The gem of the Peak; or, Matlock Bath and its vicinityLongman & Company, 1838 - 256 páginas |
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... masses of rock descending rapidly from about midway from the top to the river's edge , ranged in succession like a series of ribs or mighty buttresses , as if to give support and stability to the whole mass , and in such places ...
... masses of rock descending rapidly from about midway from the top to the river's edge , ranged in succession like a series of ribs or mighty buttresses , as if to give support and stability to the whole mass , and in such places ...
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... masses which roll over it , and so great is the deception at times that many have mistaken it for a black and murky cloud . This is seen to the greatest advantage on arriving opposite Walker's Hotel on the decline of the hill into the ...
... masses which roll over it , and so great is the deception at times that many have mistaken it for a black and murky cloud . This is seen to the greatest advantage on arriving opposite Walker's Hotel on the decline of the hill into the ...
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... masses of marine exuviæ , or fossil organic remains , attest ; and its forma- tion must have been subsequent to the deposition of all the beds of which it is composed , as they are clearly answerable to each other on both sides of the ...
... masses of marine exuviæ , or fossil organic remains , attest ; and its forma- tion must have been subsequent to the deposition of all the beds of which it is composed , as they are clearly answerable to each other on both sides of the ...
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... masses are laid bare by the action of the river , near the point where they dip under the talus of the grit . The succeeding and still bolder line preserves nearly a straight course south and north from the High Tor to where it diverges ...
... masses are laid bare by the action of the river , near the point where they dip under the talus of the grit . The succeeding and still bolder line preserves nearly a straight course south and north from the High Tor to where it diverges ...
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... masses of broken fragments of rock of all dimensions are thrown down , which are speedily covered over with the detritus of other rocks brought from a distance by the action of water , and deposited in vast portions at all the salient ...
... masses of broken fragments of rock of all dimensions are thrown down , which are speedily covered over with the detritus of other rocks brought from a distance by the action of water , and deposited in vast portions at all the salient ...
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Términos y frases comunes
adorned amongst ancient appearance Ashford Bakewell beautiful beds bold Bonsall Buxton called Castle Castleton Cavern Chatsworth Church cliff colour considerable cottages cotton crags Crescent Crich Cromford crystals Cumberland Cavern dark Derby Derbyshire Dovedale Duke of Devonshire Earl effect elegant elevated eminence Eyam feet finest fluor garden Grace grit gritstone ground Haddon Hall height Heights of Abraham hence hill immense interest June to July lead lime limestone lofty lovely magnificent Mam Tor Manor marble masses Masson Matlock Bath Middleton Dale miles Mill miners Monsal Dale Moor mountain noble object occurs ornamental parties passing Peak Peak Cavern present remarkable river road rocks romantic Rowsley rude scenery shale side situated spar splendid steep stone stranger stream summit Taddington tion Toadstone tower trees Vale veins village visitors walk Wirksworth wood Wormhill yards
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