A hand-book of travel round the southern coast of England1849 - 324 páginas |
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... town on its eastern shore . Our " Guide " was here at fault , for there was nothing in the book that told of such a gay scene , and Herne Bay , which follows Sheer- ness in the list , was still some six miles 2 THE SOUTHERN COAST.
... town on its eastern shore . Our " Guide " was here at fault , for there was nothing in the book that told of such a gay scene , and Herne Bay , which follows Sheer- ness in the list , was still some six miles 2 THE SOUTHERN COAST.
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... town , some time ago , married a young woman from the high ground of the neighbouring Isle of Thanet . He was what the world would call a kind , indul- gent , husband ; but in less than eighteen months malaria and ague had done their ...
... town , some time ago , married a young woman from the high ground of the neighbouring Isle of Thanet . He was what the world would call a kind , indul- gent , husband ; but in less than eighteen months malaria and ague had done their ...
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... town , since its rise as a watering place , in the middle of the last century . TRINITY CHURCH , which was consecrated on the 11th of June , 1828 , is built of Bath stone , in the English style . It is a great ornament to the place ...
... town , since its rise as a watering place , in the middle of the last century . TRINITY CHURCH , which was consecrated on the 11th of June , 1828 , is built of Bath stone , in the English style . It is a great ornament to the place ...
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... town , and partly from a grant from the Church Commissioners , at a cost of upwards of £ 24,000 , is a chaste and elegant structure , in the English style of the fourteenth century , from the designs of the late Mr. Helms- ley and Mr ...
... town , and partly from a grant from the Church Commissioners , at a cost of upwards of £ 24,000 , is a chaste and elegant structure , in the English style of the fourteenth century , from the designs of the late Mr. Helms- ley and Mr ...
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... town , if the distance by water be the guide , an almost stagnant pool in a heavy bed of still accumulating sand , is barely sufficient to give anchorage to smal ] coasting vessels connected with the trade of the town . The name of ...
... town , if the distance by water be the guide , an almost stagnant pool in a heavy bed of still accumulating sand , is barely sufficient to give anchorage to smal ] coasting vessels connected with the trade of the town . The name of ...
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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.