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... less striking way with the wildness of much of the surrounding scenery . For a time , perhaps , the road follows the course of a river , which is also enclosed between banks , but without trees ; and then , crossing the very centre of a ...
... less striking way with the wildness of much of the surrounding scenery . For a time , perhaps , the road follows the course of a river , which is also enclosed between banks , but without trees ; and then , crossing the very centre of a ...
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... less extent than those further south . These great forests influenced the direction of the Roman roads more than any other physical cause , and were , as has been pointed out , the chief agencies in isolating the British tribes from ...
... less extent than those further south . These great forests influenced the direction of the Roman roads more than any other physical cause , and were , as has been pointed out , the chief agencies in isolating the British tribes from ...
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... less attractive to invaders from the South . In the West , to quote the author of Caledonia Romana , ' the country of the modern Lennox , covered with interminable forests and capped by perpetual clouds , proved sufficient to arrest the ...
... less attractive to invaders from the South . In the West , to quote the author of Caledonia Romana , ' the country of the modern Lennox , covered with interminable forests and capped by perpetual clouds , proved sufficient to arrest the ...
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... less pro- fitable than it now is , and to make the decay of agri- culture more rapid and complete than it is in our power to realize . The decay of the Roman system of inter- communication must have commenced with the im- poverishment ...
... less pro- fitable than it now is , and to make the decay of agri- culture more rapid and complete than it is in our power to realize . The decay of the Roman system of inter- communication must have commenced with the im- poverishment ...
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... less appeal to Rome for aid was made by the abandoned cities of Britain in A.D. 446 , and from this time we may conclude that all communication with Rome ceased . Some general observations on Roman military policy are perhaps desirable ...
... less appeal to Rome for aid was made by the abandoned cities of Britain in A.D. 446 , and from this time we may conclude that all communication with Rome ceased . Some general observations on Roman military policy are perhaps desirable ...
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Page 2 - There rolls the deep where grew the tree. O earth, what changes hast thou seen! There where the long street roars, hath been The stillness of the central sea. The hills are shadows, and they flow From form to form, and nothing stands ; They melt like mist, the solid lands, Like clouds they shape themselves and go.
Page 183 - It was only in fine weather that the whole breadth of the road was available for wheeled vehicles. Often the mud lay deep on the right and the left; and only a narrow track of firm ground rose above the quagmire.
Page 112 - Followed by a train of fifty servants, and tearing up the pavement, they move along the streets with the same impetuous speed as if they travelled with post-horses; and the example of the senators is boldly imitated by the matrons and ladies, whose covered carriages are continually driving round the immense space of the city and suburbs. Whenever these persons of high distinction condescend to visit the public baths, they assume, on...
Page 258 - Notices of the Connection of the College with any Important Social or Religious Events; (4) A List of the Chief Benefactions made to the College; (5) Some Particulars of the Contents of the College Library ; (6) An Account of the College Plate, Windows, and other Accessories ; (7) A Chapter upon the best known, and other notable but less well-known Members of the College. Each volume will be produced in crown octavo, in a good clear type, and will contain from 200 to 250 pages (except two or three...
Page 58 - a city in arms,' and most of the British towns grew out of the stationary quarters of the soldiery. The ramparts and pathways developed into walls and streets, the square of the tribunal into the market-place, and every gateway was the beginning of a suburb, where straggling rows of shops, temples, rose-gardens, and cemeteries, were sheltered from all danger by the presence of a permanent garrison. In...
Page 258 - A History of the College from its Foundation ; (2) An Account and History of its Buildings ; (3) Notices of the Connection of the College with any Important Social or Religious Events ; (4) A List of the Chief Benefactions made to the College ; (5) Some Particulars of the Contents of the College Library ; (6) An Account of the College Plate, Windows, and other Accessories ; (7) A Chapter upon the best known, and other notable but less well-known Members of the College.
Page 179 - And further, it is commanded that highways leading from one market town to another shall be enlarged, whereas bushes, woods, or dykes be, so that there be neither dyke, tree, nor bush whereby a man may lurk to do hurt within two hundred foot of the one side and two hundred foot on the other side of the way...
Page 160 - OBSERVATIONS FOR LATITUDE. As preliminary to this work it is necessary to prepare a list of pairs of stars, the two stars of each pair having such zenith distances that they will culminate at nearly equal distances from the zenith, one to the north and the other to the south of it. Such a list can be prepared from the Safford Catalogue of the Wheeler Survey.
Page 93 - Rede-water at Habitancum ; an examination of these has induced me to believe that they, at least, had no arches. The piers are of a size and strength sufficient to withstand the thrust of the waters without the aid of an arch ; and in one at least of these cases, the requisite spring of the arch would have raised the road to an inconvenient height. An experienced mason, who examined carefully the ruins of the bridge at Habitancum, told me that he observed that all the stones which encumbered the...
Page 52 - And we shall not be far wrong, if we determine its date as about the end of the fourth, or the beginning of the fifth century before Christ. 3. In the critical work on the Four Books, called ' Record of Remarks in the village of Yung1,' it is observed, ' The Analects, in my opinion, were made by the disciples, just like this record of remarks.