 Though the sides of this bridge are provided in some parts with a parapet of fixed rocks, yet few men have resolution to walk to them, and look over into the abyss. You involuntarily fall on your hands and feet, creep to the parapet, and peep over it....  The Monthly Magazine - Стр. 2441808Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | Joseph Taylor - 1838 - Страниц: 672
...provided in some parts with a parapet of fixed rocks, yet few persons have resolution to walk over them, and look over into the abyss. You involuntarily fall on your hands and knees, creep to the parapet, and peep over it. Looking down from this height about a minute gave... | |
 | Grenville Mellen - 1839 - Страниц: 934
...the chord of the arch, is many times longer than the transverse. Though the sides of this bridge are provided, in some parts, with a parapet of fixed rocks,...into the abyss. You involuntarily fall on your hands and feet, creep to the parapet, and peep over it. Looking down from this height about a minute, gave... | |
 | Hugh Murray - 1839 - Страниц: 646
...bridge are provided in some parts with a parapet of fixed rocks, yet few men have resolution to walk on them and look over into the abyss. You involuntarily fall on your hands and knees, creep to the parapet, and peep over it. If the view from the top be painful and intolerable,... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1841 - Страниц: 516
...covered with soil and trees. Jefferson describes it as follows : " Though the sides of this bridge are provided in some parts with a parapet of fixed rocks,...into the abyss. You involuntarily fall on your hands and knees, creep to the parapet and peep over it. Looking down from this height about a minute, gave... | |
 | Monthly literary register - 1808 - Страниц: 658
...thickness of the mass at the summit of the arch, about forty feet. Though the sides of this bridge are provided in some parts with a parapet of fixed rocks,...and peep over it; but if the view from the top be painful and intolerable, that from below is delightful in an equal extreme. It is impossible for the... | |
 | 1843 - Страниц: 758
...thickness of the mass at the summit of the arch, about forty feet. " Though the sides of the bridge are provided in some parts, with a parapet of fixed rocks,...into the abyss. You involuntarily fall on your hands and feet, creep to the parapet, and peep over it. While the view from the top is painful and intolerable,... | |
 | Bishop Davenport - 1843 - Страниц: 604
...the cord of the arch, is many times longer than the transverse. Though the sides of this bridge are provided, in some parts, with a parapet of fixed rocks,...into the abyss. You involuntarily fall on your hands and feet, creep to the parapet, and peep over it. If the view from the top be painful and intolerable,... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - Страниц: 320
...de Chastelluse, of the Virginian bridge of rocks. "Though the sides of the bridge," says he, " are provided, in some parts, with a parapet of fixed rocks,...to walk to them, and look over into the abyss. You voluntarily fall on your hands and knees, creep to the parapet, and look over it. Looking from the... | |
 | Grenville Mellen - 1843 - Страниц: 866
...provided, in some pans, with a parapet of fixed rocks, yet few men have resolution to walk •-J '.hem and look over into the abyss. You involuntarily fall on your hands and feet, creep to the parapet, and peep over it. Looking down from this beitrht about a minute, pave... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1844 - Страниц: 318
...de Chastelluse, of the Virginian bridge of rocks. "Though the sides of the bridge," says he, " are provided, in some parts, with a parapet of fixed rocks,...into the abyss. You involuntarily fall on your hands and knees, creep to the parapet, and look over it. Looking from the height about a minute, gave me... | |
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