A view of the present state of the Scilly islandsF.C. and J. Rivington, 1822 - 344 pagina's |
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Pagina 51
... feet in depth , becoming of a lighter and grayish colour in proportion to its distance from the surface . Next to this is a yellowish loamy clay , found in a stratum of five or six feet in depth , and intermixed with stones . The colour ...
... feet in depth , becoming of a lighter and grayish colour in proportion to its distance from the surface . Next to this is a yellowish loamy clay , found in a stratum of five or six feet in depth , and intermixed with stones . The colour ...
Pagina 59
... feet above the level of the sea . 4th and lastly : The argument respecting the soundings , partakes of the general weak- ness . " The sea , " says Mr. Whitaker , " which is said to be forty fathoms in depth at the Longships , is only ...
... feet above the level of the sea . 4th and lastly : The argument respecting the soundings , partakes of the general weak- ness . " The sea , " says Mr. Whitaker , " which is said to be forty fathoms in depth at the Longships , is only ...
Pagina 68
... feet and more in perpen- dicular height ; which latter supposition will appear to the learned without doubt much the . harder of the two . I conclude therefore " says he , " that these Islands have undergone some great catastrophe ; and ...
... feet and more in perpen- dicular height ; which latter supposition will appear to the learned without doubt much the . harder of the two . I conclude therefore " says he , " that these Islands have undergone some great catastrophe ; and ...
Pagina 70
... feet above their roofs . In Scilly , on the contrary , the flats ( as has been observed before ) are dry at low water , and have never more than about fourteen or sixteen feet of water over them . 3. The constant action of the sea ...
... feet above their roofs . In Scilly , on the contrary , the flats ( as has been observed before ) are dry at low water , and have never more than about fourteen or sixteen feet of water over them . 3. The constant action of the sea ...
Pagina 71
... feet above the level of the sea at high water . Its breadth , also , was probably inconsiderable , like that of the isthmi or necks which unite the Hugh to St. Mary's , and the Gugh to St. Agnes . During the prevalence of storms , the ...
... feet above the level of the sea at high water . Its breadth , also , was probably inconsiderable , like that of the isthmi or necks which unite the Hugh to St. Mary's , and the Gugh to St. Agnes . During the prevalence of storms , the ...
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A View of the Present State of the Scilly Islands:: Exhibiting Their Vast ... George Woodley Volledige weergave - 1822 |
A View of the Present State of the Scilly Islands:: Exhibiting Their Vast ... George Woodley Volledige weergave - 1822 |
A View of the Present State of the Scilly Islands: Exhibiting Their Vast ... George Woodley Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 2008 |
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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
Populaire passages
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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...
Pagina 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...
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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!
Pagina 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 ?
Pagina 325 - Churches in England; applied to the Purposes of the Society for Promoting the Enlargement and Building of Churches and Chapels.
Pagina 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...