 | Edmund Burke - History - 1794 - 610 pages
...have in England. They nfe no fort of cement ; yet the joints are exceedingly clofe, and the fiones morticed and tenanted one into another, in a very artful manner. The fide- walls are not perpendicular, but inclining a little inwards, in the fame manner that brealtworks,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1779 - 734 pages
...have in England. They ufe no fort of cement ; yet the joints are exceedingly clofe, and the ftones morticed and tenanted one into another, in a very artful manner. The fide-walls are not perpendicular, but inclining a little inwards, in the fame manner that breaftworks,... | |
 | History - 1794 - 614 pages
...have in England. They ufe no fort of cement ; yet the joints are exceedingly clofe, and the ftones morticed and tenanted one into another, in a very artful manner. The fide- walls are not perpendicular, but inclining a little inwards, in the fame manner that breaftworks,... | |
 | History - 1805 - 608 pages
...and the other may not be above three or four. They are built, or rather faced, with hewn stones of a very large size ; and the workmanship is not inferior...inclining a little inwards, in the same manner that breast-works, &c. are built in Europe : yet, had not all this care, pains, and sagacity been able to... | |
 | Robert Kerr - Voyages and travels - 1815 - 542 pages
...and the other may not be above three or four. They are built, or rather faced, with hewn stones, of a very large size ; and the workmanship is not inferior...tenanted one into another, in a very artful manner. The sexes; the features were not very pleasing, and the whole figure was much too long to be natural ;... | |
 | Robert Kerr - 1815 - 546 pages
...and the other may not be above three or four. They are built, or rather faced, with hewn stones, of a very large size ; and the workmanship is not inferior...tenanted one into another, in a very artful manner. The sexes; the features were not very pleasing, and the whole figure was much too long to be natural ;... | |
 | General history - 1815 - 802 pages
...and the other may not be above three or four. They are built, or rather faced, with hewn stones, of a very large size; and the workmanship is not inferior...masonry we have in England. They use no sort of cement, jet the joints are exceedingly close, and the stones morticed and tenanted one into another, in a very... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - Indians - 1819 - 590 pages
...sixteen broad, and from three to twelve in height. They are built, or rather faced, with stones of a very large size, and the workmanship is not inferior...exceedingly close, and the stones morticed and tenanted one to another in a very artful manner. We could hardly conceive how these islanders, wholly unacquainted... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - Indians - 1819 - 546 pages
...sixteen broad, and from three to twelve in height. They are built, or rather faced, with stones of a very large size, and the workmanship is not inferior...exceedingly close, and the stones morticed and tenanted one to another in a very artful manner. We could hardly conceive how these islanders, wholly unacquainted... | |
 | Robert Kerr - Voyages and travels - 1824 - 530 pages
...and the other may not be above three or four. They are built, or rather faced, with hewn stones, of a very large size; and the workmanship is not inferior...tenanted one into another, in a very artful manner. The sexes ; the features were not very pleasing, and the whole figure was much too long to be natural ;... | |
| |
They are built, or rather faced, with hewn stones of a very large size ; and the workmanship is not inferior to the best plain piece of masonry we have in England. They use no sort of cement ; yet the joints are exceedingly close, and the stones morticed... 
