Trip to the far west [of England.].Sherwood, Gilbert & Piper, 1840 - 192 páginas |
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... that part called the Nore . This is an interesting scene . There , as well as up the Medway , several line - of - battle ships are generally to be seen . The Fort of Sheerness is here in view . B 1 It is the north - western point of the 17.
... that part called the Nore . This is an interesting scene . There , as well as up the Medway , several line - of - battle ships are generally to be seen . The Fort of Sheerness is here in view . B 1 It is the north - western point of the 17.
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... scene , between eleven and twelve in the forenoon of that day , as I paced the battlements of Pendennis castle . As we were making the North Foreland , the night came upon us . It was pleasing to look towards Thanet , and see across the ...
... scene , between eleven and twelve in the forenoon of that day , as I paced the battlements of Pendennis castle . As we were making the North Foreland , the night came upon us . It was pleasing to look towards Thanet , and see across the ...
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... scene . There were several vessels in the harbour ; and much liveliness was occasioned by the various boats crowding alongside , bringing fresh passengers on board , and plying for passengers to go on shore . I surveyed with pleasure ...
... scene . There were several vessels in the harbour ; and much liveliness was occasioned by the various boats crowding alongside , bringing fresh passengers on board , and plying for passengers to go on shore . I surveyed with pleasure ...
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... scene of Charles I. captivity . Wight may be twenty miles from east to west , and twelve from north to south ; but I think its northern coast must be nearly thirty miles . Taking leave of this lovely island , we soon reached Dorsetshire ...
... scene of Charles I. captivity . Wight may be twenty miles from east to west , and twelve from north to south ; but I think its northern coast must be nearly thirty miles . Taking leave of this lovely island , we soon reached Dorsetshire ...
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... scene . In this park is a seat of the noble lord , whose title corresponds with the name of the place . On an island stands the cita- del , a fort of great strength , which domi- nates the port and the circumjacent localities . On a ...
... scene . In this park is a seat of the noble lord , whose title corresponds with the name of the place . On an island stands the cita- del , a fort of great strength , which domi- nates the port and the circumjacent localities . On a ...
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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