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The Udes of the chafm are not perpendicular, but flope from the top confiderably.

Topographia hibernica : or The topography ofIreland, antient and modern. Giving a complete view of the civil and ecclesiastical state of that kingdom; with its antiquities, natural curiosities, trade, manufactures, extent and population Seward, William Wenman 1795

The flope of Kilcommeden, even to the edge of the bog, was interfered by hedges and ditches communicating with each other, and lined with Irifti rauiketeers* Ginckle, with i8, oco men, was now to attack an enemy amounting to

Derriana: A Collection of Papers Relative to the Siege of Derry, and Illustrative of the ... G. Douglas 1794

It is then, I think, prefled upon cloths, and then fet Hoping to drop the fuperfluous mercury j the flope is daily heigthened towards a perpendicular.

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies ... 1791

If the column be on the flope GE inclined to - wards E or on the hcij-rlit N B M; it will prcfent to the cannon A an object of great extent, and be from its fituation very much expofed: the cljfer the ranks are, and the deejKT the column, ihi more dellrudtive will be the fire of the artillerv.

A Treatise on Gun-powder ; A Treatise on Fire-arms ; and A Treatise on the Service of Artillery ... 1789

You look over the tufted tops of trees; and fee the river beyond them precipitating itfelf from rock to rock, a confiderable way, rather pouring along (as we underftood) through an abrupt flope, than down a perpendicular defcent.

Observations, relative chiefly to picturesque beauty, made in the year 1776, on several parts of Great Britain; particularily the High-lands of Scotland.. 1789

They ufually flope acrofs the bay to the fouth-weft, and fo pafs over oppofite to Tangier, which, it feems, is the narroweft fpace.

The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, in the County of ... 1789

Forthwith upright be rears from off the pool His mighty ftature: on each hand the flames Driven b; ickward flope their pointing fpears, and roll'd

Paradise lost a poem, with a biogr. and critical account of the author [by E. Fenton]. 1789

It was an oblong fquarc, inclofed by a ftone parapet wall, about three feet in height; from which the mount, covered with green turf, rofe to the building with a gradual flope.

A New, authentic, and complete collection of voyages round the world, undertaken and performed by royal authority [microform] : containing an authentic, entertaining, full, and complete history of Captain Cook's first, second, third and last voyages, undertaken by order of his present Majesty, for making discoveries in geography, navigation, astronomy, &c. in the southern and northern hemispheres & c. &c. &c. ... the whole comprehending a full account, from the earliest period to the present time ... 1784

The flope of the dam is oppollie to the current, the better - to break the force of the water by a gradual refiAance;: and tlie Aakcs are driven in obliquely, in proportioa 'to the incIinatioA of the plane.

A philosophical and political history of the British settlements and trade in North America ... 1779

From 'the foundation it was raifed by folid ftone-work of a vaft thicknefs, with crofs wails of ftone, for banding trie front, and pre - venting any thruft from the weight of earth within; but a gentle flope would have been better in all re - fpctvts.

A tour through the island of Great Britain : divided into circuits or journies ... 1778