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... mass of them ( the illustra- tions ) are wonderfully faithful , and they are so varied and interesting that we would undertake to get rid of the most confirmed bore that ever pressed heavily on mankind for a good two hours by only ...
... mass of them ( the illustra- tions ) are wonderfully faithful , and they are so varied and interesting that we would undertake to get rid of the most confirmed bore that ever pressed heavily on mankind for a good two hours by only ...
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... masses of similar rock . Banks of sand , some of them extremely steep , would occupy intervals between the groups of pinnacles and the more important hummocks of hard , naked rock . A few comparatively deep val- leys would mark the ...
... masses of similar rock . Banks of sand , some of them extremely steep , would occupy intervals between the groups of pinnacles and the more important hummocks of hard , naked rock . A few comparatively deep val- leys would mark the ...
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... every direction by veins and crevices , some of the veins being filled with rock yet tougher than the granite of the mass , and some with soft minerals and clay , the result has been the production of the islands and rocks as we.
... every direction by veins and crevices , some of the veins being filled with rock yet tougher than the granite of the mass , and some with soft minerals and clay , the result has been the production of the islands and rocks as we.
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... mass of the toughest syenite , with a coast affording the grandest and boldest scenery ; while Jersey , although a much larger tract of land , more within the gulf , is softer and rounder , with larger and tamer bays , and a less severe ...
... mass of the toughest syenite , with a coast affording the grandest and boldest scenery ; while Jersey , although a much larger tract of land , more within the gulf , is softer and rounder , with larger and tamer bays , and a less severe ...
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... mass of the population in some of the islands had undergone marvellously little change . But the time of change has come . Roads , steam - boats , and public works , have already so far altered the peculiar features of the larger ...
... mass of the population in some of the islands had undergone marvellously little change . But the time of change has come . Roads , steam - boats , and public works , have already so far altered the peculiar features of the larger ...
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a-half Alderney Aubin's beach beautiful Bouley Bay BRAYE HARBOUR breakwater Brechou Britany broken Burhou called Casquets Castle Cornet caverns Channel Islands chapter church cliffs climate Clonque common connected covered Creux crustaceans cultivated deep detached rocks distance east Elizabeth Castle England English extending extremity fathoms favourable feet fish France Gouliot granite Grosnez ground Hanois rocks harbour headland Helier's Herm high water houses important interesting islets Jersey Jersey and Guernsey Jethou jurats kind Lihou Little Sark low water mass means miles Minquiers narrow natural nearly Normandy north-east northern obtained peculiar Peter's Port picturesque plants porphyry present rare remarkable rising road rocky sand sand-stone Sark scenery sea-weed seen shore side singular species stone syenite table land temperature tide town trees Vale Castle valley variety vegetation veins visited vraic vulgaris walls weather whole wind yards
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Page 425 - Serk, that doth attend Her pleasure every hour ; as Jethow, them at need, With pheasants, fallow deer, and conies that dost feed : Ye seven small sister isles, and Sorlings, which to see The half-sunk seaman joys ; or whatsoe'er you be, From fruitful Aurney, near the ancient Celtic shore, To Ushant and the Seams, whereas those nuns of yore Gave answers from their caves, and took what shapes they please : Ye happy islands set within the British seas, With shrill and jocund shouts, th...
Page 107 - The great peculiarity of the bay is the succession of noble and picturesque caverns, and deep narrow fiords alternating with rocky reefs projecting for some distance into the sea. These are continued far beyond the lowest tide, extending, indeed, to the extremity of Cape Grosnez, under which is the last cavern. It is difficult to state the number of caverns in the bay with precision. Six may be visited in succession at all times except near highwater, and all are strikingly picturesque.
Page 27 - ... second small patch, quarried near the top of the cliff, and seen reaching the sea. Afterwards there is nothing but naked and rough granite and porphyry. Wonderfully broken and precipitous are the cliffs thus formed. Many of them are quite vertical, either to the sea or to very small bays, where the water is seen foaming and boiling in the most extraordinary manner. From one headland to another — round great hollow depressions, where the granite is soft and decomposing — along parts of the...
Page 389 - Castle, for beds, candles, fire for the soldiers, and divers other disbursements, amounting to above thirty thousand pounds. But what grieved the island most, being an evil undeserved, was the filling it with soldiers, though for seven years before, by the mercy of God, and the faithful endeavours of some active inhabitants, they had preserved themselves and the island in obedience to Parliament ; and when the king was put to death, and his party and interests were brought low in England, there was...