 ... hills rises to its summit, and hides from view all the country behind it. Those towers are the forts of the famous lines, which, curiously resembling in shape the later Syracusan walls enclosing...  A Summary of Modern History - Page 194by Jules Michelet - 1847 - 403 pagesFull view - About this book
 | England - 1843 - 844 pages
...the famous lines, which, curiously resemhling in shape the later Syracusan walls enclosing Epipalae, converge inland from the eastern and western extremities...mountains, where the hills cease to rise from the sea, and hecome more or less of a tahle land, running off towards the interior, at the distance, as well as... | |
 | Scotland - 1843 - 1278 pages
...the famous lines, which, curiously resembling in shape the later Syracusan walls enclosing Epipalae, converge inland from the eastern and western extremities...to rise from the sea, and become more or less of a table land, running off towards the interior, at the distance, as well as I remember, of between two... | |
 | 1843 - 862 pages
...the famous lines, which, curiously resembling in shape the later Syracusan walls enclosing Epipolœ, converge inland from the eastern and western extremities...looking down, the western line on the valley of the Polcevcra, the eastern on that of the Bisagno, till the}' meet, as I have said, on the summit of the... | |
 | Arthur James Johnes - Comparative linguistics - 1843 - 350 pages
...famous lines; which, curiously resembling in shape the later " Syracusan walls inclosing Epipolae, converge inland from " the eastern and western extremities of the city, looking " down the western line of the valley of Pulcevera, the " eastern on that of the Bisagno, till they meet as I have said " on... | |
 | Arthur James Johnes - Comparative linguistics - 1846 - 348 pages
...famous lines; which, curiously resembling in shape the later " Syracusan walls inclosing Epipolae, converge inland from " the eastern and western extremities of the city, looking " down the western line of the valley of Pulcevera, the " eastern on that of the Bisagno, till they meet as I have said " on... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - Historiogrpahy - 1847 - 446 pages
...the famous lines, which, curiously resembling in shape the later Syracusan walls enclosing Epipolae, converge inland from the eastern and western extremities...sea, and become more or less of a table-land running oif towards the interior, at the distance, as well as I remember, of between two and three miles from... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - History - 1849 - 336 pages
...the famous lines, which, curiously resembling in shape the later Syracusan walls enclosing Epipolae, converge inland from the eastern and western extremities...to rise from the sea, and become more or less of a table land running off towards the interior, at the distance, as well as I remember, of between two... | |
 | Philip Gell - 1854 - 392 pages
...the famous lines, which curiously resembling in shape the later Syracusan walls, enclosing Epipolse, converge inland from the eastern and western extremities...to rise from the sea, and become more or less of a table land, running off towards the interior, at the distance, as well as I remember, of between two... | |
 | James Whiteside - Italy - 1860 - 610 pages
...the famous lines, which, curiously resembling in shape the later Syracusan walls enclosing Epipolae, converge inland from the eastern and western extremities...to rise from the sea, and become more or less of a table land, running off towards the interior, at the distance of between two and three miles from the... | |
 | Osborne William Tancock - English language - 1872 - 364 pages
...the famous lines, which, curiously resembling in shape the later Syracusan walls enclosing Epipolae, converge inland from the eastern and western extremities...to rise from the sea, and become more or less of a table land running off towards the interior, at the distance, as well as I remember, of between two... | |
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