 | Uno von Troil, Joseph Banks - 1780 - 440 sidor
...among the Greeks. The ifland of * Staffa lies weft of Mull, and three miles NE of Jona or Columb-Kill ; it is about a mile in length, and half a mile in breadth, and belongs to Mr. Lauchlan MacQuarie. On the weft fide of the ifland is a fmall cave, where... | |
 | 1823 - 450 sidor
...The town, which appears to me not worth possession, even without the trouble of conquest, is wnlled entirely round ; it is about a mile in length, and...be estimated at three miles ; in three quarters of nn hour I performed the circuit. It would be difficult to conceive how it could ever have been larger... | |
 | 1822 - 782 sidor
...of the Prince's islands, in the bay of Marmora, about a league distant from the coast of Asia Minor. It is about a mile in length, and half a mile in breadth, and contains a PRO town, formerly pretty considerable and well built, but now in a ruinous... | |
 | 1823 - 714 sidor
...men call the Perfection of Beauty, the Joy of the whole earth ?' "The town, which appears to me uot worth possession, even without the trouble of conquest,...three quarters of an hour I performed the circuit. • It would be difficult to conceive how it could ever have been larger than it now is ; for, independent... | |
 | Sir Frederick Henniker - 1824 - 380 sidor
...happiness. — " Is this the city that men call the Perfection of Beauty, the Joyof the whole Eartht?" The town which appears to me not worth possession,...three quarters of an hour I performed the circuit^. The circumference of the ancient town is supposed to have been three miles and a half. Chateaubriand,... | |
 | 1856 - 430 sidor
...limestone occurs and is worked. The Little Cumbrae lies about half a mile south of the Great Cumbrae. It is about a mile in length and half a mile in breadth. It is composed chiefly of trap, with here and there portions of sandstone. There are several... | |
 | 1830 - 482 sidor
...of the tides. The principal of these islands is Caldey, situated about two miles from the main land. It is about a mile in length, and half a mile in width, and is estimated to comprise rather more than six hundred acres of surface, of which about one third... | |
 | Michael Russell (bp. of Glasgow and Galloway.) - 1831 - 466 sidor
...appears to me not worth possession, even without the trouble of conquest, is walled entirely found, is about a mile in length and half a mile in width,...three quarters of an hour I performed the circuit. It would be difficult to conceive how it could ever have been larger than it now is ; for, independent... | |
 | 1832 - 440 sidor
...Sir Frederic Henniker, gives the following account of the present state of Jerusalem : — The town is about a mile in length and half a mile in width. The best view of it is from the Mount of Olives , It commands the exact shape, and nearly every particular,... | |
 | Michael Russell - 1833 - 374 sidor
...appears to me not worth possession, even without the trouble of conquest, is walled entirely round, is about a mile in length and half a mile in width,...three quarters of an hour I performed the circuit. It would be difficult to conceive how it could ever have been larger than it now is ; for, independent... | |
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... and throughout the whole there is not one symptom of either commerce, comfort, or happiness. Is this the city that men call the Perfection of Beauty, the Joy of the whole Earth... 
