A view of the present state of the Scilly islandsF.C. and J. Rivington, 1822 - 344 pagina's |
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Pagina 17
... at length experience that attention from the Government and the country , to which they are , on so many accounts , entitled . C CHAPTER IT . HISTORICAL RESEARCHES . The Scilly Islands probably Chap . I. ] THE SCILLY ISLANDS . 17.
... at length experience that attention from the Government and the country , to which they are , on so many accounts , entitled . C CHAPTER IT . HISTORICAL RESEARCHES . The Scilly Islands probably Chap . I. ] THE SCILLY ISLANDS . 17.
Pagina 18
George Woodley. CHAPTER IT . HISTORICAL RESEARCHES . The Scilly Islands probably known , by their produce , to the remotest nations of antiquity . - Tin mentioned in Scripture . That metal could only have been known in the East by ...
George Woodley. CHAPTER IT . HISTORICAL RESEARCHES . The Scilly Islands probably known , by their produce , to the remotest nations of antiquity . - Tin mentioned in Scripture . That metal could only have been known in the East by ...
Pagina 24
... probably signifies a port of Spain , called by the Greek and Latin authors , Tartessus , situate not far from the place where Cadiz now stands . " And , in another place ( on Is . ii . 16 ) he observes , " Bo- chart does probably guess ...
... probably signifies a port of Spain , called by the Greek and Latin authors , Tartessus , situate not far from the place where Cadiz now stands . " And , in another place ( on Is . ii . 16 ) he observes , " Bo- chart does probably guess ...
Pagina 27
... Probably from Olorpos , stimulus , from the general swell or agitation of the sea around them . " In quo Insula sese exerunt Estrymnides Laxè jacentes , et metallo divites Stanni atque Plumbi : multa vis hic gentis est ; Superbus animus ...
... Probably from Olorpos , stimulus , from the general swell or agitation of the sea around them . " In quo Insula sese exerunt Estrymnides Laxè jacentes , et metallo divites Stanni atque Plumbi : multa vis hic gentis est ; Superbus animus ...
Pagina 28
... probably united to them by the closest ties ; and hence Tacitus des- cribes the ancient Scillonians as having swar- thy complexions , and curled hair , like the oiled - cloth instead of leather , over the wicker frame - work of their ...
... probably united to them by the closest ties ; and hence Tacitus des- cribes the ancient Scillonians as having swar- thy complexions , and curled hair , like the oiled - cloth instead of leather , over the wicker frame - work of their ...
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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 |
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
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...