A hand-book of travel round the southern coast of England1849 - 324 páginas |
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... feet , with a well of pure water , and was placed , where it stands , by the Directors of the Pier , out of a praiseworthy regard to the wants of vessels requiring a supply of water . And long may it remain , like Moore's famous ...
... feet , with a well of pure water , and was placed , where it stands , by the Directors of the Pier , out of a praiseworthy regard to the wants of vessels requiring a supply of water . And long may it remain , like Moore's famous ...
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... in a great measure , the opportunity thus afforded to display his genius and taste . The Tower , 136 feet high , is , perhaps , the first object seen on nearing the coast , and answers the double purpose of belfry and 14 THE SOUTHERN COAST.
... in a great measure , the opportunity thus afforded to display his genius and taste . The Tower , 136 feet high , is , perhaps , the first object seen on nearing the coast , and answers the double purpose of belfry and 14 THE SOUTHERN COAST.
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... feet into the sea , and then forms its first angle . The entire building makes a polygon , of which the Eastern branch measures 2000 feet , and the Western 1600 feet in length , the entrance to the Harbour sepa- rating them by a width of ...
... feet into the sea , and then forms its first angle . The entire building makes a polygon , of which the Eastern branch measures 2000 feet , and the Western 1600 feet in length , the entrance to the Harbour sepa- rating them by a width of ...
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England. tively terminated by an octagon 60 feet long . The cross wall separating the inner and outer basins is 1400 feet long , with sluice and flood gates . The advanced Pier at the Eastern head causes the difference in length of 400 feet ...
England. tively terminated by an octagon 60 feet long . The cross wall separating the inner and outer basins is 1400 feet long , with sluice and flood gates . The advanced Pier at the Eastern head causes the difference in length of 400 feet ...
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... feet thick , tapering towards the top , and in one place nearly twenty- four feet high . The shaft , running from north to south is eighty - seven feet long , and seven and a half feet wide ; the traverse is twenty - two feet in breadth ...
... feet thick , tapering towards the top , and in one place nearly twenty- four feet high . The shaft , running from north to south is eighty - seven feet long , and seven and a half feet wide ; the traverse is twenty - two feet in breadth ...
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Abbey adjoining aisles amongst ancient arches Bathing Machines Baths beach beautiful Brighton Britons BRUNSWICK TOWN building built Cæsar Castle chancel Chapel CHURCH OF ST Cinque Ports cliffs columns consists Cottage decorated distance Dover Duke Earl east Eastbourne edifice Edward Engraved erected feet high Folkstone formed Freckleton gate George gilt leaves half bound morocco Harbour Hastings height Henry VIII High Street Hill Hotel House hundred Hythe island Isle of Wight John Kemp Town Kent King land Lewes London Lord Marine miles monuments morocco morocco elegant nave Norman old church parish Pevensey picturesque Pier Plates portion Portsmouth Portus present Queen RAILWAY Ramsgate Reculver reign of Henry residence rising road rocks Roman round Royal ruins Ryde SALTWOOD CASTLE Sandgate Saxon Seaford seat ships shore side Southampton Southern Coast square Steyne stone style Sussex tion tower town village walls Walmer whilst William Winchelsea
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Página 68 - Come on, sir; here's the place: — stand still. — How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Página 68 - tis to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles. Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! Methinks he seems no bigger than his head. The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; and yon' tall, anchoring bark, Diminished to her cock ; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight. The murmuring surge, That on the unnumbered idle pebbles chafes, Cannot be heard so high. I'll look no more ; Lest my...
Página 9 - Books that you may carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are the most useful after all.
Página 2 - Hints on ornamental gardening; consisting of a series of designs for garden buildings, useful and decorative gates, fences, railings, &c., accompanied by observations on the principles and theory of rural improvement, interspersed with occasional remarks on rural architecture.
Página 7 - Blake, whose wild designs accompany a splendid folio edition of the "Night Thoughts," which you may have seen, in one of which he pictures the parting of soul and body...
Página 7 - COMPANION to the BOOK of COMMON PRAYER, of the United Church of England and Ireland.
Página 8 - Entomology; a selection of some of the rarer and more beautiful species of insects, natives of India and the adjacent islands, the greater portion of which are now for the first time described and figured.
Página 12 - Historical Parallels. — The Plagues of London, Florence, and Constantinople, — Massacre of the De Witts. From the Original Historians, illustrHting the most celebrated events in Grecian and Roman History: comparing or contrasting them with other Incidents of Ancient or Modern Times. By JH MALKIN, and OTHERS. With 34 wood engravings. 2 vols.
Página 165 - The barbarians drive us to the sea; the sea throws us back on the barbarians; thus two modes of death await us; we are either slain or drowned.
Página 7 - Syntax's Three Tours, in Search of the Picturesque, in Search of Consolation, and in Search of a Wife.