A New and Popular Pictorial Description of England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and the British IslandsR. Sears, 1847 - 557 pages |
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... walls than solid rocks ; while deep caverns have been formed in the chalky cliffs of the island , which fall in from time to time , and gradually diminish the island in that direction . At no distant period , the present Needles or ...
... walls than solid rocks ; while deep caverns have been formed in the chalky cliffs of the island , which fall in from time to time , and gradually diminish the island in that direction . At no distant period , the present Needles or ...
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... walls of variously stratified stone , to the height of about sixty feet . The scene is now a beautiful one : blocks of stone as large as good- sized rooms lie tumbled about in the most picturesque confusion - white intermingled with ...
... walls of variously stratified stone , to the height of about sixty feet . The scene is now a beautiful one : blocks of stone as large as good- sized rooms lie tumbled about in the most picturesque confusion - white intermingled with ...
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... walls are yet entire ; but in other places , massive as they are , they have yielded to the pressure of time ; and the mantle of ivy , which in most parts hangs from their very summits , is in fine unison with the gray tint of age that ...
... walls are yet entire ; but in other places , massive as they are , they have yielded to the pressure of time ; and the mantle of ivy , which in most parts hangs from their very summits , is in fine unison with the gray tint of age that ...
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... wall washed by the sea , between rugged precipices ; and , what is still more extraordinary , it is averred to be a fact , that his lordship did not awake till a shower of hailstones that fell on his face roused him from his sound ...
... wall washed by the sea , between rugged precipices ; and , what is still more extraordinary , it is averred to be a fact , that his lordship did not awake till a shower of hailstones that fell on his face roused him from his sound ...
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... walls of rock . On the side next to Guernsey there is no mode of access but by slinging one's self by ropes up the rock ; or , if the boatmen can be persuaded to go round the island there is a scanty slip of beach , with a door and a ...
... walls of rock . On the side next to Guernsey there is no mode of access but by slinging one's self by ropes up the rock ; or , if the boatmen can be persuaded to go round the island there is a scanty slip of beach , with a door and a ...
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