 ... 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
 | Arthur Wilberforce Jose - Australasia - 1913 - 378 pages
...had been landed in the morning. The spot chosen for this purpose 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 the rude sound of the labourer's axe and the downfall of its ancient inhabitants —... | |
 | John McMahon - Australia - 1913 - 466 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 downfall of its ancient inhabitants —... | |
 | Robert P. Thomson - History - 1917 - 468 pages
...the colony was founded an eye-witness wrote : " The spot chosen was at the top of a snug cove, near a run of fresh water, which stole silently along, through a very thick wood, which was then for the first time since the creation, disturbed by the rude sound of the labourer's... | |
 | English literature - 1927 - 506 pages
...steady annalist, David Collins, poetizes the founding of Sydney: — 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. Then, unfortunately, the grim conditions of an... | |
 | John MacGillivray, William Carron - Cape York Peninsula (Qld.) - 1852 - 438 pages
...carried into effect, nor does there appear to be any reasonable prospect of its speedy accomplishment. near the run of fresh water which stole silently along...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 ;... | |
 | Ross Gibson - Art - 1992 - 276 pages
...First Fleet at Port Jackson is one of the more elegant instances: The spot chosen for this purpose was at the head of the cove, near the run of fresh water, which stole silently through a very thick wood, the silence of which had then, for the first time since the creation, been... | |
 | Jack Egan - Biography & Autobiography - 1999 - 388 pages
...officer's guard and the convicts who had been landed in the morning. 13 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. A list of 'Articles sent by the First Fleet to... | |
 | John Neylon Molony - History - 2000 - 268 pages
...to settle at a small cove in the harbour: The spot chosen [for the settlement] was at the head of a cove, near the run of fresh water, which stole silently...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; a... | |
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