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... length most probably be as near the steam - boat pier as in many other cases . At Lowestoft the harbour is being brought into so efficient a state , and railway projects are opening such a commercial career with the interior , that ...
... length most probably be as near the steam - boat pier as in many other cases . At Lowestoft the harbour is being brought into so efficient a state , and railway projects are opening such a commercial career with the interior , that ...
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... length on June 30th , four days after the ap- pointed time , the ship sailed down the river , and an- chored opposite Gravesend till the evening of the next day . On July 1st they sailed to the Nore ; and on the next day they had to ...
... length on June 30th , four days after the ap- pointed time , the ship sailed down the river , and an- chored opposite Gravesend till the evening of the next day . On July 1st they sailed to the Nore ; and on the next day they had to ...
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... length , after many days ' detention , they set sail ; again the wind beat them , and forced them to anchor ; again the captain tacked about and tried to coax the vessel onward ; until at length , on the 26th of the month , they an ...
... length , after many days ' detention , they set sail ; again the wind beat them , and forced them to anchor ; again the captain tacked about and tried to coax the vessel onward ; until at length , on the 26th of the month , they an ...
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... length of time he was destined to remain on board . But now , with the well appointed fleet of steamers , the passage is most regular and convenient , and re- minds one more of the punctual arrangements of the Post - office than of the ...
... length of time he was destined to remain on board . But now , with the well appointed fleet of steamers , the passage is most regular and convenient , and re- minds one more of the punctual arrangements of the Post - office than of the ...
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... length . They are generally amphibious , and there is every reason to be- lieve , that when only portions of England stood out as islands , above the water , these enormous animals swam and sported about in the interinsular waters of ...
... length . They are generally amphibious , and there is every reason to be- lieve , that when only portions of England stood out as islands , above the water , these enormous animals swam and sported about in the interinsular waters of ...
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The Land We Live In, a Pictorial and Literary Sketch-Book of the British Empire British Empire Sin vista previa disponible - 2015 |
The Land We Live In, a Pictorial and Literary Sketch-Book of the British Empire British Empire,British Isles Sin vista previa disponible - 2016 |
Términos y frases comunes
Ambleside ancient antiquities appearance arrangements beautiful Birkenhead boat bridge building built called Cambridge carried Castle Castle of Sheffield cathedral centre century chapel church coach cotton curious district docks dwellings England erected establishment factories feet Ferry gallery gardens gate Glasgow Gosport Gravesend ground Hall Hampton Court harbour Henry Henry VIII hills hundred inhabitants Isle Isle of Thanet King labour ladies lake Lancashire land live Liverpool London look Lord Manchester manufacture Margate ment Mersey miles monks Museum noble Norwich palace Park pass passengers picturesque pleasant port Portsea Portsmouth present Queen railway Ramsgate Reculver Richborough Richmond Richmond Park river road scene scenery sculptures seen Shakspere Sheffield ships side spot steam steam-boat steamers stone Stratford streets tion tower town village visitor walk Wallasey Pool walls warehouses whole Windermere
Pasajes populares
Página 15 - The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate ; Death lays his icy hand on kings : Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.
Página 3 - Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows, While proudly riding o'er the azure realm In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes; Youth on the prow, and Pleasure at the helm; Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That, hush'd in grim repose, expects his evening prey.
Página 12 - And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.
Página 221 - The current, that with gentle murmur glides, Thou know'st, being stopp'd, impatiently doth rage; But, when his fair course is not hindered, He makes sweet music with the enamell'd stones, Giving a gentle kiss to every sedge He overtaketh in his pilgrimage, And so by many winding nooks he strays, With willing sport, to- the wild ocean.
Página 218 - And though this, probably the first essay of his poetry be lost, yet it is said to have been so very bitter that it redoubled the prosecution against him to that degree, that he was...
Página 115 - HERE lies old Hobson ; death hath broke his girt And here, alas, hath laid him in the dirt; Or else the ways being foul, twenty to one, He's here stuck in a slough, and overthrown.
Página 325 - ... the black faces, the long beards, the yellow streaks of sect, the turbans and the flowing robes, the spears and the silver maces, the elephants with their canopies of state, the gorgeous palanquin of the prince, and the close litter of the noble lady...
Página 58 - Now to the sister hills that skirt her plain, To lofty Harrow now, and now to where Majestic Windsor lifts his princely brow. In lovely contrast to this glorious view, Calmly magnificent, then will we turn To where the silver Thames first rural grows.
Página 218 - In this kind of settlement he continued for : some time, till an extravagance that he was guilty of, forced him both out of his country, and that way of living which he had taken up...
Página 13 - We should as soon expect the people of Woolwich to suffer themselves to be fired off upon one of Congreve's ricochet rockets, as trust themselves to the mercy of such a machine going at such a rate.