 | I. Winslow Ayer - 1880 - 540 pagine
...perfectly placid." But the most beautiful expanse of water in this region of wonders, is Mystic Lake, which is about half a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in width. Lofty wood-crowned hills slope to within a short distance of its grassy banks, while far above... | |
 | William Whitwell Dewhurst - 1881 - 204 pagine
...thousand posts. The town is fortified with an intrenchment, salient angles, and redoubts, which inclose about half a mile in length and a quarter of a mile in width. The inhabitants and garrison, men, women, and children amount to above two thousand five hundred.... | |
 | G. Phillips Bevan - 1882 - 174 pagine
...finally surrendered. In Edward I.'s time, mention is made of the Pool which partly surrounded the Castle, half a mile in length and a quarter of a mile in breadth, with two mills standing upon it, and in 1279 a great tournament was held, in which a hundred knights,... | |
 | Alexander George Findlay - 1883 - 938 pagine
...Spaniards were remarkable for their thick walls of stone; they are very straggling-, covering a space of half a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth. Among them are the remains of one used as a church, and another as a hospital. These are now occupied... | |
 | Sir Shirley Forster Murphy, Robert Brudenell Carter - 1883 - 974 pagine
...considered the best, and of these the best known come from Bangor and Penrhyn. The Penrhyn slate-quarry is half a mile in length and a quarter of a mile in width, and the slate is worked in large terraces, some thirteen in number, " like the steps of a Titanic... | |
 | Margaretta Shekleton - 1884 - 216 pagine
...generally identified with Tell Hum — Hum being said to represent Na/mm. The ruins here occupy a space of half a mile in length and a quarter of a mile in width. " The recent exploring expedition," says Mr. Grove, " has traced out the foundations of an ancient... | |
 | Frederick William Rudler - 1885 - 704 pagine
...of Carnarvonshire. "The Penrhyn slate quarry near Bangor presents a wonderful spectacle of industry. It is about half a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile wide, and forms a vast amphitheatre, which is worked all round, on one side in thirteen highand broad... | |
 | Frederick William Rudler, George Goudie Chisholm - 1885 - 712 pagine
...of Carnarvonshire. "The Penrhyn slate quarry near Bangor presents a wonderful spectacle of industry. It is about half a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile wide, and forms a vast amphitheatre, which is worked all round, on one side in thirteen high and broad... | |
 | William Whitwell Dewhurst - 1885 - 224 pagine
...thousand posts. The town is fortified with an intrenchment, salient angles, and redoubts, which inclose about half a mile in length and a quarter of a mile in width. The inhabitants and garrison, men, women, and children amount to above two thousand five hundred.... | |
 | Alfred Burdon Ellis - 1885 - 368 pagine
...Africa. THE island of Goree cannot be described as being of great extent. It is only three-quarters of a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth at the widest point, that is in the middle, from which it gradually tapers down to a point at each... | |
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Ninora-Tal. which is about half a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth when full, but less than half of that width in the dry season. 
