Hampshire: its past and present condition, and future prospects, Volym 2Proprietor, J. Robbins, 1838 |
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action Alton appear Avon bank Basingstoke beach Beaulieu Beaulieu river beautiful bishop Bishop's Waltham Boldre boundary branch breadth Buriton Butser hill Cadnam Calshot Calshot castle chalk chalk ridge Channel character Christchurch clay coast considerable course deposited distance district downs east eastern eastward elevated England entrance extends Fareham Fordingbridge forest of Bere Gosport gravel green sand ground half half-a-mile Hampshire Hants heath heights hill hogs Hurst castle inhabitants irregular island Isle of Wight Itchen land length London Lymington Lyndhurst manor meadows Meon natural nearly north-east north-west northward Odiham parish church pebbles Petersfield plants population Port portion Portsdown Portsea Redbridge rental rich river road Roman Saxon Selborne shore side Silchester situated slope soil south-east south-west Southampton Water southern southward stream summit summit-level surface tertiary formation three miles tide timber tion town trees valley vegetation village westward whole Winchester wind wood
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Sida 241 - He retired to that part of the plain which seemed the highest, from its being yet uncovered by water ; and striking the barrel of his gun (which for the purpose of shooting...
Sida 241 - But the fluctuation of the water was such, and the turn of the tide so slow, that it was yet some time before he durst venture to assure himself that the button was fairly above the level of the flood. At length, however, a second button appearing at intervals, his sensations may rather be conceived than described, and his joy gave him spirits and resolution to support his uneasy situation four or five hours longer, till the waters had fully retired.
Sida 241 - While he was thus making up his mind, as the exigence would allow, to the terrors of destruction, his attention was called to a new object. He thought he saw the uppermost button of his coat begin to appear. No mariner floating on a wreck, could behold a...
Sida 241 - ... security against the waves, and to wait the ebbing of the tide. A common tide, he had reason to believe, would not in that place have reached above his middle ; but as this was a spring tide, and brought forward with a strong westerly wind, he durst hardly expect so favourable a conclusion.
Sida 241 - In the mean time, the water, making a rapid advance, had now reached him: it covered the ground on which he stood, it rippled over his feet, it gained his knees, — his waist, button after button was swallowed up, till at length it advanced over his very shoulders. With a palpitating heart he gave himself up for lost. Still however, he held fast by his anchor: his eye was eagerly in search of some boat which might take its course that way ; but none appeared. A solitary head...
Sida 241 - ... at length it advanced over his very shoulders. With a palpitating heart he gave himself up for lost. Still, however, he held fast by his anchor : his eye was eagerly in search of some boat, which might accidentally take its course that way ; but none appeared.
Sida 241 - ... durst venture to assure himself that the button was fairly above the level of the flood ; at length, a second button appearing at intervals, his sensations may rather be conceived than described ; and his joy gave him spirits and resolution to...
Sida 241 - ... the barrel of his gun (which for the purpose of shooting wild-fowl was very long) deep into the mud, he resolved to hold fast by it, as a support as well as a security against the waves, and to wait the ebbing of the tide. A common tide, he had reason to believe, would not in that place have reached above his middle ; but as this was a spring-tide, and brought in with so strong a current, he durst hardly expect so favourable a conclusion. In the mean...
Sida 240 - ... the waters, which had been brought forward with uncommon rapidity by some peculiar circumstance of tide and current, had made an alarming progress around him. Encumbered as his feet were, he could not exert much expedition ; but to whatever part he ran, he found himself completely invested by the tide.
Sida 40 - Mudie, the historian of Hampshire, probably had the truest conception of his character ; in his opinion. "CoL Norton was a loyalist he took the field, and took it bravely, for the privilege of the Parliament, which Charles had unquestionably invaded ; but he had no hostility to the King according to law.