 That part of the island we had landed on was a narrow ridge, not above a musket-shot across, bounded on one side by the sea, and on the other by a creek, extending upwards of a mile inland, and nearly communicating with the sea at its head.  Annual Register - Page 411edited by - 1819Full view - About this book
 | 1845 - 214 pages
...duodecimo specimen of the knight of the rueful countenance. We set out by a very good road, bordered on one side by the sea, and on the other by a chain of lofty mountains, towering one above the other. We passed the residence of Monsieur le Baron... | |
 | George Gardner - Brazil - 1846 - 606 pages
...of which are made of cocoa-nut leaves, and are mostly situated on a projecting point of flat land, bounded on one side by the sea, and on the other by a small river of the same name as the village, both deriving their appellation from a large bar of white... | |
 | Jacques Nicolas Augustin Thierry - Great Britain - 1847 - 490 pages
...frek, frech, vrek, vratig, rude, sharp, fierce. See Lettres sur 1'IIistoire de France, letter vi. Kent, on one side by the sea, and on the other by a river with two arms. Seventeen vessels speedily brought over from the north the new military colony,... | |
 | Augustin Thierry - Great Britain - 1847 - 492 pages
...frek, frech, .rrk, vrung, rude, sharp, fierce. See Lettres snr 1'Histoire de France, inter vi. Kent, on one side by the sea, and on the other by a river with two arms. Seventeen vessels speedily brought over from the north the new military colony,... | |
 | John Allen Giles - Great Britain - 1848 - 552 pages
...Broom. * The Epidii probably occupied the Western part of Argyle, as far'as the Mull of Cantyr, and were bounded on one side by the sea and on the other by Lochfyn. * Loch Loch, Stukeley. Linnhe Loch, Roy. * Lochfyn. in this respect, as in all others, adore... | |
 | John Allen Giles, Gildas - Great Britain - 1848 - 542 pages
...• The Epidii probably occupied the Western part of Argyle, as far 0.3 the Mull of Cantyr, and were bounded on one side by the sea and on the other by Lochfyn. in this respect, as in all others, adore the providence of the Divine Being, to whom all kingdoms... | |
 | Charles Pridham - Great Britain - 1849 - 452 pages
...From the top of the citadel there is a fine view of Port Louis and the surrounding country, bordered on one side by the sea, and on the other by a lofty range of basaltic mountains, which in some places grassy, in others topped by the projecting... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland - Natural history - 1852 - 544 pages
...sandstone, between which the lagoon is situated. Night overtook us while we were in a narrow path, bordered on one side by the sea, and on the other by a range of perpendicular rocks. The tide was rising rapidly, and narrowed the road at every step. AVe... | |
 | Seafaring life - 1854 - 504 pages
...with artillery. That part of the island we had landed on was a narrow ridge, not above a musket shot across, bounded on one side by the sea, and on the...shape might be very well represented by an inverted punch bowl; the circle on which the bowl stands would then show the fortification, and the space within... | |
 | sir Edward Robert Sullivan (5th bart.) - Europe - 1855 - 338 pages
...with it, amount yearly to 6,0001. The view from the summit of St. Peter's is extensive and beautiful, bounded on one side by the sea, and on the other by the purple Campagna, with the back-ground of the Apennines. In whichever direction the eye wanders,... | |
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