Our home islands [by T. Milner, Volume 31857 |
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... ground was slowly and surely reclaimed ; and a small establishment grew into one of vast dimensions . Old Father Thames made vigorous sorties to recover his property , but was at last effectually repulsed ; and great ships , like the ...
... ground was slowly and surely reclaimed ; and a small establishment grew into one of vast dimensions . Old Father Thames made vigorous sorties to recover his property , but was at last effectually repulsed ; and great ships , like the ...
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... ground is now dry and firm , while Lympne itself marks the site of their Leman . This change has been effected by successive " innings ; " and the waves are restrained from returning to their old realm by embankments . One of the most ...
... ground is now dry and firm , while Lympne itself marks the site of their Leman . This change has been effected by successive " innings ; " and the waves are restrained from returning to their old realm by embankments . One of the most ...
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... grounds , which seem to form an irregular coast - line around it . The whole is called the Great Level of the Fens , while the southern portion is distinguished as the Bedford Level . It so happens , that several im- portant rivers ...
... grounds , which seem to form an irregular coast - line around it . The whole is called the Great Level of the Fens , while the southern portion is distinguished as the Bedford Level . It so happens , that several im- portant rivers ...
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... three children . During the summer of 1799 , they could live below stairs but one month , the water was so deep on the ground - floor ; all last winter it was C two feet deep , and they have not been down ERRORS IN DRAINAGE . 13.
... three children . During the summer of 1799 , they could live below stairs but one month , the water was so deep on the ground - floor ; all last winter it was C two feet deep , and they have not been down ERRORS IN DRAINAGE . 13.
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... ground , a memorial of the existence of the pools , and a standing illustration of the former state of the country . So much have circumstances changed in the level of the fens , that while the inland districts have been relieved of ...
... ground , a memorial of the existence of the pools , and a standing illustration of the former state of the country . So much have circumstances changed in the level of the fens , that while the inland districts have been relieved of ...
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Page 115 - 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.
Page 53 - The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, Make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be exalted, And every mountain and hill shall be made low: And the crooked shall be made straight, And the rough places plain: And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, And all flesh shall see it together: For the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Page 243 - Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.
Page 64 - It was not an easy task for me to keep the engine down to ten miles an hour, but it must be done, and I did my best.
Page 209 - our astronomical observer" at a salary of £100 per annum, his duty being "forthwith to apply himself with the most exact care and diligence to the rectifying the tables of the motions of the heavens and the places of the fixed stars, so as to find out the so much desired longitude of places for the perfecting the art of navigation.
Page 151 - Far in the bosom of the deep, O-er these wild shelves my watch I keep; A ruddy gem of changeful light, Bound on the dusky brow of night: The seaman bids my lustre hail, And scorns to strike his tim'rous sail.
Page 60 - Suppose, now, one of these engines to be going along a railroad at the rate of nine or ten miles an hour, and that a cow were to stray upon the line and get in the way of the engine ; would not that, think you, be a very awkward circumstance ? "
Page 247 - BUT yesterday a naked sod The dandies sneered from Rotten Row, And cantered o'er it to and fro : And see 'tis done ! As though 'twere by a wizard's rod A blazing arch of lucid glass Leaps like a fountain from the grass To meet the sun...
Page 138 - As you enter the dock, the sight of the forest of masts in the distance, and the tall chimneys vomiting clouds of black smoke, and the manycoloured flags flying in the air, has a most peculiar effect; while the sheds, with the monster wheels arching through the roofs, look like the paddle-boxes of huge steamers.
Page 64 - I was in education, and made up my mind that he should not labour under the same defect, but that I would put him to a good school, and give him a liberal training. I was, however, a poor man; and how do you think I managed ? I betook myself to mending my neighbours...