North-American Review and Miscellaneous Journal, Volume 3Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge Wells and Lilly, 1816 Vols. 277-230, no. 2 include Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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Page 49
... feet elevation , called Mona- Rowa , its top is almost always covered with snow . For- merly , it must have been a great volcano . Smoke frequently issues from it . In every district of the Island , large masses of slag , pieces of rock ...
... feet elevation , called Mona- Rowa , its top is almost always covered with snow . For- merly , it must have been a great volcano . Smoke frequently issues from it . In every district of the Island , large masses of slag , pieces of rock ...
Page 155
... feet high , and I made the attempt , in spite of the roaring cataract , and frightful abyss , which gaped beneath me ; my head did not swim , and I descended about forty feet ; but here the rock be- came smooth and vertical , nor were ...
... feet high , and I made the attempt , in spite of the roaring cataract , and frightful abyss , which gaped beneath me ; my head did not swim , and I descended about forty feet ; but here the rock be- came smooth and vertical , nor were ...
Page 156
... feet were already on the point of slipping over the brink of the gulph , and he was kept from destruction by nothing but the reins . My doom seemed to be fixed , when the animal , astonished at the new dangers which he all at once ...
... feet were already on the point of slipping over the brink of the gulph , and he was kept from destruction by nothing but the reins . My doom seemed to be fixed , when the animal , astonished at the new dangers which he all at once ...
Page 174
... feet long from North to South , and 399 wide from East to West , raised sixteen feet above the general level of the court . The ascent to it is by eight flights of steps , two to the South , two to the North , one to the East , and ...
... feet long from North to South , and 399 wide from East to West , raised sixteen feet above the general level of the court . The ascent to it is by eight flights of steps , two to the South , two to the North , one to the East , and ...
Page 175
... feet in height . " The diameter of the Cupola is about forty - seven feet ; its height ninety - three . The entire diameter of the edifice is nearly 159 feet and a half . The floor of the central circle , is three feet above those of ...
... feet in height . " The diameter of the Cupola is about forty - seven feet ; its height ninety - three . The entire diameter of the edifice is nearly 159 feet and a half . The floor of the central circle , is three feet above those of ...
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