 | 1776 - 502 ページ
...weft fide of Chichefter is a large Roman camp called the Brill. It is an oblong iquare, being about half a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth. It lies in a flat low ground, with a great rampart and a fingle graff, and is generally thought... | |
 | Sir John Sinclair - 1796 - 682 ページ
...probably prove a valuable mine. There are 6 lakes in the parim, the largeft of which does not exceed half a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth. Thefe lie in the moor-land part of the parifh, and contribute to render that a chearful profpe£r,... | |
 | Sir John Sinclair - 1796 - 682 ページ
...probably prove a valuable mine. There are 6 lakes in the parifh, the largeft of which does iiot exceed half a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth. Thefe lie in the moor-land part of the parifh, and contribute to render that a chearful profpe£r,... | |
 | 1820 - 742 ページ
...and longitude 58. 12. W. steering west, going six knots, observed a shoal on the larboard beam, about half -a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth, bearing south, half a mile distant, in appearance white sand and yellow weed, supposed to... | |
 | Abraham Rees - 1819 - 754 ページ
...Lochamancairn. In the parifh of Strathblane are fix lakes; the largeft of them, however, does not exceed half a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth ; but they ferve to bellow a degree of livelinefs upon a defolate region. In the pariih of... | |
 | 1866 - 924 ページ
...their origin. This mountain is covered by a dense forest, with the exception of a level spot of about half a mile in length and a quarter of a mile in width, which forms a kind of shallow basin, only sparingly covered by a thin coat of short grass and... | |
 | 1820 - 746 ページ
...and longitude 58. 12. W. steering west, going six knots, observed a shoal on the larboard beam, about half a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth, bearing south, half a mile distant, in appearance white sand and yellow weed, supposed to... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1841 - 600 ページ
...describe the place only as a "large village," with a Roman garrison. The ruins are spread over a space half a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth. On the 14th of April, Dr. Robinson reached Jerusalem. His emotions on drawing near to this... | |
 | Otto von Kotzebue - 1821 - 466 ページ
...and immediately took an excursion, accompanied by the active Tamon Tiuraur. The island of Stobual is half a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth ; the fine mould forms here already considerable hills. The palm and bread-fruit trees thrive... | |
 | Thomas Cromwell - 1822 - 282 ページ
...Ella on the throne of the South Saxons, it derives its * This encampment, named The Sroile, is about half a mile in 'length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth, of an oblong square figure, with a single ditch, and a strong rampart. On the same side of... | |
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The town is fortified with an entrenchment, salient angles, and redoubts, which inclose about half a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in width. 
