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... head - lands or rocks which make them necessary , —and that if approached by night , the light itself is the only object seen - if by day usually a white light - house with the surroundings indicated . UP THE IRISH OR ST . GEORGE'S ...
... head - lands or rocks which make them necessary , —and that if approached by night , the light itself is the only object seen - if by day usually a white light - house with the surroundings indicated . UP THE IRISH OR ST . GEORGE'S ...
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... head - land of Mizen Head , —near a little hamlet called Crookhaven , snugged away behind the hills , that the telegraph station is located , at which arriving ships are reported ; and it is from this place , really , that the ...
... head - land of Mizen Head , —near a little hamlet called Crookhaven , snugged away behind the hills , that the telegraph station is located , at which arriving ships are reported ; and it is from this place , really , that the ...
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... Head ; then the Hook Tower ( nearly off Waterford ) ; then Conigsbeg Light - ship ; and finally the tall white light of Tuskar , which concludes the run directly up- Channel . So far , the Irish coast has been kept very near , the ...
... Head ; then the Hook Tower ( nearly off Waterford ) ; then Conigsbeg Light - ship ; and finally the tall white light of Tuskar , which concludes the run directly up- Channel . So far , the Irish coast has been kept very near , the ...
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... Head , a rough promontory , with one of the most powerful Fresnel lights in the world . Glimpses may be caught of little Welsh villages nestled at the feet of the high lands , and Llandudno and some of the other watering - places . But ...
... Head , a rough promontory , with one of the most powerful Fresnel lights in the world . Glimpses may be caught of little Welsh villages nestled at the feet of the high lands , and Llandudno and some of the other watering - places . But ...
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... Head ( commonly spoken of as the " Lizard " ) the first glimpse of the main land of Great Britain . In some two or two - and - a - half hours after , if the weather be particularly fine , a distant glimpse may be caught , far away to ...
... Head ( commonly spoken of as the " Lizard " ) the first glimpse of the main land of Great Britain . In some two or two - and - a - half hours after , if the weather be particularly fine , a distant glimpse may be caught , far away to ...
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Page 73 - On this I ponder, where'er I wander, And thus grow fonder, sweet Cork, of thee ; With thy bells of Shandon that sound so grand on The pleasant waters of the River Lee.
Page 418 - ... Boston philosopher of the last century, whose visit to Philadelphia is still remembered in that city,) set himself at work to contrive a limb which should take the place of the one he had lost, fulfilling its functions and counterfeiting its aspect so far as possible. The result was the " Palmer leg," one of the most unquestionable triumphs of American ingenuity. Its victorious march has been unimpeded by any serious obs'tacle since it first stepped into public notice. The inventor was introduced...