The British Tourists; Or: Traveller's Pocket Companion, Through England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. Comprehending the Most Celebrated Tours in the British Islands ...J. Gillet, 1814 - Great Britain |
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... singular merits as a natural historian do not now fall under our cognizance , but it would be uncandid not to declare , that to this gentleman we are indebted for the earliest tours in Scotland , that are worth reading or preserving ...
... singular merits as a natural historian do not now fall under our cognizance , but it would be uncandid not to declare , that to this gentleman we are indebted for the earliest tours in Scotland , that are worth reading or preserving ...
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... singular road is the village of Stoney Mid- dleton ; and a little farther the prospect opens , affording a view of a small fertile vale , watered by the Derwent , and terminated by the romantic Chats- worth . They slept at Chesterfield ...
... singular road is the village of Stoney Mid- dleton ; and a little farther the prospect opens , affording a view of a small fertile vale , watered by the Derwent , and terminated by the romantic Chats- worth . They slept at Chesterfield ...
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... singular passage for boats . In some places the rocks are insulated , and soar up to a vast height : they are much frequented by marine fowls , particu- larly corvorans , shags , guillemots , puffins , kitti- wakes , and gulls . Robin ...
... singular passage for boats . In some places the rocks are insulated , and soar up to a vast height : they are much frequented by marine fowls , particu- larly corvorans , shags , guillemots , puffins , kitti- wakes , and gulls . Robin ...
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... singular stratum of stone , in some respects resembling the Giant's Causeway in Ireland . It consists of great columns of a red stone , having from three to six angles ; their diameters from one to two feet ; and their length , at low ...
... singular stratum of stone , in some respects resembling the Giant's Causeway in Ireland . It consists of great columns of a red stone , having from three to six angles ; their diameters from one to two feet ; and their length , at low ...
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... singular spot , from the unfavourable state of the weather , found a landing impossible , or at least very dangerous ; and with some difficulty was put ashore at North Berwick , a small town agreeably seated near a high conic hill ...
... singular spot , from the unfavourable state of the weather , found a landing impossible , or at least very dangerous ; and with some difficulty was put ashore at North Berwick , a small town agreeably seated near a high conic hill ...
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