were piles driven into the bottom of the river. Now when the attack was made the troops stood on the bridge everywhere, and defended themselves. King... | |
 | The Mirror of Literature,Amusement,and Instruction.New Series.VOL.V - 1844 - 440 pàgines
...barricades, both towers and wooden parapets, in the direction of the river, which were nearly breast high; and under the bridge were piles driven into the bottom of the river. Now when the attack was made the troops stood on the bridge everywhere, and defended themselves. King... | |
 | Louis Duval (fict.name.) - 1871 - 172 pàgines
...barricades, both towers and wooden parapets, in the direction of the river, which were nearly breast high ; and under the bridge were piles driven into the bottom of the river. Now when the attack was made, the troops stood on the bridge everywhere and defended themselves. King... | |
 | Sabine Baring Gould - 1874 - 460 pàgines
...wooden parapets, in the direction of the river (ie, across the bridge), which were nearly breast high ; and under the bridge were piles driven into the bottom of the river. " Now when the attack was made, the troops stood •on the bridge everywhere, and defended themselves.... | |
 | Sabine Baring-Gould - 1882 - 424 pàgines
...wooden parapets, in the direction of the river (ie, across the bridge), which were nearly breast high ; and under the bridge were piles driven into the bottom of the river. " Now when the attack was made, the troops stood on the bridge everywhere, and defended themselves.... | |
 | Mary Mapes Dodge - 1884 - 500 pàgines
...castle." And then he told Olaf how, '' in the great trading place which is called Southwark," the Danes had raised " a great work and dug large ditches, and...Heimskringla," or Saga of King Olaf: " King Olaf ordered great plntforms of floating wood to be tied together with ha7cl bands, and for this he took down old houses;... | |
 | Elbridge Streeter Brooks - 1885 - 346 pàgines
...Old London Bridge was not what we should now call an imposing structure, but our ancestors of nine centuries back esteemed it quite a bridge. The chronicler...told in the " Heimskringla," or Saga of King Olaf the Saint : " King Olaf ordered great platforms of floating wood to be tied together with hazal bands,... | |
 | Richard Lovett - 1885 - 248 pàgines
...barricades, both towers and wooden parapets, in the direction of the river, which were nearly breast high ; and under the bridge were piles driven into the bottom of the river. Now when the attack was made the troops stood on the bridge everywhere, and defended themselves. King... | |
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