 ... to the view of rocks that rise immediately beyond,' and are again overlooked by others. The precipices seldom overshoot the water, but are arranged at some distance ; and the shores swell with woody eminences, or sink into green pastoral margins....  The geography of the British Isles - Página 11por Mary Martha Rodwell - 1834Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Ann Radcliffe - 1795 - 522 páginas
...to lubfide, we became ienfible of them. It feems to be nearly of a round form, and the whole is feen at one glance, expanding within an amphitheatre of mountains, rocky, but not vaft, broken ' into many fantaftic fhapes, peaked, fplintered, impending, fometimes pyramidal, opening... | |
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1802 - 654 páginas
...peculiar charms, both from beauty and wiklness. It seems to be nearly of a round form; and the whole is seen at one glance, expanding within an amphitheatre...of mountains, rocky, but not vast; broken into many • The annexed view of this beautiful expanse of water was taken from the trrraci: .it Ormthwaitc.... | |
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1802 - 650 páginas
...peculiar charms, both from beauty and wildness. It seems to be nearly of a round form; and the whole is seen at one glance, expanding within an amphitheatre...of mountains, rocky, but not vast; broken into many • The annexed view of this beautiful expanse of water, was taken from the terrace at Ormthwaite,... | |
 | Samuel Leigh (publisher.) - 1820 - 782 páginas
...peculiar charms, both frombeauty and wildness. It seems to be nearly of a circular form ; and the whole is seen at one glance, expanding within an amphitheatre...peaked, splintered, impending, and sometimes pyramidal. The precipices seldom overhang the water, but are arranged at some distance ; and the shores swell... | |
 | James Norris Brewer - 1820 - 498 páginas
...pen of Mrs. Radcliffe as " having " peculiar charms, both from beauty and wildness. " The whole is seen at one glance, expanding " within an amphitheatre...but " not vast, broken into many fantastic shapes. The " precipices seldom overhang the water, but are " ranged at some distance ; and the shores swell... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1842 - 828 páginas
...eminent novelist, describes it as having peculiar charms, both from beauty and wildness. " The whole is seen at one glance, expanding within an amphitheatre...rocky but not vast, broken into many fantastic shapes. The precipices seldom overhang the water, but are ranged at some distance ; and the shores swell with... | |
 | 1842 - 212 páginas
...form, extending from north to south about three miles, and being in breadth about a mile and a half, " expanding within an amphitheatre of mountains, rocky...many fantastic shapes, peaked, splintered, impending, sometimes pyramidal, opening by narrow vallies to the view * Messrs.-Stauley and Richardson, whose... | |
 | 1843 - 506 páginas
...form, extending from north to south about three miles, and being in breadth about a mile and a half, " expanding within an amphitheatre of mountains, rocky...many fantastic shapes, peaked, splintered, impending, sometimes pyramidal, opening by narrow values to the view of rocks that rise immediately beyond, and... | |
 | Adam and Charles Black (Firm), Black Adam and Charles, ltd - 1846 - 504 páginas
...extending from north to south about three miles, and being in breadth alwut a mile and a half, " extending within an amphitheatre of mountains, rocky but not...many fantastic shapes, peaked, splintered, impending, sometimes pyramidal, opening hy narrow vallies to the view of rocks that rise immediately bcyonil,... | |
 | Adam and Charles Black (Firm) - 1847 - 544 páginas
...north to south about three miles, and being in breadth about a mile and a half, " expanding withio an amphitheatre of mountains, rocky but not vast,...many fantastic shapes, peaked, splintered, impending, sometimes pyramidal, opening by narrow vailles to the view of rocks that rise immediately beyond, and... | |
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