The inhabitants have fortified the fountain-head of this river, which springs a little without the towns ; that so if they should happen to be besieged, the enemy might not be able to stop or divert the course of the water, nor poison it ; from thence... IDEAL EMPIRES AND REPUBLICS - Page 164by CHARLES M. ANDREWS, PhD - 1901Full view - About this book
| Thomas More (st.) - 1743 - 182 pages
...happen to be befieged,the Enemy might not be able to flop or divert the Courfe of the Water, nor poifon it; from thence it is carried in earthen Pipes to the lower Streets: And for thofe Places of the G Town Town,to which the Water of that fmall River cannot be conveyed, they have... | |
| Ferdinando Warner - 1758 - 426 pages
...happen to be befieged, the enemy might not be able to ftop or divert the courfe of the water, nor poifon it; from thence it is carried in earthen pipes to the lower ftreets : and for thofe places of the town to which the water of that fmall river cannot be conveyed,... | |
| 1834 - 368 pages
...inhabitants have fortified the fountain-head of this river, which springs a little without the town ; that so, if they should happen to be besieged, the...conveyed, they have great cisterns for receiving the rain-water, which supplies the want of the other. The town is compassed with a high and thick wall,... | |
| Saint Thomas More - 1841 - 372 pages
...river, which rises a little distance out of the town, that if they should happen to be besieged, an enemy might not be able to stop or divert the course of the water, or poison it ; from thence it is conveyed in earthen pipes to the lower streets : and in those parts... | |
| Thomas More (st.) - 1845 - 358 pages
...inhabitants have fortified the fountain-head of this ' river, which springs a little without the town ; that so, if they should happen to be besieged, the...conveyed, they have great cisterns for receiving the rain-water, which supplies the want of the other. The town is compassed with a high and thick wall,... | |
| Saint Thomas More - 1845 - 356 pages
...inhabitants have fortified the fountain-head of this ; river, which springs a little without the town ; that so, if they should happen to be besieged, the...conveyed, they have great cisterns for receiving the rain-water, which supplies the want of the other. The town is compassed with a high and thick wall,... | |
| Sir Thomas More (Saint) - 1852 - 348 pages
...inhabitants have fortified the fountain-head of this river, which springs a little without the town; that so, if they should happen to be besieged, the...conveyed, they have great cisterns for receiving the rain-water, which supplies the want of the other. The town is compassed with a high and thick wall,... | |
| Henry Morley - 1886 - 296 pages
...so runs down through it, and falls into the Anider. The inhabitants have fortified the fountain-head of this river, which springs a little without the...enemy might not be able to stop or divert the course r r - •the water, nor poison it ; from thence it is carried in earthen pipes to the lower streets... | |
| Plutarch - 1890 - 298 pages
...so runs down through it, and falls into the Anider. The inhabitants have fortified the fountain-head of this river, which springs a little without the...conveyed, they have great cisterns for receiving the rain-water, which supplies the want of the other. The town is compassed with a high and thick wall,... | |
| Charles Dudley Warner - 1896 - 534 pages
...so runs down through it and falls into the Anider. The inhabitants have fortified the fountainhead of this river, which springs a little without the...conveyed, they have great cisterns for receiving the rain-water, which supplies the want of the other. The town is compassed with a high and thick wall,... | |
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