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acres affords ancient antiquity appears Appuldurcombe Arreton Bart beautiful Bembridge Binstead boatage Bonchurch borough Brading building built Calbourn called Carisbrooke Castle Catherine's Chale chapel Chine church cliffs coast commands contains cottage Culver-cliffs distance East Cowes elegant erected extensive feet four-wheel carriage Freshwater Godshill governor ground Gurnet handsome Helen's Henry Henry Worsley hill hundred Hurst Castle Island Isle of Wight land landslip late Sir Lord Yarborough Lymington miles monument Motteston Newchurch Newport Newtown Niton parish Parliament picturesque Portsmouth pounds present principal prospect residence ride river road rock Ryde scene scenery seat Shalfleet Shanklin ships shore Shorwell side Sir Richard Sir William Oglander situation Solent sea Southampton Spithead spot stands Steephill stone strangers summit Swainston tide tour tower town traveller two-wheel carriage vessel to carry village West Cowes Whippingham Whitwell Winchester woods Worsley Holmes Wotton-bridge Yarmouth Yaverland
Popular passages
Page 78 - At my feet the little rivulet, gently rippling over pebbles, soon mingled with the sand, and was lost in the waters of the mighty ocean. The murmuring of the waves, as the tide ebbed or flowed, on the sand ; their dashing against some more distant rocks, which were covered fantastically with sea-weed and shells; sea-birds floating in the air aloft, or occasionally screaming from their holes in the cliffs ; the hum of human voices in the ships and boats borne along the water : all these sounds served...
Page 82 - TO THE MEMORY OF ELIZABETH WALLBRIDGE, ' THE DAIRYMAN'S DAUGHTER,' Who died, May 30, 1801, aged 31 years. ' She being dead, yet speaketh.' Stranger, if e'er by chance or feeling led, Upon this hallowed turf thy footsteps tread, Turn from the contemplation of this sod, And think of her whose spirit rests with God.
Page 62 - Forgive, blest shade, the tributary tear, That mourns thy exit from a world like this ; Forgive the wish that would have kept thee here, And stayed thy progress to the seats of bliss • No more confined to grov'ling scenes of night, No more a tenant pent in mortal clay, Now should we rather hail thy glorious flight, And trace thy journey to the realms of day.
Page 76 - In the widely sweeping curve of a beautiful bay, there is a kind of chasm or opening in one of the lofty cliffs which bound it. This produces a very romantic and striking effect. The steep descending sides of this opening in the cliff are covered with trees, bushes, wild flowers, fern, wormwood, and many other herbs, here and there contrasted with bold masses of rock or brown earth.
Page 62 - This lovely bud, so young and fair, Called hence by early doom, Just came to show how sweet a flower In Paradise would bloom.
Page 82 - Stranger, if e'er, by chance or feeling led, Upon this hallowed turf thy footsteps tread, Turn from the contemplation of this sod, And think on her whose spirit rests with God. Lowly her lot on earth ; but He, who bore Tidings of grace and blessings to the poor, Gave her, his truth and faithfulness to prove, The choicest...
Page 83 - ... affliction's darkest gloom ; Hope, that could cheer the passage to the tomb ; Peace, that not Hell's dark legions could destroy ; And love that...
Page 61 - It must be so— Our father Adam's fall, And disobedience, brought this lot on all All die in him — But, hopeless should we be, Blest Revelation ! were it not for thee. Hail, glorious Gospel I heavenly light, whereby We live with comfort, and with comfort die; And view, beyond this gloomy scene the tomb, A life of endless happiness to come.
Page 14 - I have heard," observes the knight, " and partly knofW it to, be true, that not only heretofore there was no lawyer nor attorney in owre island ; but in sir George Carey's time, an attorney coming in to settle in the island, was by his command, with a pound of candles hanging att his breech lighted, with bells about his legs, hunted owte of the island...
Page 77 - ... quarter of a mile in length ; and then runs into the sea across a smooth expanse of firm hard sand, at the lower extremity of the chasm. At this point, the sides of the woody banks are very lofty, and to a spectator from the bottom, exhibit a mixture of the grand and beautiful not often exceeded. Near the mouth of this opening was a little hollow recess, or cave, in the cliff, from whence, on one hand, I could see the...