 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 ;...  Reading book. New code, 1981. Standard 1, 4-6 - Страница 19по Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1872Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1847 - 546 страници
...achievement, from the character of the country. It was conducted over pathless sierras buried in snow ; galleries were cut for leagues through the living...difficulties that beset a wild and mountainous region, and which might appall the most courageous engineer of modern times, were encountered and successfully... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1847 - 550 страници
...achievement, from the character of the country. It was conducted over pathless sierras buried in snow; galleries were cut for leagues through the living...difficulties that beset a wild and mountainous region, and which might appall the most courageous engineer of modern times, were encountered and successfully... | |
 | 1847 - 640 страници
...achievement, from the character of the country. It was conducted over pathless sierras buried in snow ; galleries were cut for leagues through the living...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... | |
 | 1848 - 350 страници
...achievement, from the character of the country. It was conducted over pathless sierras buried in snow; galleries were cut for leagues through the living...difficulties that beset a wild and mountainous region, and which might appal the most courageous engineer of modern times, were encountered and successfully... | |
 | 1849 - 106 страници
...stupendous works is described as being conducted over pathless sierras (mountains) buried in snow. Galleries were cut for leagues through the living...were encountered and successfully overcome by these industrious people." " Was there a King of Peru, mother ? " " The Peruvian princes were called Incas.... | |
 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - 1871 - 440 страници
...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 страници
..." It was conducted over pathless sierra buried in mow ; galleries were cut for leagues through the rock ; rivers were crossed by means of bridges that...difficulties that beset a wild and mountainous region, and which might appal the most courageous engineer of modern times, were successfully encountered and... | |
 | 1850 - 682 страници
...character of the country. It was conducted over pathless sierras buried in snow; galleries were ent for leagues through the living rock ; rivers were...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 страници
...surpass the top of the Peak of Teneriffe :' — ' It was conducted over pathless sierras buried in snow ; galleries were cut for leagues through the living...difficulties that beset a wild and mountainous region, and which might appal the most courageous engineer of modern times, were encountered and successfully... | |
 | John Francis - 1851 - 642 страници
..." History of Peru," speaking of its road, " It was conducted over pathless sierru buried in snow ; galleries were cut for leagues through the living...difficulties that beset a wild and mountainous region, and which might appal the most courageous engineer of modern times, were encountered and successfully... | |
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