... guard and the convicts who had been landed in the morning. The spot chosen for this purpose was at the head of the cove, near the run of fresh water, which stole silently along through a very thick wood, the stillness of which had then, for the first... A Visit to Australia and Its Gold Regions - Page 90by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1853 - 202 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1798 - 614 pages
...place selected for the settlement. ' The spot chosen for this purpose was at the head of a cove near a run of fresh water, which stole silently along through...then for the first time since the crea•."tion been interrupted by the rude sound of the labourer's axe, and the downfal of its antient inhabitants ; a... | |
| History - 1806 - 776 pages
...The spot chosen for this purpose, was at the head of the cove, nrar a run of fresh water, which stoJe silently along through a very thick wood, the stillness...then, for the first time since the creation, been interrupted by the rude sound of the labourer's axe, and thedownfal of its ancient irhabitantSj —... | |
| G. Paterson - Aboriginal Australians - 1811 - 648 pages
...chosen for this purpose was at the head of the Cove, near a run of fresh water, which stole silently through a very thick wood, the stillness of which...then, for the first time since the creation, been interrupted by the rude sound of the labourer's axe, and the downfal of its ancient inhabitants : —... | |
| 1820 - 774 pages
...interesting but prolix narrative, from which we take our information, " was at the head of the cove, near a run of fresh water, which stole silently along through...then, for the first time since the creation, been interrupted by le rude sound of the labourer's axe, and the downfal of its ancient ^habitants ; a stillness... | |
| R. P. Forster - Voyages and travels - 1818 - 592 pages
...morning. The spot chosen for this purpose the head of the cove, near a run of fresh water, which 'ently through a very thick wood, the stillness of which...then, for the first time since the creation, been interrupted by the rude sound of the labourer's axe, and the downfal of its ancient inhabitants: —... | |
| 1815 - 560 pages
...seem he was attracted principally by a stream of fresh water, ' which,' as Colonel Collms observes, ' stole silently along through a very thick wood, the stillness of which had then, for fe first time since the creation, been interrupted by the rude sound of the axe, and the downfall of... | |
| Esq. Samuel Butler - Australia - 1839 - 272 pages
...officers' guard and the convicts, who had been landed in the morning. The spot chosen for this purpose was at the head of the cove, near the run of fresh...then, for the first time since the creation, been interrupted by the rude sound of the labourer's axe, and the downfall of its ancient inhabitants ;... | |
| Sir Paul Edmund de Strzelecki, Paul Edmund de Strzelecki - Botany - 1845 - 572 pages
...chosen for this purpose was at the head of the cove, near a run of fresh water which stole silently through a very thick wood, the stillness of which...then, for the first time since the creation, been interrupted by the rude sound of the labourer's axe and the downfal of its ancient inhabitants ; —... | |
| Leitch Ritchie - Australasia - 1846 - 536 pages
...was at the head of Sydney Cove, " near a run of fresh water," says Collins, " which stole silently through a very thick wood, the stillness of which...then, for the first time since the creation, been interrupted by the rude sound of the labourer's axe, and the downfall of its ancient inhabitants, —... | |
| George French Angas - Australia - 1847 - 346 pages
...chosen for the settlement was at the head of the cove, near a run of fresh water, which stole silently through a very thick wood, the stillness of which...then, for the first time since the creation, been interrupted by the sound of the labourer's axe." On this very spot now stands the busy city of Sydney.... | |
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