Trip to the far west [of England.].Sherwood, Gilbert & Piper, 1840 - 192 páginas |
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... heads to the side of the ship , and having their hind legs towards the centre ; but to have them in stalls , and on deck , is an excellently safe mode of conveying them . At five minutes to eleven , we began to move gently through the ...
... heads to the side of the ship , and having their hind legs towards the centre ; but to have them in stalls , and on deck , is an excellently safe mode of conveying them . At five minutes to eleven , we began to move gently through the ...
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... head of the Heptarchy ) , and the popu- lation and bustle of a seaport , cannot choose but sigh over the mutability of human events in this transitory state , and mark with thoughtful sadness , how cities " rise and fall , flourish and ...
... head of the Heptarchy ) , and the popu- lation and bustle of a seaport , cannot choose but sigh over the mutability of human events in this transitory state , and mark with thoughtful sadness , how cities " rise and fall , flourish and ...
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... heads , the learned writer proceeds , — " We come next to the division of the vessel into five sections , by means of four bulk - heads . This arrangement I consider wholly unexceptionable . Besides , this division fell so well in with ...
... heads , the learned writer proceeds , — " We come next to the division of the vessel into five sections , by means of four bulk - heads . This arrangement I consider wholly unexceptionable . Besides , this division fell so well in with ...
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... heads , and that I might assure the mem- bers of the British association , when in Liverpool , of their having stood the neces- sary proof , and being practically as efficient , as they were satisfactory in theory , I caused the plan to ...
... heads , and that I might assure the mem- bers of the British association , when in Liverpool , of their having stood the neces- sary proof , and being practically as efficient , as they were satisfactory in theory , I caused the plan to ...
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... head . I paced the deck for some time , in the darkness of night , looking over the expanse of waters , and viewing on one side the North Foreland light , and on the other side , each of those of the Goodwin sands , as the latter ...
... head . I paced the deck for some time , in the darkness of night , looking over the expanse of waters , and viewing on one side the North Foreland light , and on the other side , each of those of the Goodwin sands , as the latter ...
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adorned Austin Austle battery beautiful beneath Breage bucket Buddle called captain Carclaze chapel CHAPTER Christian church circumjacent Cornish Cornwall deck descended distant east eastern engine England entered Ethelbert Falmouth feet long furnace gentleman granite half handsome harbour heath Helston Hennah houses inches iron Kent labour land Land's End Launceston Liskeard Lizard Point lodes lofty hills Logan Rock London look Lostwithiel Marazion Mawes metal Michael miners mines mount Edgecumbe Mount St night passed passengers pearance Pendennis Castle Penglase Penryn Penzance picturesque Plymouth port pretty promontory pulverized quay reached Reculver retired rise river Fal road route Royal Adelaide Ruan Lanihorne scene scenery Sennon shewed ship shore side soon Stampers stands steep stone stream three miles tower town Tregony Trenery vessel visited walked wall western Wheal wheel wherry whilst wide wine wood wreck yard
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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