An Account of a Voyage to Establish a Colony at Port Philip in Bass's Strait: On the South Coast of New South Wales in His Majesty's Ship Calcutta, in the Years 1802-3-4Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, and J.C. Mottley, Portsmouth, 1805 - Всего страниц: 239 |
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... rock , the low- er parts being excavated by the conti- nual action of the water ; in other spots are small sandy coves , defended by reefs on which the sea beats with violence . This island affords an agreeable pros- pect to the ...
... rock , the low- er parts being excavated by the conti- nual action of the water ; in other spots are small sandy coves , defended by reefs on which the sea beats with violence . This island affords an agreeable pros- pect to the ...
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... rock as we passed along hoping some of them might be induced to come on board with fruit , we stood close into the bay , but not a canoe was to be seen , and it was not an object of sufficient consequence , to suffer any de- lay by ...
... rock as we passed along hoping some of them might be induced to come on board with fruit , we stood close into the bay , but not a canoe was to be seen , and it was not an object of sufficient consequence , to suffer any de- lay by ...
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... Rocks rich with gems , and mountains big with mines , Whence many a bursting stream auriferous plays , are here seen ... rock , rock , vegetables are seen to to adhere , which ( 43 )
... Rocks rich with gems , and mountains big with mines , Whence many a bursting stream auriferous plays , are here seen ... rock , rock , vegetables are seen to to adhere , which ( 43 )
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... rock , vegetables are seen to to adhere , which appear to derive their nourish- ment from the moisture of the air alone . Here are many picturesque vallies , nar- row , but winding along the base of the mountains , from the shores of ...
... rock , vegetables are seen to to adhere , which appear to derive their nourish- ment from the moisture of the air alone . Here are many picturesque vallies , nar- row , but winding along the base of the mountains , from the shores of ...
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... rocks , and thus they withstand the force of the winds and currents ; their neighbour- hood is , however , evinced by the degree of cold which gradually increases from the tropic , till in the latitude of 40 ° , where the thermometer ...
... rocks , and thus they withstand the force of the winds and currents ; their neighbour- hood is , however , evinced by the degree of cold which gradually increases from the tropic , till in the latitude of 40 ° , where the thermometer ...
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Стр. 50 - there is more joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, than over ninety and nine just persons that need no repentance.
Стр. 120 - Poor child of danger, nursling of the storm, Sad are the woes that wreck thy manly form! Rocks, waves, and winds, the shattered bark delay; Thy heart is sad, thy home is far away.
Стр. 120 - Now far he sweeps, where scarce a summer smiles, On Behring's rocks, or Greenland's naked isles : Cold on his midnight watch the breezes blow, From wastes that slumber in eternal snow ; And waft, across the waves' tumultuous roar, The wolf's long howl from Oonalaska's shore.
Стр. 78 - Whatever blooms in torrid tracts appear, Whose bright succession decks the varied year ; Whatever sweets salute the northern sky With vernal lives, that blossom but to die ; These here disporting, own the kindred soil, Nor ask luxuriance from the planter's toil; While sea-born gales their gelid wings expand To winnow fragrance round the smiling land.
Стр. 190 - I beheld a second Rome, rising from a coalition of banditti. I beheld it giving laws to the world, and superlative in arms and in. arts, looking down with proud superiority upon the barbarous nations of the northern hemisphere ; thus running over the airy visions of empire, wealth, and glory, I wandered amidst the delusions of imagination.
Стр. 79 - Among the crooked lanes, on every hedge The glowworm lights his gem ; and through the dark A moving radiance twinkles.
Стр. 40 - The Thunder holds his black tremendous throne ; From cloud to cloud the rending lightnings rage ; Till, in the furious elemental war Dissolved, the whole precipitated mass Unbroken floods and solid torrents pours.
Стр. 119 - Where Andes, giant of the western star, With meteor standard to the winds unfurled, Looks from his throne of clouds o'er half the world.
Стр. 119 - Looks from his throne of clouds o'er half the world ! Now far he sweeps, where scarce a summer smiles. On Behring's rocks, or Greenland's naked isles : Cold on...
Стр. 186 - And when the sun begins to fling His flaring beams, me, Goddess, bring To arched walks of twilight groves, And shadows brown that Sylvan loves Of pine, or monumental oak, Where the rude axe with heaved stroke Was never heard the Nymphs to daunt, Or fright them from their hallowed haunt.