Devonshire & Cornwall illustrated, from original drawings by T. Allom, W.H. Bartlett, &c., with historical and topographical descriptions by J. Britton & E.W. Brayley1832 |
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Page 27 - ... there came an infinite number of pilchards into the harbour within the barbican, which the people took up with great ease in baskets ; which did not only refresh them for the present; but a great deal more were taken, preserved, and salted, whereby the poor got much money ; such a passage has not happened before.
Page 40 - Insuperable height of loftiest shade, Cedar, and pine, and fir, and branching palm, A sylvan scene ; and, as the ranks ascend Shade above shade, a woody theatre Of stateliest view.