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. Our Roman Highways - Page 183by Urquhart Atwell Forbes, Arnold C. Burmester - 1904 - 259 pagesFull view - About this book
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1849 - 470 pages
...they lost their way near Salisbury, and were in danger of having to pass the night on the plain.§ 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... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1849 - 480 pages
...they lost their way near Salisbury, and were in danger of having to pass the night oft the plain. § 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... | |
| English literature - 1849 - 292 pages
...tour, they lost their way near Salisbury, and were in danger of having to pass the night on the plain. It was only in fine weather that the whole breadth of the road was available for wheeled vehieles. Often the mnd lay deep on the right and on the left ; and only a narrow traek... | |
| 1849 - 296 pages
...tour, they lost their way near Salisbury, and were in danger of having to pass the night on the plain. It was only in fine weather that the whole breadth of the road was available for wheeled vehieies. Often the mnd lay deep on the right and on the left ; and only a narrow traek... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1850 - 252 pages
...public ways. On the belt lines of communication ruts were fo deep and obftruftions fo formidable that it was only in fine weather that the whole breadth of the road was available, for on each fide was often a quagmire of mud. Seldom could two vehicles pafs each other unlefs one... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1850 - 552 pages
...tour they lost their way near Salisbury, and were in danger of having to pass the night on the plain.f 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... | |
| Joseph Addison - English essays - 1852 - 264 pages
...public ways. On the best lines of communication ruts were so deep and obstructions so formidable that it was only in fine weather that the whole breadth of the road was available, for on each side was often a quagmire of mud. Seldom could two vehicles pass each other unless one... | |
| Joseph Addison - English essays - 1852 - 266 pages
...public ways. On the best lines of communication ruts were so deep and obstructions so formidable that it was only in fine weather that the whole breadth of the road was available, for on each side was often a quagmire of mud. Seldom could two vehicles pass each other unless one... | |
| John Blakely - Natural theology - 1856 - 302 pages
...to distinguish, in the dusk, from unenclosed heath and fen, which lay on both sides It 1 Macaulay. 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 left; and only a narrow track of firm... | |
| John Blakely - Natural theology - 1856 - 308 pages
...scarcely possible to distinguish, in the dusk, from unenclosed heath and fen, which lay on both sides 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 left ; and only a narrow track of firm... | |
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