Miscellaneous Works, 4. köideD.A. Talboys, 1830 |
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Page 39
... islands that lie at the entrance to the best advantage , which might otherwise very easily command all the passes that lead to the city from the Adriatic . Nor could an ordinary fleet , with bomb - vessels , hope to succeed against a ...
... islands that lie at the entrance to the best advantage , which might otherwise very easily command all the passes that lead to the city from the Adriatic . Nor could an ordinary fleet , with bomb - vessels , hope to succeed against a ...
Page 40
... islands , when the tide is low ; and they are these that make the entrance for ships difficult to such as are not used to them , for the deep canals run between them , which the Venetians are at a great expense to keep free and open ...
... islands , when the tide is low ; and they are these that make the entrance for ships difficult to such as are not used to them , for the deep canals run between them , which the Venetians are at a great expense to keep free and open ...
Page 42
... island of about three miles round . It contains all the stores and provisions for war that are not actually employed . There are docks for their galleys and men - of - war , most of them full , as well as work- The houses for all land ...
... island of about three miles round . It contains all the stores and provisions for war that are not actually employed . There are docks for their galleys and men - of - war , most of them full , as well as work- The houses for all land ...
Page 43
... islands of the Archipelago in their hands , and , by consequence , the greatest fleet , and the most seamen of any other state in Europe . Besides that , this would have given no jealousy to the princes their neighbours , who would have ...
... islands of the Archipelago in their hands , and , by consequence , the greatest fleet , and the most seamen of any other state in Europe . Besides that , this would have given no jealousy to the princes their neighbours , who would have ...
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... island stands as a vast mole , which seems to have been planted there on purpose to break the violence of the waves that run into the bay . It lies long - ways , almost in a parallel line to Naples . The excessive height of its rocks ...
... island stands as a vast mole , which seems to have been planted there on purpose to break the violence of the waves that run into the bay . It lies long - ways , almost in a parallel line to Naples . The excessive height of its rocks ...
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