A guide to the coasts of Devon & Cornwall |
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... stream flecked with beads of foam , and scattering its tiny spray like the fringes of a silvery scarf ; while the decrepit cottages and a rugged beach with picturesque boats , pre- sent interesting objects to the artist's eye . Once ...
... stream flecked with beads of foam , and scattering its tiny spray like the fringes of a silvery scarf ; while the decrepit cottages and a rugged beach with picturesque boats , pre- sent interesting objects to the artist's eye . Once ...
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... stream , and for a yew - tree grove ; the tower contains five bells . Near the opposite bank , but at a distance of two miles , are All Saints , East Budleigh ( G. D. Adams , V. ) , and Bicton Park , the seat of Lord Rolle , so highly ...
... stream , and for a yew - tree grove ; the tower contains five bells . Near the opposite bank , but at a distance of two miles , are All Saints , East Budleigh ( G. D. Adams , V. ) , and Bicton Park , the seat of Lord Rolle , so highly ...
الصفحة 423
... stream was formed artificially : centuries ago a Countess of Devon having quarrelled about the dues with a mayor of Exeter , the civic authority gained his suit ; but both banks of the Exe , which were richly clothed with oaks ...
... stream was formed artificially : centuries ago a Countess of Devon having quarrelled about the dues with a mayor of Exeter , the civic authority gained his suit ; but both banks of the Exe , which were richly clothed with oaks ...
الصفحة 427
... stream , crossed by bridges and parted by broad belts of lawn from the houses on either side of its course , runs clear and rippling to the sea . The mouth of the valley is now closed by the viaduct and strong sea - wall of the South ...
... stream , crossed by bridges and parted by broad belts of lawn from the houses on either side of its course , runs clear and rippling to the sea . The mouth of the valley is now closed by the viaduct and strong sea - wall of the South ...
الصفحة 433
... stream ; at noon they wield the flail , and labour at the cyder - quern . In the safe recesses of the morass they fold their tiny flocks and milk their wee kine . A wise woman was one night summoned by an ugly messenger to nurse a ...
... stream ; at noon they wield the flail , and labour at the cyder - quern . In the safe recesses of the morass they fold their tiny flocks and milk their wee kine . A wise woman was one night summoned by an ugly messenger to nurse a ...
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الصفحة 563 - And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill; But O for the touch of a vanish'd hand, And the sound of a voice that is still ! Break, break, break, At the foot of thy crags, O Sea ! But the tender grace of a day that is dead Will never come back to me.
الصفحة 570 - One show'd an iron coast and angry waves. You seem'd to hear them climb and fall And roar rock-thwarted under bellowing caves, Beneath the windy wall.
الصفحة 480 - The startled waves leap over it; the storm Smites it with all the scourges of the rain, And steadily against its solid form Press the great shoulders of the hurricane.
الصفحة 433 - These are the forgeries of jealousy : And never, since the middle summer's spring, Met we on hill, in dale, forest, or mead, By paved fountain, or by rushy brook, Or on the beached margent of the sea, To dance our ringlets to the whistling wind, But with thy brawls thou hast disturb'd our sport.
الصفحة 563 - ... my tongue could utter The thoughts that arise in me. O well for the fisherman's boy, That he shouts with his sister at play ! O well for the sailor lad, That he sings in his boat on the bay ! And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill ; But O for the touch of a...
الصفحة 460 - It was about the lovely close of a warm summer day, There came a gallant merchant-ship full sail to Plymouth Bay ; Her crew hath seen Castile's black fleet beyond Aurigny's isle, At earliest twilight, on the waves lie heaving many a mile ; At sunrise she escaped their van, by God's especial grace; And the tall Pinta, till the noon, had held her close in chase.
الصفحة 460 - ATTEND, all ye who list to hear our noble England's praise; I tell of the thrice famous deeds she wrought in ancient days, When that great fleet invincible against her bore in vain The richest spoils of Mexico, the stoutest hearts of Spain.
الصفحة 461 - For swift to east and swift to west the ghastly warflame spread, High on St. Michael's Mount it shone: it shone on Beachy Head. Far on the deep the Spaniard saw, along each southern shire , Cape beyond cape, in endless range, those twinkling points of fire.
الصفحة 542 - And the great ships sail outward and return, Bending and bowing o'er the billowy swells, And ever joyful, as they see it burn, They wave their silent welcomes and farewells.
الصفحة 517 - And in the moon athwart the place of tombs, Where lay the mighty bones of ancient men, Old knights, and over them the sea-wind sang Shrill, chill, with flakes of foam. He, stepping down By zigzag paths, and juts of pointed rock, Came on the shining levels of the lake.