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... hundred feet deep , and that the water could only be drawn up by the exertion of the donkeys that had been kept there ; he added , that three of these patient labourers had been known to have laboured at Carisbrook , the first for fifty ...
... hundred feet deep , and that the water could only be drawn up by the exertion of the donkeys that had been kept there ; he added , that three of these patient labourers had been known to have laboured at Carisbrook , the first for fifty ...
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... hundred years ago , " remarked Mrs. Merton . " On St. Nicholas's day , " resumed Mr. Bevan , " the 6th of December , a boy was chosen , at each of our principal cathedrals , from amongst the choristers , to represent a bishop ; and to ...
... hundred years ago , " remarked Mrs. Merton . " On St. Nicholas's day , " resumed Mr. Bevan , " the 6th of December , a boy was chosen , at each of our principal cathedrals , from amongst the choristers , to represent a bishop ; and to ...
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... hundred and fifteen feet above the level of the sea ; but the downs slope down towards the cliffs . These , however , are still six hundred and fifty feet above the sea , which roars awfully beneath them . The promontory is of chalk ...
... hundred and fifteen feet above the level of the sea ; but the downs slope down towards the cliffs . These , however , are still six hundred and fifty feet above the sea , which roars awfully beneath them . The promontory is of chalk ...
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... hundred and fifteen feet high . " " But did you see the caverns ? " asked Agnes . " Oh ! yes ; but I had seen them before . The best is Freshwater Cavern : surely you saw that ? " " No , we did not . Pray tell us GLIMPSES OF NATURE . 107.
... hundred and fifteen feet high . " " But did you see the caverns ? " asked Agnes . " Oh ! yes ; but I had seen them before . The best is Freshwater Cavern : surely you saw that ? " " No , we did not . Pray tell us GLIMPSES OF NATURE . 107.
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... hundred and twenty feet deep ; and the principal entrance is by a bold , rugged arch about thirty feet high . It has a very curious effect when you look through this arch , as it is just like a church window ; and , when the tide is in ...
... hundred and twenty feet deep ; and the principal entrance is by a bold , rugged arch about thirty feet high . It has a very curious effect when you look through this arch , as it is just like a church window ; and , when the tide is in ...
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Agnes's Alum Bay appeared arms asked Agnes beach beautiful Beetles began Bevan birds Black Gang Chine boat Bonchurch boy bishop breakfast butterfly Byssus called Calshot Castle Carisbrook CARISBROOK CASTLE carriage Castle caterpillar chalk chapel church cliffs colour creatures cried Agnes curious daughter dear Agnes delighted donkey East Cowes eggs erected feet Flowering Rush flowers Freshwater gate Guillemots heard island Isle of Wight kind Kittiwake lady light-house little girl look mamma Merton and Agnes Merton asked mother Mussels Myrtilus Needles Netley Abbey never Newfoundland dog Newport old gentleman papa passed pier plants poor portmanteau Razor-bills reached remember replied returned river road rocks round Ryde salt sea-weed seen Shanklin shell shore smiling snail soon Southampton Star-fish stone suppose tell thing thought told town turn walked West Cowes wind wish Yarmouth young
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Page 127 - The sum is this. If man's convenience, health, Or safety interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs, Else they are all — the meanest things that are, As free to live, and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them at the first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all.
Page i - Glimpses of Nature ; And Objects of Interest described during a Visit to the Isle of Wight. Designed to assist and encourage Young Persons in forming habits of observation. By Mrs. LOUDON. Second Edition, enlarged. With Forty-one Illustrations. 3s. 6d. cloth. "We could not recommend a more valuable little volume. It is full of information, conveyed in the most agreeable manner."— Literary Gazette.
Page 126 - I would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polish'd manners and fine sense. Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
Page 30 - Those living jellies which the flesh inflame, Fierce as a nettle, and from that its name ; Some in huge masses, some that you may bring In the small compass of a lady's ring ; Figured by hand divine— there's not a gem Wrought by man's art to be compared to them ; Soft, brilliant, tender, through the wave they glow, And make the moonbeam brighter where they flow.
Page 25 - This giant was mighty, and he was strong, And feet full thirty was he long ; His lips were great, and hung aside ; His eyes were hollow, his mouth was wide : Loathly he was to look upon, And liker a demon than a man : His staff was a young and torn-up oak ; And hard and heavy was his stroke.
Page 140 - ... submit. But the most interesting, though not the most pleasant, thing about the lake, was the ooze or sponge which occurred frequently on its banks. The spongy places were slightly depressed valleys, without trees or bushes, with grass a foot or fifteen inches high ; they were usually from two to ten miles long, and from a quarter of a mile to a mile broad. In the course of thirty geographical miles, he crossed twenty-nine, and that too, at the end of the fourth month of the dry season. It was...
Page 127 - ... within the parent or without. The eggs of Birds contain whatever is wanted for the development of the embryo, except heat, which must come from without.
Page 68 - A third exhibits a fox in canonicals, with a crosier in his hand, and a mitre on his head ; above is a young fox chained, with a bag of money in his right paw. He is surrounded by geese, cranes, and other fowls...
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