 | William Hickling Prescott - 1847 - 350 Seiten
...galleries were cut for leagues through the living rock; rivers were crossed by means of bridges that swung suspended in the air; precipices were scaled by stairways...beset a wild and mountainous region, and which might appal the most courageous engineer of modern limes, were encountered and successfully overcome. The... | |
 | 1847 - 640 Seiten
...living rock ; rivers were crossed by means of bridges that swung suspended in the air ; preci. pices were scaled by stairways hewn out of the native bed ; ravines of hideous depth were filled up with eolid masonry ; in short, all the difficulties that beset a wild and mountainous region, and which... | |
 | 1848 - 350 Seiten
...galleries were cut for leagues through the living rock; rivers were crossed by means of bridges that swung suspended in the air; precipices were scaled by stairways...beset a wild and mountainous region, and which might appal the most courageous engineer of modern times, were encountered and successfully overcome. The... | |
 | 1849 - 106 Seiten
...Galleries were cut for leagues through the living rock; rivers were crossed by means of bridges that swung suspended in the air ; precipices were scaled by stair-ways...difficulties that beset a wild and mountainous region were encountered and successfully overcome by these industrious people." " Was there a King of Peru,... | |
 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - 1871 - 440 Seiten
...with snow; galleries were cut for leagues through living rock; rivers were crossed by means of bridges suspended in the air ; precipices were scaled by stairways hewn out of the natural bed ; and ravines of hideous depth were filled up with solid masonry." However much we may... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1850 - 604 Seiten
...galleries were cut for leagues through the rock ; rivers were crossed by means of bridges that swung suspended in the air; precipices were scaled by stairways...beset a wild and mountainous region, and which might appal the most courageous engineer of modern times, were successfully encountered and overcome." The... | |
 | 1850 - 682 Seiten
...galleries were ent for leagues through the living rock ; rivers were crossed by means of bridges that swung suspended in the air ; precipices were scaled by stairways hewn out of the nativo bed; ravines of hideous depth were filled up with solid masonry ; in short, all the difficulties... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1851 - 782 Seiten
...galleries were cut for leagues through the living rock ; rivers were crossed by means of bridges that swung suspended in the air ; precipices were scaled by stairways...beset a wild and mountainous region, and which might appal the most courageous engineer of modern times, were encountered and successfully overcome.' The... | |
 | John Francis - 1851 - 642 Seiten
...galleries were cut for leagues through the living rock ; rivers were crossed by means of bridges that swung suspended in the air; precipices were scaled by stairways...beset a wild and mountainous region, and which might appal the most courageous engineer of modern times, were encountered and successfully overcome. The... | |
 | John Francis (of the Bank of England.) - 1851 - 332 Seiten
...galleries were cut for leagues through the living rock ; rivers were crossed by means of bridges that swung suspended in the air; precipices were scaled by stairways...were filled up with solid masonry ; in short, all the difliculties that beset a wild and mountainous region, and which might appal the most courageous engineer... | |
| |
It was conducted over pathless sierras buried in snow; galleries were cut for leagues through the living rock; rivers were crossed by means of bridges that swung suspended in the air; precipices were scaled by stairways hewn out of the native bed; ravines... 
