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... land dry enough to be walked on . The river , however , always rises í again about Letherhead , and suffers no further inter- ruption in its course ! " bu While Mrs. Merton was speaking , the train had continued whirling on , and they ...
... land dry enough to be walked on . The river , however , always rises í again about Letherhead , and suffers no further inter- ruption in its course ! " bu While Mrs. Merton was speaking , the train had continued whirling on , and they ...
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... land jutting into the sea . " That fort , " said the old gentleman , " was built in the time of Henry VIII . , to protect the entrance to Southampton water ; and it is still used as a gar- rison , though the force it contains is but ...
... land jutting into the sea . " That fort , " said the old gentleman , " was built in the time of Henry VIII . , to protect the entrance to Southampton water ; and it is still used as a gar- rison , though the force it contains is but ...
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... salt obtained from sea water is of so much coarser kind than that obtained from the salt - springs , that it is principally used for curing meat , and for manur- ing the land . F " Ah ! " said Agnes , " that reminds GLIMPSES OF NATURE . 49.
... salt obtained from sea water is of so much coarser kind than that obtained from the salt - springs , that it is principally used for curing meat , and for manur- ing the land . F " Ah ! " said Agnes , " that reminds GLIMPSES OF NATURE . 49.
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... land on which Hurst Castle is erected , stretching far into the sea , and the little town of Lymington in the distance . Mrs. Merton pointed this out to her daughter , and also told her that it was supposed that formerly the Isle of ...
... land on which Hurst Castle is erected , stretching far into the sea , and the little town of Lymington in the distance . Mrs. Merton pointed this out to her daughter , and also told her that it was supposed that formerly the Isle of ...
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... land , it must have been a long time ago ; as the Romans , who took possession of the Isle of Wight , in the reign of the Emperor Claudius , in the year 45 , describe it as an island . However , " he con- tinued , " after all , it is ...
... land , it must have been a long time ago ; as the Romans , who took possession of the Isle of Wight , in the reign of the Emperor Claudius , in the year 45 , describe it as an island . However , " he con- tinued , " after all , it is ...
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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...
Page 1 - ... or Thirty Shillings for the mare alone, and reasonable charges, paid by Jacob Wanick. NB It is supposed he has disposed of the mare. — The Pennsylvania Gazette, Jan. 16, 1753. No. 1256. Philadelphia, January 23. We hear from Burlington county, in the Jersies, That a Man, about 80 Years of Age, who had been in a bad State of Health, for some Time, and at Times delirious, cut his Throat, on the nth Instant, in so terrible a manner, that notwithstanding immediate Help was got for him, he died...