 | Edmund Burke - History - 1788 - 638 pages
...of four thoufand and eighty Roman miles *. The public roids were accurately divided by mile ftones, and ran in a direct line from one city to another, with very * The following Itinerary may fsrve to corvey feme idea of the direction of the road, and of the diftance... | |
 | History - 1788 - 638 pages
...of four thoufand and eighty Roman miles *. The public ronds were accurately divided by mile-ltones, and ran in a direct line from one city to another, with very • The following Itinerary may ferve to convey fome idea of the direction of the road, and of thediHance... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1806 - 494 pages
...tp the south-east point of the empire, was drawn out to the length of four thousand and eighty Roman miles |, The public roads were accurately divided by mile-stones, and ran in a direct line from one VoL-L G :"•.• • * See a dissertation of M. de Boze, Mem. de 1'Academie, tcm, xviii. Aristides... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1811 - 542 pages
...south-east point of the empire, was drawn out to the length of four thousand and eighty Roman miles,q The public roads were accurately divided by mile-stones, and ran in a direct line from one • See a Dissertation of M. de Boze, Mern, de 1'Academie, torn, xviii. Aristides pronounced an oration,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1813 - 532 pages
...of four thoufand and eighty Roman miles35. The public roads were accurately divided by mile-ftones, and ran in a direct line from one city to another, with very 83 See a DifTertation of M. de Boze, Mem. de 1' Academic, tom, xviii. Ariftides pronounced an oration... | |
 | Thomas Walker Horsfield - Genealogy - 1824 - 496 pages
...from the north west to the south east point of the empire, was drawn out to the length of 4080 Roman miles. The public roads were accurately divided by...Mountains were perforated, and bold arches thrown over the broad and most rapid streams. The middle part of the road was raised into a terrace, which commanded... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1826 - 468 pages
...of four thousand and eigi.ty Roman miles.'5 The puMic roads were accurately divided by mile stones, and ran in a direct line from one city to another,...Mountains were perforated, and bold arches thrown over the broarest and most rapid streams. " The middle part of the road was raised into a terrace which commanded... | |
 | Hunting - 1827 - 558 pages
...length of four thousand and eighty Roman miles. The public roads were accurately divided by mile stones, and ran in a direct line from one city to another,...property. Mountains were perforated, and bold arches were thrown over the broadest and most rapid streams. The middle part of the road, which was raised... | |
 | Theology - 1829 - 742 pages
...thousand and eighty Roman niles. The public roads were accurately divided by mile-stones, and ran D a direct line from one city to another, with very little respect for the bstacles either of nature or private property. Mountains were perfora-<l, and arches thrown over the... | |
 | Christianity - 1829 - 622 pages
...from the north-west to the south-east point of the empire, was drawn out to the length of 4O8O Roman miles. The public roads were accurately divided by mile-stones, and ran in a direct Hue from one city to another, with very little respect for the obstacles either of nature or private... | |
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The public roads were accurately divided by mile-stones, and ran in a direct line from one city to another, with very little respect for the obstacles either of nature or private property. Mountains were perforated, and arches thrown over the broadest... 
