 | William Hodges - 1783 - 210 pages
...has been fcraped away ; and the height, from the plain below, is from two hundred to three hundred feet. The rampart conforms to the edge of the precipice all round, and the only entrance is by fteps running up the fide of the rock, defended on the fide next the country by a wall and baftions,... | |
 | 1788 - 522 pages
...it has been feraped away ; and the height from ihe plain below is from two hundred tothree hundred feet. The rampart conforms to the edge of the precipice all round j and the only entrance to it is by Iteps running op the fide of tlie rock, defended on the fide next... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 414 pages
...appear almoft perpendicular in every part ; for where it was not naturally fo, it has been fcraped away ; and, the height from the plain below is from 200 to 300 feet. The rampart conforms to the ec!ge of the precipice all round ; and the only entrance to it is by .Iteps running up the fide of... | |
 | 366 pages
...has been fcraped away j and the height, from the plain below, is from two hundred to three hnudred feet. The rampart conforms to the edge of the precipice all round, and the only e'ntiante is by (leps running up the fide of the rock, defended in the £de next the country by a wall... | |
 | Richard Brookes - 1801 - 788 pages
...it was not naturally fo, it has been fcarped away; and the height from the plain below, is from too to 300 feet. The rampart conforms to the edge of the precipice all around ; and the only entrance to it is by fteps running up the fide of the rock, which are defended... | |
 | 1823 - 872 pages
...appear almost perpendicular in every part ; for where it was not naturally so, it has been scraped away ; and the height from the plain below is from...precipice all round ; and the only entrance to it is hy steps running up the side of the rock, defended on the side next the country by a wall and bastions,... | |
 | Richard Brookes, William Darby - 1827 - 904 pages
...to appear almost perpendicular in every part; for where it was not naturally so, it has been scraped away ; and the height from the plain below is from 200 to 300 feet This place is considered as the Gibraltar of the E. ; but, in 1780, Major Popham took it, by MI unexpected... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 442 pages
...it was not naturally so, it had been scraped away ; and the height from the plain below is from 2OO to 300 feet. The rampart conforms to the edge of the...to it is by steps running up the side of the rock, defended on the side next the country by a. wall and bastions, and farther guarded by seven stone gateways,... | |
 | Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 74 pages
...flat on the top, with sides almost perpendicular, from 200 to 300 feet above the surrounding plain. The rampart conforms to the edge of the precipice all round ; and the only entrance is by steps running up the side of the rock, defended on the sid'e next the country by a wall and bastions.... | |
 | Richard Brookes - 1869 - 1010 pages
...fiat on the top, with sides almost perpendicular, from 200 to 300 feet above the surrounding plain. The rampart conforms to the edge of the precipice all round ; and the only entrance is by steps running up the side of the rock, defended on the side next the country by a wall and bastions.... | |
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... miles in length ; but narrow, and of unequal breadth, and nearly flat on the top. The fides are fo fteep, as to appear almoft perpendicular in every part ; for where it was t 2... 
