 | George Alexander Cooke - 1802 - 170 pages
...streets from the quay to the sea, the town standing in a peninsula between the sea and the harbour. It extends more than a mile in length, and half a mile in breadth, and contains four principal streets, in a direction from north to south, and 1 j6 narrow lanes intersecting... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1809 - 442 pages
...It is connected by a handsome bridge over the Yare with the county of Suffolk, and extends at least a mile in length, and half a mile in breadth, containing four principal streets, with various lanes and rows, as they are called. A wall with ten gates and sixteen towers surrounds... | |
 | John Feltham - 1813 - 306 pages
...draw-bridge, con•ecting it with Suffolk. It extends rather more than a mile in length, and nearly half a mile in breadth, containing four principal streets, running from north to south, and 136 narrow lanes, or rows, intersecting them in the opposite direction. It is surrounded by a wall,... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1815 - 602 pages
...streets from the quay to the sea, the town standing in a peninsula between the sen. and the harbour. It extends more than a mile in length and half a mile in breadth, and contains four principal streets in a direction from north loEoulh, and 156 narrow lanes intersecting... | |
 | Samuel Leigh (publisher.) - 1820 - 774 pages
...on a peninsula. At the eastern extremity of the county, 22 miles from Norwich, and 124 from London : it extends more than a mile in length, and half a...them. It is surrounded with a wall, with 10 gates and 16 towers. The church, dedicated to St. Nicholas, is a stately pile, 950 feet long, and, including... | |
 | Samuel Leigh (publisher.) - 1820 - 782 pages
...on a peninsula. At the eastern extremity of the county, 22 miles from Norwich, and 124 from London : it extends more than a mile in length, and half a...containing four principal streets, running from north la south, and 156 narrow lanes or rows intersecting them. It is surrounded with a wall, with 10 gates... | |
 | Samuel Hibbert - 1822 - 670 pages
...to be described of the strata of gneiss. Colsay is a very insignificant holm, and St Ronans is not more than a mile in length and half a mile in breadth. These rocks are not characterised by any particular varieties : to the west of St Ronan the gneiss... | |
 | William Duane - 1826 - 642 pages
...The stranger said the torrent that rushed out of the crevice in view, spread over the whole valley, more than a mile in length and half a mile in breadth, and that enormous masses of rock were removed from positions which they had possessed from time immemorial... | |
 | 1826 - 696 pages
...to this country, diminished in population, opulence, and trade. The town occupies a space of rather more than a mile in length and half a mile in breadth, allowing for irregularities of shape. It contains from six to eight thousand inhabited houses ; from... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - 1826 - 676 pages
...to this country, diminished in population, opulence, and trade. The town occupies a space of rather more than a mile in length and half a mile in breadth, allowing for irregularities of shape. It contains from six to eight thousand inhabited houses ; from... | |
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London : it extends more than a mile in length, and half a mile in breadth, containing four principal streets, running from north to south, and 156 narrow lanes or rows intersecting them. 
