 We may go by the old Barnstaple road along the ridge , leading S. from Church St., and return by the new road through the valley. A third favourite excursion...  The Argosy - Pàgina 134editat per - 1878Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Charles Kingsley - 1859 - 474 pàgines
...place for some ' gloom-pampered man ' to sit and misanthropize ! " "Morte, says the Devonshire proverb, is the place on earth which heaven made last, and the devil will take first." " All the fitter for a misanthrope. But where are the trees ? I have not seen one for the last four... | |
 | George Tugwell - 1862 - 102 pàgines
...the North, the little hamlet seems almost surrounded by water. " ' Morte' says the Devonshire proverb is ' the place on earth which Heaven made last and the Devil will take first.' What a chaos of rockridges ! Old starved mother earth's bare-worn ribs and joints peeping out through... | |
 | Charles Kingsley - 1873 - 334 pàgines
...for some "gloom-pampered man" to sit and rnisanthropize !' '" Morte," says the Devonshire proverb," is the place on earth which heaven made last, and the devil will take first."' 'All the fitter for a misanthrope. But where are the trees ? I have not seen one for the last four... | |
 | George Tugwell - 1877 - 494 pàgines
...north, the little hamlet seems almost surrounded by water. " ' Morte ' says the Devonshire proverb ' is the place on earth which Heaven made last and the Devil will take first.' What a chaos of rock-ridges ! Old starved mother earth's bare-worn ribs and joints peeping out through... | |
 | Our own country - 1878 - 714 pàgines
...and run out to sea in the wild headland called Morte Point. " ' Morte/ says the Devonshire proverb, 'is the place on earth which Heaven made last and the devil will take first.' What a chaos of rockridges — old, starved Mother Earth's bare-worn ribs and joints peeping out through... | |
 | Charles Kingsley - 1886 - 348 pàgines
...for some "gloom-pampered man" to sit and misanthropize ! ' ' " Morte," says the Devonshire proverb, " is the place on earth which heaven made last, and the devil will take first." ' 'All the fitter for a misanthrope. But where are the trees ? I have not seen one for the last four... | |
 | Karl Baedeker (Firm) - 1890 - 728 pàgines
...reached by passing across the land of a farmer who charges 2d. for the privilege. There is a local saying to the effect that 'Morte is the place on earth which Heaven made last and the Devil will take first'. We may now return to Ilfracombe by coast, road, or railway (see p. 161). Another popular short walk... | |
 | Karl Baedeker (Firm) - 1890 - 704 pàgines
...reached by passing across the land of a farmer who charges 2d. for the privilege. There is a local saying to the effect that 'Morte is the place on earth which Heaven made last and the Devil will take first1. We may now return to Ilfracombe by coast, road, or railway (see p. 161). Another popular short... | |
 | Cassell and Company, ltd - 1894 - 454 pàgines
...break with resistless force on its iron-girt strand. As a curious old Devonshire proverb has it, " Morte is the place on earth which Heaven made last, and the devil will teke first." We must quote once more from Kingsley, who in his charming " Prose Idylls " thus writes... | |
 | Joel Cook - 1899 - 520 pàgines
...known as Morte Point, which is so thoroughly repulsive that the Devonshire proverb describes it as " the place on earth which Heaven made last and the devil will take first.'' It is a chaos of rock-ridges, the sea washing against it on three sides, and is a noted place for wrecks.... | |
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