 | Hubert Howe Bancroft - 1883 - 834 lehte
...terraced from top to bottom. Each story is divided into numerous little compartments, the outer tiers of rooms being lighted by small windows in the sides,...through a trap-door in the roof, and you ascend, from story to story, by means of ladders upon the outside, which are drawn up at night." The same writer... | |
 | Helen Haines - 1891 - 668 lehte
...terraced from top to bottom. Each story is divided into numerous little compartments, the outer tiers of rooms being lighted by small windows in the sides, while those in the interior are dark and principally used for store-rooms ; one of the most remarkable features of these buildings... | |
 | Hubert Howe Bancroft - 1902 - 832 lehte
...terraced from top to bottom. Each story is divided into numerous little compartments, the outer tiers of rooms being lighted by small windows in the sides,...through a trap-door in the roof, and you ascend, from story to story, by means of ladders upon the outside, which are drawn up at night." The same writer... | |
 | George Wharton James - 1920 - 658 lehte
...terraced from top to bottom. Each story is divided into numerous little compartments, the outer tiers of rooms being lighted by small windows in the sides,...are dark, and are principally used as store-rooms. One of the most singular features of these buildings is the absence of any direct communication with... | |
 | George Wharton James - 1920 - 650 lehte
...of these buildings is the absence of any direct communication with the outside on the ground floor. The only means of entrance is through a trap-door in the roof, and you ascend, from story to story, by means of ladders upon the outside, which are drawn up at night, and the population... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1878 - 510 lehte
...receding from the one below it, and thus forming a structure terraced from top to bottom. Each story is divided into numerous little compartments, the...through a trap-door in the roof, and you ascend from story to story by means of ladders ou the outside, which are drawn up at night. Their contact with... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1878 - 510 lehte
...receding from the one below it, and thus forming a structure terraced from top to bottom. Each story is divided into numerous little compartments, the outer tier of rooms being lighted by email windows in the sides, while those in the interior of the building are dark, and are principally... | |
 | 1928 - 840 lehte
...terraced from top to bottom. Each story is divided into numerous little compartments, the outer tiers of rooms being lighted by small windows in the sides,...those in the interior of the building are dark and principally used for store rooms. One of the most singular features in these buildings is the absence... | |
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... a bridge. They are five and six stories high, each story receding from the one below it, and thus forming a structure terraced from top to bottom. Each story is divided into numerous little compartments, the outer... 
