 A strange kind of bridge it was ; huge and massive, and seemingly of great antiquity. It had an arched back, like that of a hog, a high balustrade, and at either side, at intervals, were stone bowers bulking over the river, but open on the other side,...  Lavengro: The Scholar--the Gypsy--the Priest - Pagina 25door George Henry Borrow - 1851Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | George Borrow - 1851 - 578 pagina’s
...a high balustrade, and at either side, at intervals, were stone bowers bulking over the river, but open on the other side, and furnished with a semicircular...generality drawn by horses as large as elephants, each row striving hard in a different direction, and not unfrequently brought to a stand-still. Oh... | |
 | 1865 - 972 pagina’s
...a high bainstrade, and at either Bide, at intervals, were stone bowers, bulking over the river, but open on the other side, and furnished with a semicircular...for the concourse upon it. Thousands of human beings (says a traveller) were pouring over the bridge ; but what chiefly struck my attention was a double... | |
 | 1875 - 562 pagina’s
...a high balustrade, and at either side, at intervals, were stone bowers, bulking over the river, but open on the other side, and furnished with a semicircular...the concourse upon it. " Thousands of human beings (says a traveller) were pouring over the bridge ; but what chiefly struck my attention was a double... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1905 - 494 pagina’s
...a high balustrade, and at either side, at intervals,-were stone bowers bulking over the river, but open on the other side, and furnished with a semicircular bench. Though the bridge was wide—very wide—it was all too narrow for the concourse upon it. Thousands of human beings were... | |
 | Henry Seidel Canby, Frederick Erastus Pierce, Henry Noble MacCracken, Alfred Arundel May, Thomas Goddard Wright - 1909 - 432 pagina’s
...a high balustrade, and at either side, at intervals, were stone bowers bulking over the river, but open on the other side, and furnished with a semicircular...chiefly struck my attention was a double row of carts s and wagons, the generality drawn by horses as large as elephants, each row striving hard in a different... | |
 | Henry Seidel Canby, Frederick Erastus Pierce, Henry Noble MacCracken, Alfred Arundel May, Thomas Goddard Wright - 1920 - 696 pagina’s
...a high balustrade, and at either side, at intervals, were stone bowers bulking over the river, but open on the other side, and furnished with a semicircular...generality drawn by horses as large as elephants, each row striving hard in a different direction, and not unfrequently brought to a standstill. Oh,... | |
 | Ernest Rhys - 1922 - 360 pagina’s
...a high balustrade, and at either side, at intervals, were stone bowers bulking over the river, but open on the other side, and furnished with a semi-circular...the bridge was wide — very wide — it was all too 258 narrow for the concourse upon it. Thousands of human beings were pouring over the bridge. But what... | |
 | 1865 - 970 pagina’s
...a high balustrade, and at either side, at intervals, were stone bowers, bulking over the river, but open on the other side, and furnished with a semicircular...wide —very wide— it was all too narrow for the conconree upon it. Thousands of human beings (says a traveller) were pouring over the bridge ; but... | |
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