 | William Smith Ellis - Hurstpierpoint (Sussex, England) - 1837 - 90 pages
...will for some distance prohahly he carried. " The puhlic roads were accurately divided hy mile stones, and ran in a direct line, from one city to another, with very little .respect for the ohstacles either of nature or private property. Mountaius were perforated, and hroad arches thrown... | |
 | Sir Henry Parnell - Roads - 1838 - 542 pages
...milestones, * See Bergier, Histoire des grands Chemins de 1'Empire Remain, liv. ii. cap. 1. p. 28. and ran in a direct line from one city to another,...either of nature or private property : mountains were passed, and bold arches thrown over the broadest and most rapid streams. The middle part of the road... | |
 | Sir Henry Parnell - 1838 - 512 pages
...milestones, * See Bergier, Histoire des grands Chemins de 1'Empire Romain, liv. ii. cap. 1. p. 28. and ran in a direct line from one city to another,...either of nature or private property : mountains were passed, and bold arches thrown over the broadest and most rapid streams. The middle part of the road... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1842 - 820 pages
...drawn out to the length of 40RO Roman miles, or 3740 English measure. " The public ro;.da (says Gibbon) were accurately divided by mile-stones, and ran in...bold arches thrown over the broadest and most rapid streams. The middle part of the road was raised into a terrace, which commanded the adjacent country,... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Australia - 1842 - 828 pages
..." The public rouda (says Gibbon) were accurately divided by anile-stones, and ran in a direct lim- from one city to another, with very little respect...bold arches thrown over the broadest and most rapid streams. The middle part of the road was raised into a terrace, which commanded the adjacent country,... | |
 | Charles Wellbeloved - Great Britain - 1842 - 266 pages
...4,080 Roman (or about 3,740 English) miles. The public roads which formed this chain of communication ran in a direct line from one city to another, with very little respect to the obstacles either of nature or private property. Mountains were perforated, and bold arches thrown... | |
 | 1843 - 746 pages
...Decline and Fall is not less accurate than interesting :—' The public roads were properly divuled by milestones, and ran in a direct line from one city...bold arches thrown over the broadest and most rapid streams. The middle part of the road was raised into a terrace, which commanded the adjacent country,... | |
 | D. Davidson - Christianity - 1844 - 284 pages
...was drawn out to the length of four thousand and eighty Roman miles. The public roads were necurately divided by milestones, and ran in a direct line from...bold arches thrown over the broadest and most rapid streams. The middle part of the road was raised into a terrace, which commanded the adjacent country,... | |
 | Henry Davis - 1844 - 224 pages
...south-east point of the empire, was drawn out to the length of four thousand and eighty Roman miles. The public roads were accurately divided by milestones,...little respect for the obstacles either of nature or of private property. Mountains were perforated, and bold arches thrown over the broadest and most rapid... | |
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The public roads were accurately divided by milestones, and ran in a direct line from one city to another, with very little respect for the obstacles either of nature or private property. Mountains were perforated, and bold arches thrown over the broadest... 
