A view of the present state of the Scilly islandsF.C. and J. Rivington, 1822 - 344 páginas |
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... by the fostering care of Government ( although much more remains to be added on this subject under another head ; ) See chap . vi . Part I. I shall only briefly notice , how seriously de- trimental Chap.I. ] THE SCILLY ISLANDS . 13.
... by the fostering care of Government ( although much more remains to be added on this subject under another head ; ) See chap . vi . Part I. I shall only briefly notice , how seriously de- trimental Chap.I. ] THE SCILLY ISLANDS . 13.
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... remains of any tin - workings are scarcely discernible " in Scilly ; " for there is but one place , " he adds , " that exhibits even the imperfect appearance of a mine , and so necessary an ap- pendage to a mine as an adit to unwater ...
... remains of any tin - workings are scarcely discernible " in Scilly ; " for there is but one place , " he adds , " that exhibits even the imperfect appearance of a mine , and so necessary an ap- pendage to a mine as an adit to unwater ...
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... remains of ancient fortifications , and in the appellations of various places , to establish these points ; which , indeed , the contiguity of the Islands to Britain renders more than pro- ' bable . Yet , such was the general ignorance ...
... remains of ancient fortifications , and in the appellations of various places , to establish these points ; which , indeed , the contiguity of the Islands to Britain renders more than pro- ' bable . Yet , such was the general ignorance ...
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... remains of houses and hedges which are still occasionally dis- 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 ...
... remains of houses and hedges which are still occasionally dis- 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 ...
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... remains of hedges , walls , and houses , con- tiguous to each other , and a number of sepul- chural barrows , shew that they have been fully cultivated and inhabited . " That these Islands were inhabited by the Britons , " he adds ...
... remains of hedges , walls , and houses , con- tiguous to each other , and a number of sepul- chural barrows , shew that they have been fully cultivated and inhabited . " That these Islands were inhabited by the Britons , " he adds ...
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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...