 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1812 - 334 pages
...arches, one above another, and strengthened by a wall surrounding it on every side, of twenty -two feet thickness. On the top of the arches were first laid...feet long and four broad : over these was a layer of reed, mixed with a great quantity of bitumen, upon which were two rows of bricks, closely cemented... | |
 | Humphrey Prideaux - Bible - 1815 - 464 pages
...thickness. The floors of every one of these terraces were laid in the same manner; which was thus: On the top of the arches were first laid large flat stones, sixteen feet Jong, and four broad, and over them was a layer of reed, mixed with a great quantity of bitumen, over... | |
 | Humphrey Prideaux - Bible - 1815 - 468 pages
...The whole pile was sustained by vast arches built upon arches, one above another, and strengthened by a wall, surrounding it on every side, of twenty-two feet in thickness. The floors of every one of these terraces were laid in the same manner ; which was thus : On the top... | |
 | Thomas Stackhouse - 1817 - 714 pages
...and strengthened by a wall, surrounding it on every side, of two and twenty feet in thickness ( >n the top of the arches were first laid large flat stones sixteen feet long and four broad ; over them was a la}er of reed, mixed with a great quantity of bitumen ; over this were two rows of brick... | |
 | Charles Rollin - History, Ancient - 1820 - 386 pages
...other arches, one above another, and strengthened by a wall, surrounding it on every side, of 22 feet thickness. On the top of the arches were first laid...feet long, and four broad: over these was a layer of reeds, mixed with a great quantity of bitumen, upon which were two rows of bricks, closely cemented... | |
 | Patrick Fitzgerald - 1827 - 748 pages
...arches, one above another, and strengthened by a wall surrounding it on every side, of twenty feet thickness. On the top of the arches were first laid...feet long and four broad. Over these was a layer of reed mixed with a great quantity of bitumen, upon which were two rows of bricks closely cemented together... | |
 | Charles Rollin, Robert Lynam - History, Ancient - 1829 - 362 pages
...whole pile was sustained by vast arches, raised upon other arches, one above another, and strengthened by a wall, surrounding it on every side, of twenty-two feet in thickness. On the • Diod. I. ii. p. 96, 97. f Ibid. p. 98. 99. Sirah. 1. xvi. p. 738. Quint. Curt. 1. vc 1. top of... | |
 | Robert Mignan - Babylonia - 1829 - 390 pages
...the ruins) sustaining the whole pile were raised above one another, and the fabric was strengthened by a wall, surrounding it on every side, of twenty-two feet in thickness. The floors of each of the terraces were laid in the following manner : on the top of the pillars were... | |
 | Robert Mignan - Babylon (Extinct city) - 1829 - 378 pages
...the ruins) sustaining the whole pile were raised above one another, and the fabric was strengthened by a wall, surrounding it on every side, of twenty-two feet in thickness. The floors of each of the terraces were laid in the following manner: on the top of the pillars were... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 432 pages
...floors of each of the terraces were laid in the following manner : — On the top of the arches wnt first laid large flat stones, sixteen feet long and four broad. Over them was a layer of red mixed with a great quantity of bitumen ; ote which were two rows of bricks,... | |
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... of the walls of the city. The ascent was from terrace to terrace, by stairs ten feet wide. The whole pile was sustained by vast arches, raised... 
