Memoranda of Springhead and Its Neighbourhood, During the Primeval PeriodOne hundred copies printed for private circulation, 1848 - 154 pàgines |
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Pàgina 13
... whilst the Roman fleet rode securely at anchor in the creek's sheltered harbour . Instead of the wide expanse of water which eighteen hundred years ago occupied the estuary - now , changed by the silent ope- rations of natural and ...
... whilst the Roman fleet rode securely at anchor in the creek's sheltered harbour . Instead of the wide expanse of water which eighteen hundred years ago occupied the estuary - now , changed by the silent ope- rations of natural and ...
Pàgina 18
... whilst , as if to mock the skill of the agriculturists of the nineteenth century , in Mr. Silvester's garden were then growing sundry ears of far finer wheat , —the produce of grains found in a vase hermetically sealed with asphaltum ...
... whilst , as if to mock the skill of the agriculturists of the nineteenth century , in Mr. Silvester's garden were then growing sundry ears of far finer wheat , —the produce of grains found in a vase hermetically sealed with asphaltum ...
Pàgina 24
... whilst the hills , forests and rivers retain their old Celtic names . " This river was inhabited with colonies of beavers1o , who built their towns in its waters , even to the con- the inlet called the Fleet , behind the pebble bank ...
... whilst the hills , forests and rivers retain their old Celtic names . " This river was inhabited with colonies of beavers1o , who built their towns in its waters , even to the con- the inlet called the Fleet , behind the pebble bank ...
Pàgina 25
... whilst the egret and the crane , the bittern and the bustard have been lost within living memory . The bear and the wild boar rang- ed the forests at the era of the Conquest , ―the latter in the imme- diate vicinity of London . The wolf ...
... whilst the egret and the crane , the bittern and the bustard have been lost within living memory . The bear and the wild boar rang- ed the forests at the era of the Conquest , ―the latter in the imme- diate vicinity of London . The wolf ...
Pàgina 44
... whilst ploughing this land with four horses , the crown of the arch of a cavern , till then unknown , gave way beneath the feet of the cattle , when two of the animals sank to such a depth , that they were with much difficulty ...
... whilst ploughing this land with four horses , the crown of the arch of a cavern , till then unknown , gave way beneath the feet of the cattle , when two of the animals sank to such a depth , that they were with much difficulty ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 31 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower whose top may reach unto heaven, and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Pàgina 40 - And God said, Behold I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed ; to you it shall be for meat.
Pàgina 146 - And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Pàgina 31 - And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do : and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
Pàgina 56 - Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs.
Pàgina 101 - Out upon Time ! it will leave no more Of the things to come than the things before ! Out upon Time ! who for ever will leave But enough of the past for the future to grieve...
Pàgina 115 - Moses sent me : as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out, and to come in. Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spake in that day ; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there, and that the cities were great and fenced : if so be the LORD will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the LORD said.
Pàgina 50 - By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
Pàgina 31 - And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
Pàgina 36 - And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel : and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds.