Observations upon the town of Cromer ... as a watering place, and ... its neighbourhood, Volume 31800 |
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Page 16 - This royal throne of kings, this scepter'd isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress built by Nature for herself. Against infection and the hand of war, This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea...
Page 41 - Molest her ancient solitary reign. Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade, Where heaves the turf in many a mould'ring heap, Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, 15 The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep.
Page 36 - As a brave man is not fuddenly either elated by profperity, or deprefled by adveriity, fo the oak difplays not it's verdure on the fun's firft approach; nor drops it, on his firft departure. Add to this it's majeftic appearance, the rough grandeur of of it's bark, and the wide proteftion of it's branches.
Page 33 - Ruinated structures appear to derive their power of pleasing, from the irregularity of surface, which is variety ; and the latitude they afford the imagination to conceive an enlargement of their dimensions, or to recollect any events or circumstances appertaining to their pristine grandeur, so far as concerns grandeur and solemnity.
Page 36 - I am authorized to say, the British one. As a brave man is not suddenly either elated by prosperity or depressed by adversity, so the oak displays not its verdure on the sun's first approach ; nor drops it, on his first departure. Add H 2 to this its majestic appearance, the rough grandeur of its bark, and the wide protection of its branches. A large, branching, aged oak, is perhaps the most venerable of all inanimate objects.
Page 44 - The chancel is divided from the body of the church by a light gothic wainscot screen, and an equal portion of the west end by a similar one. The upper parts of each are decorated with modern glass paintings ; the...
Page 19 - ... The tower, built of brick, is only three moderate stories high, crowned with a lantern lighted by fifteen patent lamps, each placed in a large copper reflector, three feet in diameter, and finely plated in the inside ; these, placed round an upright axis, are kept in continual motion by machinery, wound up every five hours and a half, by which means a set of five reflectors are presented to the eye in a full blaze of light every minute, the axis being three minutes performing its rotation.
Page 36 - ALL trees have a character analogous to that of men : Oaks are in all respects the perfect image of the manly character : In former times I should have said, and in present times I think I am authorized to say, the British one. As a brave man is not suddenly either elated by prosperity or depressed by adversity, so the oak displays not...
Page 57 - On an eminence called Tolls Hill, not far from this house, is a very fine echo. This spot, literally speaking, is only a small portion of a range of hills running towards Syderstrand. By descending into the vallies, the hills are brought to fold over each other ; and the land between them and the ocean forming the second distance, interspersed with cottages and a few trees, (the latter scarce articles near the sea,) renders the situation in many parts very picturesque. About a mile and a half further...
Page 19 - ... commands an extensive sea view ; the inland prospect is confined by a range of hills forming an amphitheatre nearly round it. The tower, built of brick, is only three moderate stories high, crowned with a lantern lighted by fifteen patent lamps, each placed in a large copper reflector, three feet in diameter, and finely plated in the inside ; these placed round an upright axis, are kept in continual motion by machinery wound up every five hours and a half, by which means a set of five reflectors...