 | Europe - 1785 - 522 pages
...mafonry ; the whole conftrufted with admirable (kill and labour and maintained at a mighty change. In the territory contained in that map alone, I have been at the trouble of reck cniogthe refervoirs, and they amount to above eleven hundred, fiom the extent of two or three... | |
 | 1786 - 828 pages
...mounds ef earth and dones, with fluices of lulid mafonry ; the whole condructed with admirable (kill and labour, and maintained at a mighty charge. In the territory contained in the map of the company's jaghire, they amounted to upwards of eleven hundred, from the extent of two... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1792 - 676 pages
...mounds of earth and ftones, with ftuices of folid mafonry ; the whole conftru&ed with admirable fkill and labour, and maintained at a mighty charge. In...alone, I have been at the trouble of reckoning the refervoirs, and they amount to upwards of eleven hundred, from the * Mr. Barnard's map of the Jaghire.... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1798 - 330 pages
...mounds of earth and ftones, with flukes of folid mafonry; the whole conftructed with admirable fkill and labour, and maintained at a mighty charge. In the territory contained in that map (Mr. Barnard's map of the Jaghire) alone. I have been at the trouble of reckomng the refervoirs, and... | |
 | Edmund Burke - English literature - 1803 - 474 pages
...mounds of earth and ftones, with fluices of folid mafonry; the whole conftructed with admirable Ikill and labour, and maintained at a mighty charge. In...alone, I have been at the trouble of reckoning the refervoirs, and they amount to * Mr. Bernard's map of the Jaghire. upwards upwards of -eleven hundred,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - France - 1803 - 464 pages
...mounds of earth and ftones, .with flukes of folid mafonry; the whole conJlructed with admirable fldll and labour, and maintained at a mighty charge. In...contained in that map alone, I have been at the trouble cf reckoning the refervoirs, and they amount to '' : "T" * Mr. Bernard's map of the Jagbire.' . 'JO... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1807 - 464 pages
...they are formed for the greater part of mounds of earth and stones, with sluices of solid masonry ; the whole constructed with admirable skill and labour,...and maintained at a mighty charge. In the territory * Mr. Barnard's map of the_Jaghire. contained in that map alone, I have been at the trouble of reckoning... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1807 - 458 pages
...they are formed for the greater part of mounds of earth and stones, with sluices of solid masonry ; the whole constructed with admirable skill and labour,...and maintained at a mighty charge. In the territory * Mr. Barnard's map of the Jaghire. contained in that map alone, I have been at the trouble of reckoning... | |
 | William Cobbett - Great Britain - 1815 - 746 pages
...earth and stones, with sluices of solid masonry ; ' the whole constructed with admirable skill :imi labour* and maintained at a mighty charge. In the...and they amount to upwards of eleven hundred, from the extent of two or three acres to five miles in circuit. From these reservoirs currents are occasionally... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1816 - 588 pages
...they are formed for the greater part of mounds of earth and stones, with sluice* of solid masonry ; the whole constructed with admirable skill and labour,...and they amount to upwards of eleven hundred, from the extent of two or three acres to five miles in circuit. From these reservoirs currents are occasionally... | |
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For that reason, in the happier times of India, a number, almost incredible, of reservoirs have been made in chosen places throughout the whole country ; they are formed for the greater part of mounds of earth and stones, with sluices of solid masonry;... 
