 Torbay, when the Dutch fleet cast anchor there, was known only as a haven where ships sometimes took refuge from the tempests of the Atlantic. Its quiet shores were undisturbed by the bustle either of commerce or of pleasure, and the huts of ploughmen...  A Hand-book for Travellers in Devon & Cornwall... - Стр. 37авторы: John Murray (Firm) - 1851 - Страниц: 243Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1849 - Страниц: 660
...only as a haven where ships sometimes took refuge from the tempests of the Atlantic. Its quiet shores were undisturbed by the bustle either of commerce or of pleasure, and the huts of plowmen and fishermen were thinly scattered over what is now the site of crowded marts and... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1850 - Страниц: 540
...only as a haven where ships sometimes took refuge from the tempests of the Atlantic. Its quiet shores were undisturbed by the bustle either of commerce or of pleasure ; and the huts of ploughmen and fishermen were thinly scattered over what is now the site of crowded marts and... | |
 | Thomas Clifton Paris - 1851 - Страниц: 312
...points on the shore ; and good examples of the former occur on Hope's Nose, and on the Thatcher Rock, just inside that headland. This beautiful bay has,...bustle either of commerce or of pleasure ; and the huts of ploughmen and fishermen were thinly scattered over what is now the site of crowded marts and... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1853 - Страниц: 552
...only as a haven where ships sometimes took refuge from the tempests of the Atlantic. Its quiet shores were undisturbed by the bustle either of commerce or of pleasure ; and the huts of ploughmen and fishermen were thinly scattered over what is now the site of crowded marts and... | |
 | E. Croydon - 1854 - Страниц: 312
...basin, now exhibits everywhere the signs of prosperity and civilisation. * * * But then its quiet shores were undisturbed by the bustle either of commerce or of pleasure ; and the huts of ploughmen and fishermen were thinly scattered over what is now the site of crowded marts and... | |
 | Thomas Clifton Paris - 1856 - Страниц: 332
...shore ; and good examples of the former occur on Hope's Nose, and on the Thatcker Hock, just ii.side that headland. This beautiful bay has, moreover, an...historical interest, as the scene of the landing of the P. of Orange, Nov. 5, 1688. But on that memorable occasion it presented an aspect very different from... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1858 - Страниц: 450
...only as a haven where ships sometimes took refuge from the tempests of the Atlantic. Its quiet shores were undisturbed by the bustle either of commerce or of pleasure ; and the huts of ploughmen and fishermen were thinly scat* Burnet, i. 788. ; Extracts from the Legge Papers... | |
 | Thomas Clifton Paris - 1859 - Страниц: 388
...points on the shore; and good examples of the former occur on Hope's Nose, and on the Thatcker Rock, just inside that headland. This beautiful bay has,...historical interest, as the scene of the landing of the P. of Orange (painted by Northcpte), Nov. 5, 1688. But on that memorable occasion it presented an aspect... | |
 | 1862 - Страниц: 500
...only as a haven where ships sometimes took refuge from the tempests of the Atlantic. Its quiet shores were undisturbed by the bustle either of commerce or of pleasure ; and the huts of ploughmen and fishermen were thinly scattered over what is now the site of crowded marts and... | |
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