 ... 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...  A companion to the Isle of Wight - Page 77by John Albin - 1831 - 105 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Philo Vectis - Isle of Wight (England) - 1830 - 146 pages
...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...the cliff, from whence, on one hand, I could see the above-described romantic scene ; on the other, a long train of perpendicular cliffs, terminating in... | |
 | George Brannon - 1832 - 84 pages
...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 (3), from whence, on one hand, I could see the above-described romantic scene ; on the other, a long... | |
 | Legh Richmond - Christian life - 1841 - 250 pages
...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...the cliff, from whence, on one hand, I could see the above-described romantic scene ; on the other, a long train of perpendicular cliffs, terminating in... | |
 | John Gwilliam - Isle of Wight (England) - 1844 - 360 pages
...and to a spectator at the bottom exhibit a mixture of the grand and beautiful, not often exceeded. Near the mouth of this opening was a little hollow...the cliff, from whence, on one hand, I could see the above-described romantic scene ; on the other, a long line of perpendicular cliffs, terminating in... | |
 | Wight Isle of - 1846 - 252 pages
...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...the cliff, from whence, on one hand, I could see the above-described romantic scene ; on the other, a long train of perpendicular cliffs, terminating in... | |
 | Old Humphrey - Isle of Wight (England) - 1850 - 228 pages
...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...the cliff, from whence, on one hand, I could see the above-described romantic scene ; on the other, a long train of perpendicular cliffs, terminating in... | |
 | 1864 - 556 pages
...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 clift', from whence, on the one hand, I could see the above-described romantic scene ; on the other,... | |
 | Legh Richmond - Religious education - 1859 - 538 pages
...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...the cliff, from whence, on one hand, I could see the above-described romantic seene; on the other, a long train of perpendicular cliffs, terminating in... | |
 | Legh Richmond - 1866 - 104 pages
...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...the cliff, from whence, on one hand, I could see the above-described romantic scene ; on the other, along train of perpendicular cliffs, terminaling in... | |
 | James Mason (of Ryde.) - 1872 - 178 pages
...and to the 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...scene ; on the other a long train of perpendicular cliffs terminating in a bold and wild-shaped promontory, which closed the bay at one end, while the... | |
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