 ... circuit, being that, in many places round the city, there were deep morasses, so that it was judged to no purpose to raise turrets there, where they were so naturally fortified. Between the wall and the houses, there was a space left round the city...  The Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal - Page 200edited by - 1841Full view - About this book
 | Diodorus (Siculus.) - History, Ancient - 1814 - 692 pages
...space left around the city of two hundred feet. That the work might be the more speedily despatched, to each of her friends was allotted a furlong, with...in a year's time; which being diligently perfected with the queen's approbation, she then made a bridge over the narrowest part of - the river, five furlongs... | |
 | Diodorus (Siculus.) - History, Ancient - 1814 - 692 pages
...where they were so naturally fortified : between the wall and the houses, there was a space left around the city of two hundred feet. That the work might be the more speedily despatched, to each of her friends was allotted a furlong, with an allowance of all expenses necessary... | |
 | Diodorus (Siculus.) - History, Ancient - 1814 - 686 pages
...where they were so naturally fortjned: between the wall and the houses, there was a space left around the city of two hundred feet. That the work might be the more speedily despatched, to each of her friends was allotted a furlong, with an allowance of all expenses necessary... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - Iraq - 1827 - 602 pages
...it was judged to no purpose to raise turrets there, where they were so naturally fortified. Between the wall and the houses, there was a space left round...friends was allotted a furlong, with an allowance of all expences necessary for their several parts, and commanded all should be finished in a year's time,... | |
 | Robert Mignan - Babylonia - 1829 - 390 pages
...space left round the city of two hundred feet. " That the work might be the more speedily despatched, to each of her friends was allotted a furlong, with...in a year's time, which being diligently perfected with the queen's approbation, she then made a bridge over the narrowest part of the river, five furlongs... | |
 | Robert Mignan - Babylon (Extinct city) - 1829 - 378 pages
...it was judged to no purpose to raise turrets there, where they were so naturally fortified. Between the wall and the houses, there was a space left round...hundred feet. " That the work might be the more speedily despatched, to each of her friends was allotted a furlong, with an allowance of all expenses necessary... | |
 | Robert Mignan - Babylonia - 1829 - 386 pages
...it was judged to no purpose to raise turrets there, where they were so naturally fortified. Between the wall and the houses, there was a space left round...hundred feet. " That the work might be the more speedily despatched, to each of her friends was allotted a furlong, with an allowance of all expenses necessary... | |
 | Lady Morgan (Sydney) - Women - 1840 - 356 pages
...it was judged to no purpose to raise turrets there, where they were so naturally fortified. Between the wall and the houses, there was a space left round...the more speedily dispatched, to each of her friends she allotted a furlong, with an allowance of all expences necessary for their several parts, and commanded... | |
 | Railroad engineering - 1841 - 412 pages
...morasses ; so that it was judged to no purpose to raise turrets in places so naturally fortified. Between the wall and the houses there was a space left round...more speedily dispatched, to each of her friends was alotted a furlong, with an allowance' of all expenses necessary for their several parts, and commanded... | |
 | Henry Smith Williams - World History - 1904 - 686 pages
...it was judg'd to no purpose to raise Turrets there where they were so naturally fortify'd : Between the Wall and the Houses, there was a Space left round the City of Two Hundred Foot. That the Work might be the more speedily dispatcht, to each of her Friends was allotted a Furlong,... | |
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