Trip to the far west [of England.].Sherwood, Gilbert & Piper, 1840 - 192 páginas |
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... granite are severed from the main rock , by means of small iron wedges , which are driven into the surface of the rock . Several men work at once , hammering the wedges ; when , after repeated blows , the granitic mass is severed , and ...
... granite are severed from the main rock , by means of small iron wedges , which are driven into the surface of the rock . Several men work at once , hammering the wedges ; when , after repeated blows , the granitic mass is severed , and ...
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... granite , which in many places protrudes above the surface of the ground , and gives it a most dreary , but romantic appearance . Some parts resem- bled a church yard , long neglected , and whose tomb - stones are out of the perpendi ...
... granite , which in many places protrudes above the surface of the ground , and gives it a most dreary , but romantic appearance . Some parts resem- bled a church yard , long neglected , and whose tomb - stones are out of the perpendi ...
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... several streets , and contains many well - built and respectable houses . Here is said to be the best Wesleyan chapel in Cornwall ; the front , which was all I saw of it , is remarkably F well - built of hewn granite , and looks hand- 81.
... several streets , and contains many well - built and respectable houses . Here is said to be the best Wesleyan chapel in Cornwall ; the front , which was all I saw of it , is remarkably F well - built of hewn granite , and looks hand- 81.
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Baker Peter Smith. well - built of hewn granite , and looks hand- some it was built in 1814. The church is peculiarly elegant , and its tower forms a principal feature in this view . It is , how- ever , not generally seen to advantage ...
Baker Peter Smith. well - built of hewn granite , and looks hand- some it was built in 1814. The church is peculiarly elegant , and its tower forms a principal feature in this view . It is , how- ever , not generally seen to advantage ...
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... granite were rolled over their heads , along the rocky bed of the sea ; producing more noise , and creating more terror , than the dreadful thunder of heaven . The Cornish spade , is a triangular tool ; with a straight handle , 4 or 5 ...
... granite were rolled over their heads , along the rocky bed of the sea ; producing more noise , and creating more terror , than the dreadful thunder of heaven . The Cornish spade , is a triangular tool ; with a straight handle , 4 or 5 ...
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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