 That part of the island we had landed on was a narrow ridge, not above a musket-shot across, bounded on one side by the sea, and on the other by a creek, extending upwards of a mile inland, and nearly communicating with the sea at its head.  Annual Register - Side 209redigeret af - 1818Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - 1859 - 528 sider
...near the ruins of the castle of Araya. Night overtook them while they were in a narrow path, bordered on one side by the sea, and on the other by a range of perpendicular rocks. The tide was rising rapidly, and narrowed the road at every step. They... | |
 | George Sandie - 1864 - 462 sider
...Tayibeh on to the plain of Murkah, usually regarded as the Wilderness of Sin. It is a wide open plain, bounded on one side by the sea, and on the other by a lofty mountain ridge, exhibiting on a large scale the colours of the Desert. The central mountain is... | |
 | 1864 - 668 sider
...or Bay-Encor (the province of the jungles). The modern Cochin-China, or the old Ciampa, is bordered on one side by the sea, and on the other by a high mountain-chain, which, as a spur of the Yunan mountains, runs all along the whole length of its... | |
 | Society of the Holy Childhood - 1868 - 334 sider
...in a little walk. "We follow the windings of the shore for a while, and then come to a great plain, bounded on one side by the sea, and on the other by immense forests. In this country we have always before our eyes either forests or the sea. It is pleasant... | |
 | Frederick Martin - 1869 - 320 sider
...reached a considerable eminence, we saw at our feet to the right a vast pile of buildings, hemmed in on one side by the sea, and on the other by a perpendicular range of white cliffs, glaring in the hot sun rays. " There is the palace of Great Orianda,... | |
 | Francis Robert Goulding - 1869 - 296 sider
...experienced the terrific gale which had deprived them of their boat, was virtually an island, enclosed on one side by the sea, and on the other by a miry marsh overflowed daily by the tide. They were thus as secure as they could expect to be from hostile... | |
 | John Murray (publishers.) - 1869 - 570 sider
...passer-by is closely scrutinised ; a railway bridge crosses the Fleet somewhat nearer the sea. The road is bounded on one side by the sea, and on the other by the Chesil Bank. It may be likened to a string stretched from Portland to the mainland at Abbotsbury,... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - 1869 - 574 sider
...passer-by is closely scrutinised ; a railway bridge crosses the Fleet somewhat nearer the sea. The road is bounded on one side by the sea, and on the other by the Chesil Bank. It may be likened to a string stretched from Portland to the mainland at Abbotsbury,... | |
 | François Lenormant, Elisabeth Chevallier - 1871 - 980 sider
...by Cape Bon to the east, and Cape Zizib (Cape Farina), to the west, there is a peninsula, formerly bounded on one side by the sea, and on the other by the Lake of Tunis, at present by two lakes. An isthmus, about three miles in width, connects it with... | |
 | William Henry L.E. Bulwer (baron Dalling and Bulwer.) - 1870 - 632 sider
...nine lie together to the north of Sligo. It is a tract of country about two miles broad and six long, bounded on one side by the sea, and on the other by bog and high, craggy mountains. It is wholly unimproved ; but almost all the waste ground or bog is... | |
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