 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1849 - 660 sider
...only as a haven where ships sometimes took refuge from the tempests of the Atlantic. Its quiet shores were undisturbed by the bustle either of commerce or of pleasure, and the huts of plowmen and fishermen were thinly scattered over what is now the site of crowded marts and of luxurious... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - 1851 - 324 sider
...points on the shore ; and good examples of the former occur on Hope's Nose, and on the Thatcher Roch, just inside that headland. This beautiful bay has,...bustle either of commerce or of pleasure ; and the hutsof ploughmen and fishermen were thinly scattered over what is now the site of crowded marts and... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1858 - 450 sider
...only as a haven where ships sometimes took refuge from the tempests of the Atlantic. Its quiet shores were undisturbed by the bustle either of commerce...and the huts of ploughmen and fishermen were thinly scat* Burnet, i. 788. ; Extracts from the Legge Papers in the Mackintosh Collection. tered over what... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1871 - 568 sider
...only as a haven where ships sometimes took refuge from the tempests of the Atlantic. Its quiet shores were undisturbed by the bustle either of commerce...and fishermen were thinly scattered over what is now 'he site of crowded marts and of luxurious pavilions. The peasantry of the coast of Devonshire remembered... | |
 | John Lothrop Motley - 1871 - 1200 sider
...only as a haven where ships sometimes took refuge from the tempests of the Atlantic. Its quiet shores were undisturbed by the bustle either of commerce or of pleasure, and the huts of plowmen and fishermen were thinly scattered over what is now the site of crowded marts and of luxurious... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1872 - 446 sider
...only as a haven where ships sometimes took refuge from the tempests of the Atlantic. Its quiet shores were undisturbed by the bustle either of commerce...and the huts of ploughmen and fishermen were thinly scat* Burnet, i. 788. ; Extracts from the Legge Papers in the Mackintosh Collection. tered over what... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1877 - 498 sider
...only as a haven where ships sometimes took refuge from the tempests of the Atlantic. Its quiet shores were undisturbed by the bustle either of commerce or of pleasure; and the huts of plowmen and fishermen were thinly scattered over what is now the site of crowded marts and of luxurious... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - 1887 - 408 sider
...on board, he observed, " What a beautiful country ! How much it resembles Porto Ferrajo, in Elba !" This beautiful bay has, moreover, an historical interest, as the scene of the landing of the P. of Orange, Nov. 5, 1688. But on that memorable occasion it presented an aspect very different from... | |
 | John Murray - 1895 - 434 sider
...Napoleon on board, he observed, " What a beautiful country ! How much it resembles PortoFerrajo, in Elba!" This beautiful bay, has, moreover, an historical interest, as the scene of the landing of the P. of Orange, Nov. 5, 1688. Its aspect is changed since then. "Its quiet shores," says Macaulay, "... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1869 - 446 sider
...only as a haven where ships sometimes took refuge from the tempests of the Atlantic. Its quiet shores were undisturbed by the bustle either of commerce...and the huts of ploughmen and fishermen were thinly scat* Bnrnet, i. 788. ; Extracts from the Legge Papers in the Mackintosh Collection. tered over what... | |
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... more than two hundred sail. The tonnage exceeds many times the tonnage of the port of Liverpool under the kings of the House of Stuart. But Torbay, when the Dutch fleet cast anchor there, was known only as a haven where ships sometimes took refuge... 