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... high promontories which flank it are Salcombe Hill on the east , and High Peak on the west . They are very lofty eminences , 500 feet in height , abrupt but not rocky , rich pastures ex- tending to their very brows , the sharp outlines ...
... high promontories which flank it are Salcombe Hill on the east , and High Peak on the west . They are very lofty eminences , 500 feet in height , abrupt but not rocky , rich pastures ex- tending to their very brows , the sharp outlines ...
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... in the neighbourhood are Mamhead , built by Sir P. Ball , 1680 , and the seat of the first Lord Lisburne ; it was the birthplace of Sir R. Newman , who fell at Inkerman ; and in the grounds there is an obelisk 100 feet high set up by T ...
... in the neighbourhood are Mamhead , built by Sir P. Ball , 1680 , and the seat of the first Lord Lisburne ; it was the birthplace of Sir R. Newman , who fell at Inkerman ; and in the grounds there is an obelisk 100 feet high set up by T ...
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... in the sea , fancifully called the Parson and Clerk ; the latter was terribly shattered by the storm of 1824 . According ... feet high , the hill commands a magnificent panorama of the valleys of the Exe WALKS ABOUT DAWLISH . 429 and the ...
... in the sea , fancifully called the Parson and Clerk ; the latter was terribly shattered by the storm of 1824 . According ... feet high , the hill commands a magnificent panorama of the valleys of the Exe WALKS ABOUT DAWLISH . 429 and the ...
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... in the neighbourhood are numerous and intricate ; but every opening in the thickly - matted hedges affords beautiful ... feet high , and but for the bars of verdure which inter- sect them , wholly crimson in colour . Underneath are the ...
... in the neighbourhood are numerous and intricate ; but every opening in the thickly - matted hedges affords beautiful ... feet high , and but for the bars of verdure which inter- sect them , wholly crimson in colour . Underneath are the ...
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... in the import of salt - fish from Newfoundland ; the exports being china clay from King's Teignton , and granite from Heytor . The lighthouse , 31 feet high , erected in 1844-5 , on the site of a small fort , is of great service to ...
... in the import of salt - fish from Newfoundland ; the exports being china clay from King's Teignton , and granite from Heytor . The lighthouse , 31 feet high , erected in 1844-5 , on the site of a small fort , is of great service to ...
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A Guide to the Coasts of Devon and Cornwall: Descriptive of Scenery ... MacKenzie Edward C. Walcott Sin vista previa disponible - 2008 |
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14th century aisle ancient arch beach beautiful Bideford Bishop brass Braunton Burrows bridge broad Budleigh Salterton built called camp Castle caves century channel chapel Charing Cross Charles church of St cliffs Clovelly coast colour contains Cornish Cornwall Cove dark Dartmoor Dartmouth Dawlish deep Devon Devonport Devonshire Earl east EDWARD STANFORD effigies of Sir England Exeter Exmouth feet high Fowey granite Hamoaze harbour Head headland Henry hill Ilfracombe Island King knight Lady land Land's End lichen lighthouse Liskeard London Lord Lostwithiel Lynmouth Maps Mary Michael's miles distant Mount Edgecumbe neighbourhood Norman font passes Perpendicular pixie Plymouth Point railway reign rich rising river road rock sail sands scenery seat ships shore side Sidmouth Sir John slate slopes Stanford's steep stone Stonehouse stream Tavistock Teignmouth Tintagel Torquay tower town Trentishoe valley village walls waves wild winding wood
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Página 563 - And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill; But O for the touch of a vanish'd hand, And the sound of a voice that is still ! Break, break, break, At the foot of thy crags, O Sea ! But the tender grace of a day that is dead Will never come back to me.
Página 570 - One show'd an iron coast and angry waves. You seem'd to hear them climb and fall And roar rock-thwarted under bellowing caves, Beneath the windy wall.
Página 480 - The startled waves leap over it; the storm Smites it with all the scourges of the rain, And steadily against its solid form Press the great shoulders of the hurricane.
Página 433 - These are the forgeries of jealousy : And never, since the middle summer's spring, Met we on hill, in dale, forest, or mead, By paved fountain, or by rushy brook, Or on the beached margent of the sea, To dance our ringlets to the whistling wind, But with thy brawls thou hast disturb'd our sport.
Página 563 - ... my tongue could utter The thoughts that arise in me. O well for the fisherman's boy, That he shouts with his sister at play ! O well for the sailor lad, That he sings in his boat on the bay ! And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill ; But O for the touch of a...
Página 460 - It was about the lovely close of a warm summer day, There came a gallant merchant-ship full sail to Plymouth Bay ; Her crew hath seen Castile's black fleet beyond Aurigny's isle, At earliest twilight, on the waves lie heaving many a mile ; At sunrise she escaped their van, by God's especial grace; And the tall Pinta, till the noon, had held her close in chase.
Página 460 - ATTEND, all ye who list to hear our noble England's praise; I tell of the thrice famous deeds she wrought in ancient days, When that great fleet invincible against her bore in vain The richest spoils of Mexico, the stoutest hearts of Spain.
Página 461 - For swift to east and swift to west the ghastly warflame spread, High on St. Michael's Mount it shone: it shone on Beachy Head. Far on the deep the Spaniard saw, along each southern shire , Cape beyond cape, in endless range, those twinkling points of fire.
Página 542 - And the great ships sail outward and return, Bending and bowing o'er the billowy swells, And ever joyful, as they see it burn, They wave their silent welcomes and farewells.
Página 517 - And in the moon athwart the place of tombs, Where lay the mighty bones of ancient men, Old knights, and over them the sea-wind sang Shrill, chill, with flakes of foam. He, stepping down By zigzag paths, and juts of pointed rock, Came on the shining levels of the lake.