 | Charles Rollin - Carthaginians - 1734 - 422 pages
...bridge was not inferior to any of the other buildings either in beauty or magnificence ; it was a .j* furlong in length, and thirty feet, in breadth, built £ with wonderful art, to fupply the defect of a foundation in the bottom of the river, which was all fandy. •':fThe arches... | |
 | Humphrey Prideaux - History, Ancient - 1799 - 682 pages
...a bridge of ba furlong in length, and thirty feet in breadth, built with c wonderful art, tofupply the defect of a foundation in the bottom of the river, which was all Tandy. At the two ends of the bridge were d two palaces, the old palace on the eaft fide, and the new... | |
 | Humphrey Prideaux - Bible - 1815 - 468 pages
...Philostratus, lib. 1. was a bridge of" a furlong in length, and thirty feet:in breadth, built with0 wonderful art, to supply the defect of a foundation in the bottom of the river, which was all sandy. At the two ends of the bridge were P two palaces, the old palace on the east side, and the new palace... | |
 | Thomas Stackhouse - 1817 - 714 pages
...north, and went out on the south side; and over it, in the very middle of the city, was a bridge of a furlong in length, and thirty feet in breadth, built...foundation in the bottom of the river, which was all sandy. By this bridge a communication was kept up between the two parts of the city ; and at the two extremities... | |
 | Charles Rollin - History, Ancient - 1800 - 472 pages
...night. The bridge was not inferior to any of the other buildings either in beauty or magnificence ; it was a * furlong in length, and thirty feet in breadth, built with wonderful art, to fupply the defeft of a foundation in the bottom of the river, which was all fandy. The arches were... | |
 | Grierson, Miss Grierson - 1827 - 308 pages
...across the city from north to south, over which> in the centre of the city, was erected a bridge one furlong in length, and thirty feet in breadth, built...a foundation in the bottom of the river which was sandy. At each end of the bridge was a palace. The old palace on the east, the new on the west bank... | |
 | Charles Rollin - History, Ancient - 1830 - 484 pages
...buildings either in beauty or magnificence ; it was a furlong in length, and thirty feet in breadth, bui.'t with wonderful art, to supply the defect of a foundation in the bottom of the river, which was sandy .J; The arches were made of huge stones, fastened together with chains of iron and melted lead.... | |
 | Charles Rollin, James Bell - History, Ancient - 1839 - 666 pages
...night The bridge was not inferior to any of the other buildings, either in beauty or magnificence ; it was a furlong in length,* and thirty feet in breadth,...a foundation in the bottom of the river, which was ğII sandy. The arches were made of huge stones, fastened together with chains of iron and melted lead.... | |
 | Charles Rollin - History, Ancient - 1841 - 362 pages
...night. The bridge was not inferior to any of the other buildings, either in beauty or magnificence ; it was a furlong in length,* and thirty feet in breadth,...arches were made of huge stones, fastened together witli chains of iron and melted lead. Before they began to build the bridge, they turned the course... | |
 | Charles Rollin, Robert Lynam - History, Ancient - 1844 - 362 pages
...night. The bridge was not inferior to any of the other buildings, either in beauty or magnificence ; it was a furlong in length,* and thirty feet in breadth,...defect of a foundation in the bottom of the river, winch was all sandy. The archo* were made of huge stones, fastened together with chains of iron and... | |
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The bridge was not inferior to any of the other buildings, either in beauty or magnificence ; it was a furlong in length,* and thirty feet in breadth, built with wonderful art, to supply" the defect of a foundation in the bottom of the river, which was... 
