 | Gaius Julius Caesar - 1832 - 310 pages
...at a considerable distance one from another. 13. For the Venetian ships were built and fitted out ia this manner: their bottoms were somewhat flatter than ours, the better to adapt themselves to the shallows, and sustain without danger the regress of the tides. Their prows were very... | |
 | Ferdinand Brock Tupper - 1854 - 548 pages
...the nations that trade in those seas tributaries to their state.'' .... " For the ships of the Veneti were built and fitted out in this manner : their bottoms...were somewhat flatter than ours, the better to adapt themselves to the shallows, and sustain without danger the regress of the tides. Their prows were very... | |
 | Julius Caesar - 1856 - 472 pages
...invited over by the Belgian*. P. Crassus, with twelve legionary cohorts, XIII. For the Venetian ships were built and fitted out in this manner : Their bottoms...were somewhat flatter than ours, the better to adapt themselves to the shallows, and sustain and a great body of horse, had orders to without danger the... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1859 - 460 pages
...of oars. VESSELS OF THE VENETI. better to adapt them to the shallows and to sustain without damage the ebbing of the tide. Their prows were very high...bear the hugeness of the waves and the violence of the tempests. The hull of the vessel was entirely of oak, to stand the BOMAN GALLEY, PBOM TBAJAN's... | |
 | Julius Caesar - 1861 - 472 pages
...havens both few in number, and at a considerable distance one from another. XIII. For the Venetian ships were built and fitted out in this manner : Their bottoms...were somewhat flatter than ours, the better to adapt themselves to the shallows, and sustain without danger the regress of the tides. Their prows were very... | |
 | Andrew Murray - 1861 - 262 pages
...given by Caesar of the ships of the Gaulish Veneti. " Their bottoms were somewhat flatter than ours, their prows were very high and erect, as likewise their sterns, to bear the iiutory. hugeness of the billows and the violence of the tempests, i j-^-^J The body of the vessel... | |
 | George (Uncle.) - 1873 - 230 pages
...premising that it happened at the mouth of the French river, Loire. " These ships," says Caesar, " were built and fitted out in this manner: — their...without danger the ebbing of the tide. Their prows (front ends) were very high and erect, as likewise their sterns, to bear the hugeness of the waves... | |
 | Aaron Goodrich - 1874 - 426 pages
...the better to adapt themselves to the shallows, and sustain without danger the regress of the tides. Their prows were very high and erect, as likewise their sterns, to bear the hugeness of the billows and the violence of tempests. The body of the vessel was entirely of oak, to stand the shocks... | |
 | Victor Duruy - 1883 - 434 pages
...and low tides ; built of oak, they could support the most violent shocks of that tempestuous ocean. Their prows were very high and erect, as likewise their sterns, to bear the hugeness of the billows. The beams, made of timber a foot thick, were secured with iron nails an inch in bigness. Instead... | |
 | Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art - 1893 - 638 pages
...and fought against the Romans, a circumstance Caesar did not forget. " Their ships," says Ccesar, 3 " were built and fitted out in this manner: their bottoms...bear the hugeness of the waves and the violence of the tempests. The hull of the vessel was entirely of oak, to stand the shocks and assaults of the tempestuous... | |
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Venetian ships were built and fitted out in this manner: Their bottoms were somewhat flatter than ours, the better to adapt themselves to the shallows, and sustain without danger the regress of the tides. Their prows were very high and erect, as likewise... 
