A guide to the South coast of England, from the Reculvers to the Land's end, and from Cape Cornwall to the Devon forelandEdward Stanford, 1859 - 601 páginas |
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... appears in the Adur of Sussex , Adour of northern Spain , Dovar of Ireland , Adder of Scotland , and Douro in Portugal . The town is 72 miles E.S.E. from London , and 40 miles E. by S. from Maidstone . " The treatise of Dover , " said ...
... appears in the Adur of Sussex , Adour of northern Spain , Dovar of Ireland , Adder of Scotland , and Douro in Portugal . The town is 72 miles E.S.E. from London , and 40 miles E. by S. from Maidstone . " The treatise of Dover , " said ...
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... appear before a council of nobles and prelates at Reading . For a time he sheltered himself in the Tower , till , conscious of the certainty of his fall and unpopularity , he resolved on escaping to the Con- tinent . His face shaved ...
... appear before a council of nobles and prelates at Reading . For a time he sheltered himself in the Tower , till , conscious of the certainty of his fall and unpopularity , he resolved on escaping to the Con- tinent . His face shaved ...
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... appears to have taken no interest in the town . He merely mentions Churchill's monument in a surly way ; and complaining of detention at the Golden Lion and Silver Head for some days , gives us his long tavern bill , with a sigh that he ...
... appears to have taken no interest in the town . He merely mentions Churchill's monument in a surly way ; and complaining of detention at the Golden Lion and Silver Head for some days , gives us his long tavern bill , with a sigh that he ...
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... appears as Arch - Cliff . The Archcliff Fort is mounted with four guns ; a drawbridge , with an almshouse adjoining it on the south , leads to the Pent ; a ropewalk extends along the beach . Slightly withdrawn from the crest of the ...
... appears as Arch - Cliff . The Archcliff Fort is mounted with four guns ; a drawbridge , with an almshouse adjoining it on the south , leads to the Pent ; a ropewalk extends along the beach . Slightly withdrawn from the crest of the ...
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... appears on the crown of Shaks- peare's Cliff , along the upper portion of the Western Heights above the road ; and in the middle of the East Cliff , at about one - third of its height : from the occur- rence of several veins and ...
... appears on the crown of Shaks- peare's Cliff , along the upper portion of the Western Heights above the road ; and in the middle of the East Cliff , at about one - third of its height : from the occur- rence of several veins and ...
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Guide to the South Coast of England, from the Reculvers to the Land's End ... MacKenzie Edward C Walcott Sin vista previa disponible - 2015 |
A Guide to the South Coast of England, from the Reculvers to the Land's End ... MacKenzie Edward C Walcott Sin vista previa disponible - 2019 |
Términos y frases comunes
Abbey acres ancient arches Arundel beach beautiful Bishop brass bridge broad built buried Castle century chalk chancel chapel Charles choir Christchurch church of St clerestory cliffs coast contains Cornwall cross Decorated deep Devon died Dover Duke Earl Early English east Edward Edward III effigy England entrance erected feet high fleet Folkstone font formed French Gate harbour Hastings height Henry Henry VIII hill island Isle Isle of Wight King knight Lady land Littlehampton London Lord Lymington Margate Mary Mary's miles Mount Mount Edgecumbe nave neighbourhood Norman north aisle north-west passed Perpendicular Pevensey pier Plymouth port Portsmouth Prince Queen railway ramparts Ramsgate Reculver reign river road rock Roman roof round royal ruins sailed sand Saxon sedilia ships shore Shoreham south side Southampton Southampton Water spire stands stone Street Sussex tower town transept valley village walls William Winchelsea wood
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Página 88 - 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: halfway down Hangs one that gathers samphire, dreadful trade! Methinks he seems no bigger than his head...
Página 570 - One show'd an iron coast and angry waves. You seem'd to hear them climb and fall And roar rock-thwarted under bellowing caves, Beneath the windy wall.
Página 480 - The startled waves leap over it; the storm Smites it with all the scourges of the rain, And steadily against its solid form Press the great shoulders of the hurricane.
Página 542 - And the great ships sail outward and return, Bending and bowing o'er the billowy swells, And ever joyful as they see it burn, They wave their silent welcomes and farewells. They come forth from the darkness, and their sails Gleam for a moment only in the blaze, And eager faces, as the light unveils, Gaze at the tower, and vanish while they gaze.
Página 256 - Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time — Footprints that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing may take heart again.
Página 460 - ATTEND, all ye who list to hear our noble England's praise; I tell of the thrice famous deeds she wrought in ancient days, When that great fleet invincible against her bore in vain The richest spoils of Mexico, the stoutest hearts of Spain.
Página 325 - To that cathedral, boundless as our wonder, Whose quenchless lamps the sun and moon supply ; Its choir the winds and waves — its organ thunder — Its dome the sky.
Página 272 - It was not in the battle; No tempest gave the shock; She sprang no fatal leak; She ran upon no rock. His sword was in its sheath, His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt went down With twice four hundred men.
Página 199 - Though I have now travelled the Sussex Downs upwards of thirty years, yet I still investigate that chain of majestic mountains with fresh admiration year by year ; and I think I see new beauties every time I traverse it.
Página 337 - Did you not observe how, as that white sail shot by and was lost, he turned and crossed himself to drive the tempter from him that had thrown that distraction in his way ? I should tell you that the ferryman who rowed me, a lusty young fellow, told me that he would not for 'all the world pass a night at the abbey (there were such things seen near it) though there was a power of money hid there.