But what our eyes have seen and our hands have touched" continues 'the Author, doubtless with full sincerity, " we shall declare. There is a small island in Lancashire called the Pile of Foulders, wherein are found the broken pieces of old and bruised... The illustrated natural history - Page 719by John George Wood - 1862Full view - About this book
| Sir Robert Sibbald - Botany - 1803 - 510 pages
...Sea Mous. Scolopendra marina nostras. SECT. " But what our eyes have secrie, and hands have touched, we shall declare. There is a small island in Lancashire...found the broken pieces of old and bruised ships, tome whereof have been cast thither by shipwracke, and also the trunks and bodies with the branches... | |
| William Bingley - Animal behavior - 1803 - 606 pages
...own words, which have been often quoted : — " What our eyes have seen, and our hands have touched, we shall declare. There is a small island in Lancashire, called the Pile of Foulders, ' wherein are found broken pieces of old and bruised ships, some whereof have been cast thither by ship-wrecks ; also the... | |
| Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 824 pages
...our eyes have feene, and hands have touched, we (ball declare. There is a (mall ifbnd in l.ancaihire, called the pile of Foulders, wherein are found the broken pieces of old and bruifed fhips, fome whereof have been call thither by fliipwracke, ar.d alfo the trunks and bodies... | |
| Chapbooks - 1820 - 188 pages
...in Lancashire, (on the western coast of England,) called " The Pile of Flanders," wherein are found broken pieces of old and bruised ships, some whereof have been cast thither by shipwreck ; and also the trunks and bodies, with the branches of old rotten, trees, cast up there likewise... | |
| Almanacs, English - 1823 - 400 pages
...own words, which have been often quoted : — ' What our eyes have seen, and our hands have touched, we shall declare. There is a small island in Lancashire, called the Pile of Foulders, wherein are found broken pieces of old and bruised ships, some whereof have been cast thither by shipwrecks; also the... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 878 pages
...which may тегу well accord with troth. " But what our eyes have scene, and bands have touched, we shall declare. There is a small island in Lancashire, called the Pile of Foolders, wherein are found the broken pieces of old and bruised »hips, some whereof have been cast... | |
| William Bingley - 1829 - 350 pages
...his own words, which have been often quoted:—" What our eyes have seen, and our hands have touched, we shall declare. There is a small island in Lancashire, called the Pile of Foulders, wherein are found broken pieces of old and bruised ships, some whereof have been cast thither by shipwrecks ; also the... | |
| James Rennie - Animal behavior - 1833 - 422 pages
...may be both amused and surprised. " What our eyes have seen," says Gerard, " and hands have touched, we shall declare. There is a small island in Lancashire, called the Pile of Foulders, wherein are found broken pieces of old and bruised ships, some whereof have been cast thither by shipwreck, and also... | |
| George Montagu - Birds - 1831 - 670 pages
...from old Gerald, the herbalist. " What our eyes have seen," says he, " and our hands have touched, we shall declare. There is a small island, in Lancashire, called the Pile of Soulders, wherein are found broken pieces of old and bruised ships, some whereof have been cast thither... | |
| James Rennie - Birds - 1833 - 406 pages
...may be both amused and surprised. "What our eyes have seen," says Gerard, " and hands have touched, we s.hall declare. There is a small island in Lancashire, called the Pile of Fo.ulders, wherein are found brpken pieces of old and bruised ships, some whereof have been cast thither by shipwreck, and also... | |
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