 | Douglas Jerrold - English periodicals - 1845 - 634 pages
...the north-west to the south-east part of the empire was drawn out at the length of 40(10 Roman miles. The public roads were accurately divided by mile-stones,...from one city to another, with very little respect either for the obstacles of nature or of private property. Mountains were perforated, and bold arches... | |
 | Douglas Jerrold - English periodicals - 1845 - 606 pages
...the north-west to the south-east part of the empire was drawn out at the length of 4080 Roman miles. The public roads were accurately divided by mile-stones,...from one city to another, with very little respect either for the obstacles of nature or of private property. Mountains were perforated, and bold arches... | |
 | Douglas Jerrold - 1845 - 506 pages
...the north-west to the south-east part of the empire was drawn out at the length of 4080 Roman miles. The public roads were accurately divided by mile-stones, and ran in a direct line from one eity to another, with very little respect either for the obstacles of nature or of private property.... | |
 | 1845 - 616 pages
...direct line from one city to another, with very little respect either for the obstacles of nature or of private property. Mountains were perforated, and bold arches thrown over the broadest and most rapid streams. The middle part of the road, raised into a terrace which commanded the adjacent country, consisted... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Europe - 1844 - 338 pages
...be found that the great chain of communication was drawn out to the length of 3,740 English miles. The public roads were accurately divided by milestones,...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,... | |
 | 1846 - 784 pages
...for permanent and remunerative investment, direct main trunk lines must afford the best. This is " The public roads were accurately divided by milestones, and ran in a direct line from one city to anothor, with very little respect for (lie obstacles either of nature or of private property. Mountains... | |
 | James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - Authors - 1846 - 828 pages
...raised, let old Brougham, homo отшит insulsissimus, say what he please — Gibbon tells us ; — " The public roads were accurately divided by milestones, and ran in a direct line from ono city lo another, with тегу little respect for the obstacles either of nature or of private... | |
 | 1846 - 782 pages
...another, with тегу utile respect for the obstacles either of nature or of private property. Mounuins were perforated, and bold arches thrown over the broadest and most rapid »in Enough of the grand routes of the Human remain in our own country to point out to the engineer... | |
 | David Davidson - History, Ancient - 1849 - 812 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,...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,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1854 - 556 pages
...south-east point of the empire, was drawn out to the length of four thousand and eighty Roman miles."5 The public roads were accurately divided by milestones,...most rapid streams.86 The middle part of the road was raised into a terrace which commanded the adjacent country, consisted of several strata of sand,... | |
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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... 
