| Robert Henry - 1789 - 644 páginas
...light and emiffion of fmoke. Thofe of Gaul are thus defcribed by Strabo : " They build their houfes " of wood, in the form of a circle, with lofty tapering " roofs (43)." The foundations of ibme of the moft magnificent of thefe circular houfes were of ftone, of which... | |
| Robert Henry - 1814 - 534 páginas
...light and emiffion of fmoke. Thofe of Gaul are thus defcribed by Strabo: " They " build their houfes of wood, in the form of " a circle, with lofty tapering roofs" 3 ." The foundations of fome of the moft magnificent of thefe circular houfes were of ftone, of which... | |
| Berwickshire Naturalists' Club (Scotland) - 1857 - 526 páginas
...hut of these he gives no description. Strabo, however, informs us,* that the Gauls built their houses of wood, in the form of a circle, with lofty tapering roofs. But that other materials were used in the construction of British houses, we may infer from the account... | |
| Mrs. Bray (Anna Eliza) - 1836 - 416 páginas
...of wood and covered with straw." And, when speaking of the Gauls, the latter says, " they make their dwellings of wood in the form of a circle, with lofty tapering roofs." In some instances it is not improbable that the larger stone circles are vestiges of enclosures made... | |
| Mrs. Bray (Anna Eliza) - 1838 - 410 páginas
...of wood and covered with straw." And, when speaking of the Gauls, the latter says, " they make their dwellings of wood in the form of a circle, with lofty tapering roofs." In some instances it is not improbable that the larger stone circles are vestiges of enclosures made... | |
| Richard Brown (architect.) - 1841 - 618 páginas
...Laplanders at the present day. Those of Gaul are thus described by Strabo : "They build their houses of wood, in the form of a circle, with lofty, tapering roofs, "ff * Strutt's Habits and Customs of the Britons, vol. ip 34. t Tacit. de Morib. German, c. xvi. Î... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1847 - 872 páginas
...resemble those of Gaul.' Now those of Gaul are thus described by Strabo: — ' They build their houses s N O p Lib. v. The foundations of some of the most substantial of these circular houses were of stone, of... | |
| John Murray (Firm) - 1851 - 324 páginas
...represented on the Antonine column as circular buildings ^with conical roofs; and are mentioned by Caesar as similar to the cabins of the Gauls, which Strabo...Indeed they appear to have been identical with the shealings which the inhabitants of Orkney construct at the present day ; for these are of wood on circular... | |
| English history - 1851 - 706 páginas
...resemble those of Gaul." Now those of Gaul are thus described by Strabo : — " They build their houses of wood, in the form of a circle, with lofty tapering roofs." — Lib. v. The foundations of some of the most substantial of these circular houses were of stone,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1852 - 708 páginas
...resemble those of Gaul." Now those of Gaul are thus described by Strabo :— " They build their houses of wood, in the form of a circle, with lofty tapering roofs." Lib. v. The foundations of some of the most substantial of these circular houses were of stone, of... | |
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