 | English essays - 1753 - 716 pages
...weft cliffs or banks of it, where another on rice is feen that goes by the fame name with the former. Going in at the orifice at Peninnis banks in St. Mary's,...man's height, and of as much fpace in its breadth ; _. but grows lower and narrower farther in. *•* A little beyond which entrance appear rocky batons,... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1762 - 424 pages
...in at the Orifice, at Peninnis Banks in St. Afarys, it is above a Man's Height, and of as much Space in its Breadth ; but grows lower and narrower farther...continually running over with frefh Water, defcending, as it diftils from the Sides of the rocky Paffage: By the Fall of Water heard, farther in, it is probable... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - English literature - 1778 - 508 pages
...cliffs or banks of it, where another cavity is feen, -that goes by the fame name with the former. •* Going in at the orifice, at Peninnis banks in St....but grows lower and narrower farther in. A little bsyond which entrance appear rocky bafons or refervoirs, continually runningover with frefh water,... | |
 | George Woodley - Isles of Scilly (England) - 1822 - 378 pages
...orifice is seen that goes by the same name with the former." " Going in at the orifice," he continues, " at Peninnis banks in St. Mary's, it is above a man's height, and of as much space in its breadth; but grows lower and narrower farther in. A little beyond which entrance appear... | |
 | George Woodley - Scilly, Isles of (England) - 1822 - 374 pages
...orifice is seen that goes by the same name with the former." " Going in at the orifice," he continues, " at Peninnis banks in St. Mary's, it is above a man's height, and of as much space in its breadth; but grows lower and narrower farther in. A little beyond which entrance appear... | |
 | Robert Hunt - Cornwall (England : County) - 1865 - 368 pages
...as tradition saith, with the island of Tresco, where another orifice known by the same name is seen. Going in at the orifice at Peninnis Banks in St Mary's, it is above man's height, and of as much space in its breadth, but grows lower and narrower further in : a little... | |
 | Robert Hunt - Folklore - 1881 - 512 pages
...Going in at the orifice at Peninnis Banks in St Mary's, it is above man's height, and of as much space in its breadth, but grows lower and narrower farther in : a little beyond which entrance appear rocky basins, or reservoirs, continually running over with fresh water, descending as it distils from the... | |
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... name with the former. Going in at the orifice, at Peninnis banks in St. Mary's, it is above a man's height, and of as much fpace in its breadth; but grows lower and narrower farther in. 