Adams's illustrated descriptive guide to the watering-places of England, and companion to the coastW.J. Adams, 1848 |
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4. oldal
... height , and upon these runs the long irregular platform or terrace , which is backed towards the north by a bold abrupt steep- a wall of precipitous rock rising from 200 to 300 feet higher . From the similarity of the beds of sandstone ...
... height , and upon these runs the long irregular platform or terrace , which is backed towards the north by a bold abrupt steep- a wall of precipitous rock rising from 200 to 300 feet higher . From the similarity of the beds of sandstone ...
6. oldal
... height to the eaves being only six feet ; and , until recently lengthened by the late Earl of Yarborough , its dimensions were only twenty feet in length by twelve in width . At Rocken End , a little further , the Undercliff may be said ...
... height to the eaves being only six feet ; and , until recently lengthened by the late Earl of Yarborough , its dimensions were only twenty feet in length by twelve in width . At Rocken End , a little further , the Undercliff may be said ...
7. oldal
... height of five hundred feet , there is not a trace of vegetation on their surface . All is rugged and bare , as if its elements of attraction were more of the sublime than the beautiful . When the wind blows freshly from the south ...
... height of five hundred feet , there is not a trace of vegetation on their surface . All is rugged and bare , as if its elements of attraction were more of the sublime than the beautiful . When the wind blows freshly from the south ...
10. oldal
... height until we reach Cary's Sconce , near the mouth of the river Yar , where they cease altogether . On the eastern bank of this river , ten miles from Newport , lies the neat little town of Yarmouth . Until the passing of the Reform ...
... height until we reach Cary's Sconce , near the mouth of the river Yar , where they cease altogether . On the eastern bank of this river , ten miles from Newport , lies the neat little town of Yarmouth . Until the passing of the Reform ...
33. oldal
... height and extent has been considered the dormitory ; and the ancient kitchen and refectory , which furnish agreeable evi- dence of olden hospitality . This refectory , a plain stone struc- D ture , with massive buttresses , and a ...
... height and extent has been considered the dormitory ; and the ancient kitchen and refectory , which furnish agreeable evi- dence of olden hospitality . This refectory , a plain stone struc- D ture , with massive buttresses , and a ...
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adjoining affords ancient antiquity attractions bathing beach beautiful boats box closes breakwater building built called Calshot Castle Castle Castletown Channel Christchurch church cliffs climate coast delightful distance Dover E. L. BLANCHARD east eastern edifice England erected esplanade excellent excursions extensive fishing Forest formed Gravesend ground Guernsey handsome harbour Harwich height Herne Bay hill houses hundred feet Hurst Castle inhabitants interesting invalid island Isle Isle of Wight King land lighthouse lofty London low water Lowestoft Macassar Oil Margate marine miles nearly neighbourhood parish passing picturesque pier pleasant Plymouth promenade railway Ramsgate reign render residence river road rock romantic ruins sands Saxon Scarborough scenery seen ships shore side Sidmouth situated slope spot station stone summer summit terraces tide Torquay tourist tower town Undercliff Ventnor vessels village visitor walk walls watering-place Weymouth whilst whole winds yards Yarmouth
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66. oldal - The tide did now its flood-mark gain, And girdled in the Saint's domain : For, with the flow and ebb, its style Varies from continent to isle ; Dry-shod, o'er sands, twice every day, The pilgrims to the shrine find way ; Twice every day, the waves efface Of staves and sandall'd feet the trace.
25. oldal - Here stood the oak tree on which an arrow, shot by Sir Walter Tyrrel at a stag, glanced and struck King William II., surnamed Rufus, on the breast; of which stroke he instantly died, on the second of August, 1100.
53. oldal - On this stone, and near this spot, William Prince of Orange first set foot, on his landing in England, 4th of November, 1688.
62. oldal - He immediately ordered them to be released and the captors to be put in their place : declaring that though he was at war with England, he was not at war with mankind. He therefore directed the men to be sent back to their work with presents, observing that the Eddystone Lighthouse was so situated as to be of equal service to all nations having occasion to navigate the Channel.
67. oldal - With massive arches broad and round, That rose alternate, row and row, On ponderous columns, short and low, Built ere the art was known, By pointed aisle, and shafted stalk, The arcades of an alley'd walk To emulate in stone.
104. oldal - The mind loves to hover on that which is endless, and for ever the same. People wonder at a steam-boat, the invention of man, managed by man, that makes its liquid path like an iron railway through the sea — I wonder at the sea itself, that vast Leviathan, rolled round the earth, smiling in its sleep, waked into fury, fathomless, boundless, a...
25. oldal - King William II., surnamed Rufus, on the breast, of which stroke he instantly died on the 2nd August 1 100. "King William II., surnamed Rufus, being slain as before related, was laid in a cart belonging to one Purkess and drawn from hence to Winchester and buried in the cathedral church of that city.