Trip to the far west [of England.].Sherwood, Gilbert & Piper, 1840 - 192 páginas |
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... iron water - tight bulk - heads , as quoted in the Times of 4th of October , 1839 .--- " A desire to lessen or prevent those accidents to which ships are liable at sea , has long engaged the labours and at- tention of humane and ...
... iron water - tight bulk - heads , as quoted in the Times of 4th of October , 1839 .--- " A desire to lessen or prevent those accidents to which ships are liable at sea , has long engaged the labours and at- tention of humane and ...
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... 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 , generally , is cut off in a tolerably straight line . The ...
... 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 , generally , is cut off in a tolerably straight line . The ...
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... iron being so bent , that this triangle and the wooden handle form an obtuse angle of about ten degrees . The shovel is the same shape , but the iron - work is thinner , and wider . This Cornish spade or shovel seems the uni- versal ...
... iron being so bent , that this triangle and the wooden handle form an obtuse angle of about ten degrees . The shovel is the same shape , but the iron - work is thinner , and wider . This Cornish spade or shovel seems the uni- versal ...
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... iron- triangle , that is indispensable ; the soil being shallow , and having an uneven granitic bottom , a square - ended London spade would meet much more resistance ; whilst the acute angle of the Cornish spade easily pierces the soil ...
... iron- triangle , that is indispensable ; the soil being shallow , and having an uneven granitic bottom , a square - ended London spade would meet much more resistance ; whilst the acute angle of the Cornish spade easily pierces the soil ...
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... iron chain attached to it , by which it is connected with the supporting column . There are also two wooden blocks beneath the lower end , to prevent over - much vi- bration the shaking ( or logging ) being easily producible , by ...
... iron chain attached to it , by which it is connected with the supporting column . There are also two wooden blocks beneath the lower end , to prevent over - much vi- bration the shaking ( or logging ) being easily producible , by ...
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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