A hand-book for travellers in Devon & Cornwall [by T.C. Paris].1865 - 120 pages |
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Page 219 - For there was no man knew from whence he came; But after tempest, when the long wave broke All down the thundering shores of Bude and Boss, There came a day as still as heaven, and then They found a naked child upon the sands Of wild Dundagil by the Cornish sea ; And that was Arthur...
Page 53 - Here lies, in horizontal position, the outside case of GEORGE ROUTLEIGH, watchmaker ; Whose abilities in that line were an honour to his profession. Integrity was the Mainspring, and prudence the Regulator, of all the actions of his life.
Page 147 - Have with our needles created both one flower, Both on one sampler, sitting on one cushion, Both warbling of one song, both in one key ; As if our hands, our sides, voices, and minds, Had been incorporate. So we grew together, Like to a double cherry, seeming parted, But yet a union in partition, Two lovely berries moulded on one stem : So, with two seeming bodies, but one heart ; Two of the first, like coats in heraldry, Due but to one, and crowned with one crest.
Page 53 - I OFT have heard of Lydford law, How in the morn they hang and draw, And sit in judgment after : At first I wondered at it much; But since I find the reason such, As it deserves no laughter.
Page xxxviii - Britain, and called Iktis. During the recess of the tide the intervening space is left dry, and they carry over abundance of tin to this place in their carts.
Page 53 - Even then he was easily set right again. He had the art of disposing his time so well, that his hours glided away in one continual round of pleasure and delight, till an unlucky minute put a period to his existence. He departed this life Nov.
Page 55 - Interesting science, a knowledge of which affords so much pleasure to the traveller in all parts of the world. * A collection for Five Guineas which will Illustrate the recent works on Geology"by Ansted.
Page 55 - TENNANT, GEOLOGIST, 149, STRAND, LONDON, WC, gives Practical Instruction in Mineralogy and Geology. He can also supply Elementary Collections of Minerals, Rocks, and Fossils, on the following terms: — 100 Small Specimens, in cabinet, with three trays.
Page 319 - Where the great Vision of the guarded Mount Looks toward Namancos and Bayona's hold ; Look homeward Angel now, and melt with ruth : And, 0 ye Dolphins, waft the hapless youth.
Page 55 - Phillips, and contains 200 Specimens, in a cabinet, with 5 trays, comprising the following, viz. :— MINERALS which are either the components of Rocks, or occasionally imbedded in them: — Quartz, Agate, Chalcedony, Jasper, Garnet, Zeolite, Hornblende, Augite...