 | 1897 - 986 páginas
...IflNETEF.NTH-CENTURY CRAFT-GILD. "At the east end of the Isle of Purbeck," wrote Charles Klngsley, "Is a little semi-circular bay, Its northern horn formed by high cliffs of white chalk, the southern horn by the dark limestone beds of the Purbeck marble. A quaint old-world village slopes... | |
 | Our own country - 1878 - 714 páginas
...easterly aspect. The late Canon Kingsley thus struck off its chief features a few years since : — " At the east end of the Isle of Purbeck is a little...beds' have been worn away, forming an amphitheatre of loose sand and clay cliffs. The southern horn is formed by the dark limestone beds of the Purbeck marble.... | |
 | Richard Nicholls Worth - 1882 - 156 páginas
...description of this spot, "well worth seeing, and when once seen not easily to be forgotten." — " A little semicircular bay, its northern horn formed by high cliffs of white chalk {Bollard Head"], ending in white isolated stacks and peaks [The Pinnacles, Old Harry and his Wife,... | |
 | Isaac Burney Yeo - 1885 - 676 páginas
...attractions are the quiet and comparative seclusion it offers. Charles Kingsley speaks of it thus: "At the east end of the Isle of Purbeck is a little semi-circular bay, its northern horn formed of high cliffs of white chalk, white isolated stacks and peaks, round the blue sea ripples for ever.... | |
 | Cassell and Company, ltd - 1894 - 454 páginas
...Kingsley, who, albeit unshaken iu his leal partiality for his favourite Derou, graphically tells us that '' At the east end of the Isle of Purbeck is a little semicircular bay. its northern liorn formed by high cliffs of white chalk, ending in white isolated stacks and peaks, round whose... | |
 | 1897 - 916 páginas
...A NINETEENTH-CENTURY CKAFT-GILD. "At the east end of the Isle of Purbeck," wrote Charles Kingsley, "is a little semi-circular bay, its northern horn formed by high cliffs of white chalk, the southern horn by the dark limestone beds of the Purbeck marble. A quaint old-world village slopes... | |
 | Robert Thurston Hopkins - 1922 - 280 páginas
...best description of this spot — " well worth seeing, and when once seen not easily to be forgotten. A little semicircular bay, its northern horn formed by high cliffs of white chalk (Ballard Head), ending in white, isolated stacks and peaks (The Pinnacles, Old Harry and his Wife,... | |
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... round whose feet the blue sea ripples for ever. In the centre of the bay the softer ' wealden beds' have been worn away, forming an amphitheatre of low sand and clay cliffs. The southern horn is formed by the dark limestone beds of the Purbeck marble.... 