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... sail varying its surface , it falls into a bay , so calm and clear that it scarcely seems an inlet of the vast sea . Above the town , the Teign is crossed by a bridge of 34 arches , 1672 ft . by 20 ft . , with a drawbridge , built 1825 ...
... sail varying its surface , it falls into a bay , so calm and clear that it scarcely seems an inlet of the vast sea . Above the town , the Teign is crossed by a bridge of 34 arches , 1672 ft . by 20 ft . , with a drawbridge , built 1825 ...
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... sail on the horizon alone marks the meeting of the ocean with the sky . " Sweet day , so cool , so calm , so bright , The bridal of the earth and sky , The dew shall weep thy fall to - night ; For thou must die . " On Nov. 5 , 1688 ...
... sail on the horizon alone marks the meeting of the ocean with the sky . " Sweet day , so cool , so calm , so bright , The bridal of the earth and sky , The dew shall weep thy fall to - night ; For thou must die . " On Nov. 5 , 1688 ...
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... sail . Within the harbour- mouth , for the breadth of a mile , the town , rising with terraced streets and flights of steps , lies embosomed in trees , or is seen climbing the grand eminences , below which the quays and dockyards impart ...
... sail . Within the harbour- mouth , for the breadth of a mile , the town , rising with terraced streets and flights of steps , lies embosomed in trees , or is seen climbing the grand eminences , below which the quays and dockyards impart ...
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... sail upon the sea - board of France . In 1404 , Sir William de Chatel , and the fiercest men of Normandy whom he could collect , came to carry fire and sword up the devoted valley ; but the stout peasants and brave- hearted women of ...
... sail upon the sea - board of France . In 1404 , Sir William de Chatel , and the fiercest men of Normandy whom he could collect , came to carry fire and sword up the devoted valley ; but the stout peasants and brave- hearted women of ...
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... sail of trawlers , of an aggregate of 20,000 tons , and 1500 men . The stout boats and hardy crews of the Brixham boats are famous throughout the English and Bristol Channels . The manor of the lower town or quay was purchased by twelve ...
... sail of trawlers , of an aggregate of 20,000 tons , and 1500 men . The stout boats and hardy crews of the Brixham boats are famous throughout the English and Bristol Channels . The manor of the lower town or quay was purchased by twelve ...
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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.