Vectis scenery: in the Isle of Wight. To which are prefixed, a complete topographical description and the general tours of the island1831 |
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Page 12 - 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 33 - 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 35 - I dismounted from my horse, and tied it to a bush. The breaking of the waves against the foot of the cliff at so great a distance beneath me, produced an incessant and pleasing murmur. The sea-gulls were flying between the top of the cliff where I stood, and the rocks below, attending upon their nests, built in the holes of the cliff. The whole scene in every direction was grand and impressive : it was suitable to devotion.
Page 39 - the mind of any person can remain tranquil on " the first view of this wonderful country, or if he " can gaze with indifference on the sublime scene " above and below him, I do not envy the cool " phlegm of his constitution; but I should advise him " to confine his future airings to the level and dusty " roads that surround our metropolis.
Page 33 - Ye who the power of God delight to trace, And mark with joy each monument of grace, Tread lightly o'er this grave, as ye explore "The short and simple annals of the poor." A child reposes underneath this sod, A child to memory dear, and dear to God. Rejoice, yet shed the sympathetic tear — Jane, the ' Young Cottager,
Page 12 - ... our ancestors lived here so quietly and securely, being neither troubled to London nor Winchester, so they seldom or never went owte of the island ; insomuch as when they went to London, thinking it an EastIndia voyage, they always made their wills, supposing no trouble like to travaile.
Page 39 - ... but the fruitful patches are of all sizes and figures, and the huge rocks covered with briars, frequently arise from amidst a polygon enclosure of two or three acres. Some faint idea of this wonderful country may, perhaps, be conceived from the above description, which from the towering hills above, appears to the eye like a level plain ; but which, when seen from the sea, rises like a series of gigantic steps that seem to lead from the cliffs of the shore, which are even there of great elevation,...
Page 39 - ... at the distance of more than a mile from the sea: in this interval of rock and water, colossal fragments of stone, torn or sunk from the precipice by some great convulsion of nature, are scattered below in the most irregular confusion. These solid masses are of such a ponderous...
Page 11 - All the flints, except those detached nodules in the body of the strata, are universally found in a most extraordinary state ; they are broken in every direction into pieces of every size, from three inches diameter down to an absolutely impalpable powder. The flints thus shivered, as if by a blow of inconceivable force, retain their complete form and position in their bed.
Page 35 - On the left hand of the hill, as I advanced eastward, and immediately under its declivity, extended a beautiful tract of land intersected by a large arm of the sea, which (as the tide was fast flowing in) formed a broad lake or haven of three miles in length. Woods, villages, cottages, and churches, surrounded it in most pleasing variety of prospect. Beyond this lay a large fleet of ships of war...