Trip to the far west [of England.].Sherwood, Gilbert & Piper, 1840 - 192 páginas |
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... building contain- ing various curiosities and works of art , principally connected with military affairs . The next place of importance which you reach is Gravesend , where the river is a mile in width . Here the danger of a sea voyage ...
... building contain- ing various curiosities and works of art , principally connected with military affairs . The next place of importance which you reach is Gravesend , where the river is a mile in width . Here the danger of a sea voyage ...
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... to look towards Thanet , and see across the dark waters , the bright illumination arising from the distant lamps of Ramsgate ; by which you could trace the principal build- ings on the cliffs . A lower isolated light , 25.
... to look towards Thanet , and see across the dark waters , the bright illumination arising from the distant lamps of Ramsgate ; by which you could trace the principal build- ings on the cliffs . A lower isolated light , 25.
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... buildings near the water at east Cowes . Several private dwellings are elegant and tasteful , but too close to one ... building is rendered interesting by the appendage of rural circumstance , and particularly by the ornament of wood ...
... buildings near the water at east Cowes . Several private dwellings are elegant and tasteful , but too close to one ... building is rendered interesting by the appendage of rural circumstance , and particularly by the ornament of wood ...
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... buildings on the last few miles of the coast ; one was an inland farm house , another was a blockade station , and the last was the light - house at the western ex- tremity . I observed within a few hun- dred yards of the end of this ...
... buildings on the last few miles of the coast ; one was an inland farm house , another was a blockade station , and the last was the light - house at the western ex- tremity . I observed within a few hun- dred yards of the end of this ...
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... , a chapel for papists , and places of worship for meinbers of the Society of Friends , and persons of other persuasions . Here is a good pier and quay ; and the Custom House and other public buildings are sightly . I 53.
... , a chapel for papists , and places of worship for meinbers of the Society of Friends , and persons of other persuasions . Here is a good pier and quay ; and the Custom House and other public buildings are sightly . I 53.
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Página 63 - Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts. Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
Página 64 - that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengthened man's heart.
Página 126 - tis all a cheat ; Yet, fool'd with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay
Página 101 - that sea-beast Leviathan, which God of all his works Created hugest that swim the ocean
Página 87 - Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasure*, "Whilst the landscape round it measures, Russet lawns and fallows grey, Where the nibbling flocks do stray.
Página 59 - grace, With hearty welcome, and an open face ; In all they did, you might discern with ease, A willing )mind, and a desire to please.
Página 66 - Press the bashful stranger to his food, And learn the luxury of doing good.
Página 22 - said, that unless the water break into the vessel in all its sections at the same time, (and which may be considered impossible,) there can be no danger of submersion; and experience has proved, that a very
Página 95 - Lo! on a narrow neck of land, Twist two unbounded seas I stand, Secure, insensible ; A point of time,—a moment's space,— Removes me
Página 24 - 2.) This depressed the bow twelve inches, without perceptibly raising the stern end. The vessel was then in the situation of one in which collision had taken place. For accuracy sake, I here state, that the bow and stern sections are each