The Quarterly Review, Volume 69William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) John Murray, 1841 - English literature |
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Page 60
... stone , well laid , and in a good state of preserva- tion . We ascended by large stone steps , in some places perfect , and in others thrown down by trees which had grown up between the cre- vices , and reached a terrace , the form of ...
... stone , well laid , and in a good state of preserva- tion . We ascended by large stone steps , in some places perfect , and in others thrown down by trees which had grown up between the cre- vices , and reached a terrace , the form of ...
Page 83
... stones anglewise , so as to have room for a fire between them . Our luggage was stowed away or hung on poles reaching across the corridor . Pawling mounted a stone about four feet long on stone legs for a table , and with the Indians ...
... stones anglewise , so as to have room for a fire between them . Our luggage was stowed away or hung on poles reaching across the corridor . Pawling mounted a stone about four feet long on stone legs for a table , and with the Indians ...
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... stone steps between eight and nine inches high , and so steep that great care is necessary in ascending and de- scending of these we counted a hundred and one in their places . Nine were wanting at the top , and perhaps twenty were ...
... stone steps between eight and nine inches high , and so steep that great care is necessary in ascending and de- scending of these we counted a hundred and one in their places . Nine were wanting at the top , and perhaps twenty were ...
Contents
Collection des Mémoires relatifs à lHistoire de France | 3 |
Objections to and Remarks upon Mr Sergeant Tal | 7 |
Incidents of Travel in Central America Chiapas | 52 |
Copyright | |
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