 | Repertory of arts, manufactures and agriculture - 1813 - 450 sivua
...wretched state of repair. The system of following the ancient line of road ha? been so pertinaciously adhered to, that roads have been sunk many feet, and...the stag, the hounds, and horsemen, have been known te leap ov«ra loaded waggon, in a hollow way, without any obstruction from the vehicle. It is worth... | |
 | Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge - 1841 - 522 sivua
...go on, an idea may be funned from the statement of Edgeworth, that ' the stag, the hounds, and the horsemen have been known to leap over a loaded waggon...hollow way, without any obstruction from the vehicle.' In conducting a road through a mountainous district, iu addition to numerous bridges for the purpo^e... | |
 | 1841 - 524 sivua
...to go on, an idea may be formed from the statement of Ed^eworth, that 'the stag, the hounds, and the horsemen have been known to leap over a loaded waggon...hollow way, without any obstruction from the vehicle." In conducting a road through a mountainous district, in addition to numerous bridges for the purpose... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1868 - 528 sivua
...go on, an idea may be formed from the statement of Edgeworth, that " the stag, the hounds, and the horsemen have been known to leap over a loaded waggon,...hollow way, without any obstruction from the vehicle." press the elastic foundation; such embankment being sometimes supported by faggots. Telford and most... | |
 | Edwin A. Pratt - 1912 - 552 sivua
...were established. . . . " The system of following the ancient line of road has been so pertinaciously adhered to that roads have been sunk many feet, and...hollow way, without any obstruction from the vehicle." After this the reader will better appreciate the fact that in the course of a report on agriculture... | |
 | Sidney Webb, Beatrice Webb - 1913 - 320 sivua
...deep and narrow were these ways that " the stag, the hounds and the huntsmen," Edgeworth tells us, " have been known to leap over a loaded waggon in a...hollow way without any obstruction from the vehicle." Such a highway was practically impassable for wheeled vehicles, and sometimes even for horsemen, for... | |
 | W. Turrentine Jackman - 1962 - 870 sivua
...softening the subsoil of the road3. In order to keep the ancient line of road has been so pertinaciously adhered to, that roads have been sunk many feet, and...hollow way, without any obstruction from the vehicle." See also Brit. Mus., Add. MSS. 17,398, p. 53 ; Clark, Agriculture of Hereford, p. 51 ; Malcolm, Agriculture... | |
 | William T. Jackman - 1962 - 870 sivua
...softening the subsoil of the road3. In order to keep the ancient line of road has been so pertinaciously adhered to, that roads have been sunk many feet, and...hollow way, without any obstruction from the vehicle." See also Brit. Mus., Add. MSS. 17,398, p. 53; Clark, Agriculture of Hereford, p. 51 ; Malcolm, Agriculture... | |
 | Carlo M. Cipolla - 2006 - 346 sivua
...narrow these lanes were from an incident described by a writer : " The stag, the hounds and the huntsmen have been known to leap over a loaded waggon in a...hollow way without any obstruction from the vehicle." An inhabitant of Kensington said that the road to London was impassable and that he was like a person... | |
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In order to keep the ancient line of road has been so pertinaciously adhered to, that roads have been sunk many feet, and in some parts many yards, below the surface of the adjacent ground; so that the stag, the hounds, and horsemen, have been known to... 