Adams's illustrated descriptive guide to the watering-places of England, and companion to the coastW.J. Adams, 1848 |
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... opposite the Pier Gates , close to the Custom House , and nearest to the Steam Packet Quay ; commanding extensive views of Deal Downs , the range of Cliffs to the foreland Coast of France , & c . Comfortable and convenient Apartments ...
... opposite the Pier Gates , close to the Custom House , and nearest to the Steam Packet Quay ; commanding extensive views of Deal Downs , the range of Cliffs to the foreland Coast of France , & c . Comfortable and convenient Apartments ...
8. oldal
... one hundred and twenty feet in depth , having an entrance through a small archway . The water at the base is so clear that one may see many fathoms deep to the bottom of it . On the opposite side of the bay THE ISLE OF WIGHT .
... one hundred and twenty feet in depth , having an entrance through a small archway . The water at the base is so clear that one may see many fathoms deep to the bottom of it . On the opposite side of the bay THE ISLE OF WIGHT .
9. oldal
Edward Litt L. Blanchard. of it . On the opposite side of the bay is the famous arched rock , so familiar to the eye from the repeated views of which it has formed the subject . Though once forming a component part of the cliffs it is ...
Edward Litt L. Blanchard. of it . On the opposite side of the bay is the famous arched rock , so familiar to the eye from the repeated views of which it has formed the subject . Though once forming a component part of the cliffs it is ...
10. oldal
... opposite side of the Yar is the pleasant village of Norton , and a little further westward we come to Sconce Point , where Hurst Castle , cresting the end of a projection from the Hampshire coast , appears almost within reach , the ...
... opposite side of the Yar is the pleasant village of Norton , and a little further westward we come to Sconce Point , where Hurst Castle , cresting the end of a projection from the Hampshire coast , appears almost within reach , the ...
11. oldal
... opposite , and mingles tower , keep , and barbican , battlements and ramparts , with sufficient of the poetry of ruin about them to charm all lovers of the romantic and picturesque . From its origin as a Saxon fortress , early in the ...
... opposite , and mingles tower , keep , and barbican , battlements and ramparts , with sufficient of the poetry of ruin about them to charm all lovers of the romantic and picturesque . From its origin as a Saxon fortress , early in the ...
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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.