| William Coxe - 1819 - 760 pages
...rains or melting of the snows, washes the walls of the city, and falls into the sea on the west. Nice is about a mile and a half in length, and a mile in breadth; yet it is said to contain 2o,ooo inhabitants. The ancient splendour of Nice has suffered... | |
| 1843 - 684 pages
...gently to the north, till at length they form a semicircle, which is completed beyond the Var. The town is about a mile and a half in length, and a mile in breadth, and contains rather more than thirty thousand inhabitants. The suburbs are divided by the... | |
| British empire - 1847 - 812 pages
...hill Norwich has a striking appearance. Its great e^•tent, the space within the walls being above a mile and a half in length and a mile and a quarter in •width, would alone render it imposing ; but the manner in which that space is occupied renders it... | |
| John Thomson - 1851 - 1092 pages
...England, county of Suffolk, on the Lark, which is navigable from Lynn to Fornham. The town extends about a mile and a half in length, and a mile and a quarter in breadth. It is divided into five wards, and contains two parish churches, St Mary's and St James's, both which... | |
| William White - 1855 - 830 pages
...Newmarket and Cambridge, or HO via, Ipewich. The Town, with its suburbs, is about a mile and a hulf in length, and a mile and a quarter in breadth, and...parishes of St. Mary and St. James, which comprise 3040 acres, and increased their population from 7055 in 1801, to 7986 in ] 811 ; 10,999 in 1821 ; Jl,430... | |
| 1856 - 586 pages
...the hill Norwich has a striking appearance. Its great extent, the space within the walls being above a mile and a half in length and a mile and a quarter in width, would alone render it imposing ; but the manner in which that space is occupied renders it far... | |
| Thomas Dugdale - 1854 - 254 pages
...delivery of St. Peter from prison, over which is a window, richly ornamented with stained glass. The city is about a mile and a half in length, and a mile and a quarter in breadth ; and the houses being generally furnished with gardens, it occupies more ground in proportion to its population... | |
| Thomas Dugdale - 1860 - 620 pages
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| Sullivan Holman M'Collester - 1882 - 400 pages
...south, and the Janiculum on the west. The Tiber runs through the northern and western portions. The city is about a mile and a half in length and a mile in width ; of course the distance between the walls is greater. The first introduction to Rome is quite... | |
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