Trip to the far west [of England.].Sherwood, Gilbert & Piper, 1840 - 192 páginas |
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... of such places as I visited in the County of Cornwall , is offered in the order in which they fell under my notice , in three distinct routes ; -my first route was performed in one day , and the dis- tance PREFACE. ...
... of such places as I visited in the County of Cornwall , is offered in the order in which they fell under my notice , in three distinct routes ; -my first route was performed in one day , and the dis- tance PREFACE. ...
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... visited not many places , in this metalliferous region , I never- theless traversed the integrity of its great- est length , from West to East , a distance of eighty miles ; -from Land's End , where the mighty waters of the united ...
... visited not many places , in this metalliferous region , I never- theless traversed the integrity of its great- est length , from West to East , a distance of eighty miles ; -from Land's End , where the mighty waters of the united ...
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... visited the large tin and copper - mine of Wheal Vor , and de- scended the picturesque and notable tin mine of Carclaze . To describe with accu- racy , the wonderful works of Providence , or the surprising accomplishments effected by ...
... visited the large tin and copper - mine of Wheal Vor , and de- scended the picturesque and notable tin mine of Carclaze . To describe with accu- racy , the wonderful works of Providence , or the surprising accomplishments effected by ...
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... visited , and the works of art which I surveyed , there was yet one subject of surpassing interest , one source of predomi- nant delight . Whether it was their per- sonal beauty , or their graceful manners , — their frank expression or ...
... visited , and the works of art which I surveyed , there was yet one subject of surpassing interest , one source of predomi- nant delight . Whether it was their per- sonal beauty , or their graceful manners , — their frank expression or ...
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... visited the quarry from whence the lime - stone is taken for the break - water . I selected as large a specimen as was port- able , and which is by no means an un- sightly mineral ; and it is now , with many other specimens of minerals ...
... visited the quarry from whence the lime - stone is taken for the break - water . I selected as large a specimen as was port- able , and which is by no means an un- sightly mineral ; and it is now , with many other specimens of minerals ...
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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