A view of the present state of the Scilly islandsF.C. and J. Rivington, 1822 - 344 páginas |
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... covered . " I do not , however , remember to have seen this statement corroborated by any other writer . On the other hand , Pliny , ' speaking of those metals which are still the staple commodity of Cornwall , as they formerly were of ...
... covered . " I do not , however , remember to have seen this statement corroborated by any other writer . On the other hand , Pliny , ' speaking of those metals which are still the staple commodity of Cornwall , as they formerly were of ...
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... covered round with hides . Now it is known , " he adds , " to grow in Lusitania and Gallicia , in a sandy black soil , which is judged of only by weight . " - Pliny appears to have come to his conclusion of the incredibility of the ...
... covered round with hides . Now it is known , " he adds , " to grow in Lusitania and Gallicia , in a sandy black soil , which is judged of only by weight . " - Pliny appears to have come to his conclusion of the incredibility of the ...
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... Gweall ; and some have sup posed that the names Minewithen , Mincarlo , & c . had refe- rence to mines : But of this I shall say no more at present , At what time the Romans succeeded in dis- covering these 32 [ Part 1 . PRESENT STATE OF.
... Gweall ; and some have sup posed that the names Minewithen , Mincarlo , & c . had refe- rence to mines : But of this I shall say no more at present , At what time the Romans succeeded in dis- covering these 32 [ Part 1 . PRESENT STATE OF.
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... covering with which it is invested , the Islands may be said to be composed of this material . The constituent parts of gra- nite are felspar , a greyish crystallized sub- stance ; -quartz , a crystalline mineral of va- rious shades ...
... covering with which it is invested , the Islands may be said to be composed of this material . The constituent parts of gra- nite are felspar , a greyish crystallized sub- stance ; -quartz , a crystalline mineral of va- rious shades ...
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... covered , after storms , in the sands connecting Bryher and Samson . Most of those who have written on the Scilly Islands , attribute their present appearance to the convenient , though ill - defined , agency of " some violent ...
... covered , after storms , in the sands connecting Bryher and Samson . Most of those who have written on the Scilly Islands , attribute their present appearance to the convenient , though ill - defined , agency of " some violent ...
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A View of the Present State of the Scilly Islands: Exhibiting Their Vast ... George Woodley Sin vista previa disponible - 2008 |
Términos y frases comunes
abbots of Tavistock acres Agnes amongst ancient Annet appearance basons boats breadth Bryher burrows Carn Castle channel Church cliffs coast Cornwall Cressa cultivated denomination different Islands distance distress Duchy of Cornwall East England erected expence extending fathoms feet high fish fishery formerly forty garrison Godolphin grant ground Gugh half Harbour Heath height Helen's hill hogshead houses Hugh Town hundred inhabitants Isles Isles of Scilly kelp land Land's End late ledges Longships Lord Lord Godolphin Martin's Mary's mile nature nearly North noticed observed Off-Islands Old Town passage Peninis Phoenicians pilots Piper's Hole Pool Porth present probably quay Rat Island remains remarkable rock called rocky Samson sand sandy says Scilly Islands shew ships shore Society for Promoting soil Star Castle stones Teän tide tion Tresco Troutbeck twelve twenty vessels walls weather West White Island whole wind yards
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Página 24 - Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs.
Página 19 - Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean : nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of separation : and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make go through the water.
Página viii - I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Página 336 - Methinks the phantoms of the dead appear ! But lo ! emerging from the watery grave, Again they float incumbent on the wave ! Again the dismal prospect opens round, The wreck, the shores, the dying and the drown'd ! And see ! enfeebled by repeated shocks, Those two who scramble on th...
Página 49 - ... the remainder of the day is passed in gaiety and mirth. In the small fishing village of Ambleteuse, in the neighbourhood of Boulogne, lived a peasant, Francois Gerval by name, whose only wealth consisted in those mental possessions which dignify even poverty. By the...
Página 39 - Sully, with their appurtenances," and the land as the monks or hermits held it in the time of King Edward the Confessor, and Burgal, Bishop of Cornwall.
Página 308 - How loved, how honoured once, avails thee not To whom related, or by whom begot; A heap of dust alone remains of thee : 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be!
Página 67 - How came these inhabitants, then, it may be asked, to vanish so, as that the present have no pretensions to any affinity, or connection of any kind, either in blood, language, or customs ? How came they to disappear, and leave so few traces of trade, plenty, and arts, and no posterity that we can hear of, behind them ?
Página 325 - Churches in England; applied to the Purposes of the Society for Promoting the Enlargement and Building of Churches and Chapels.
Página 115 - About three or four o'clock in the afternoon, the kiln is usually lighted, which is done by placing a little ignited furze into the bottom of the pit, and gently strewing some of the driest ore-weed on the flame, which, by having the fuel continually renewed, in a short time becomes and remains a lofty and vivid blaze, surmounted by a column of snowwhite smoke...