The Channel Islands, a guide |
Autres éditions - Tout afficher
Expressions et termes fréquents
Alderney ancient appearance Aubin bailiff beautiful British building called Carteret Castle Cornet cave Channel Islands chapel cliffs climate coast cottage Creux cromlech cultivation distance ditto Duke Elizabeth Castle England English entrance erected excellent feet fern flowers Fort Regent Fossils France French gneiss governor granite ground Guernsey half half-past harbour height Helier Herm hill History of Guernsey Hotel Hougue inhabitants interesting Jersey Jethou jurats land lieutenant-governor Lihou Little Sark London Lord low water ment mile Mont Orgueil Mont Orgueil Castle narrow natives neighbourhood Normandy parish church Peter Port Philip de Carteret picturesque pier plants present quarries quarter reign remains residence road rocks rocky Royal Court Sampson sand Sark seen seigneur Shells shore side species spot stands stone stranger Street Sundays tide tion tower town trees Vazon Bay vessels visitor vraic walls weather Weymouth whole
Fréquemment cités
Page 51 - It is inconceivable that some of the wild-looking forms which stand in grizzly majesty out of the waters, were of their present shape when first produced ; the action of the elements, and the attacking force of the waves have sculptured them, as with nature's own hand, into their fantastic shapes. The summit of the tall cliffs on the eastern side is broken into singular turreted masses, between which intervals are left, so as to give to the rocks the almost exact resemblance to a ruined fortress,...
Page 205 - French, meanwhile, took the boat of the Flemings, and rowed to their ship to receive the promised commodities ; but as soon as they got on board they were seized and bound. The Flemings on land, after having carried the coffin into the chapel, shut the door, and taking out the weapons fell upon the French, who ran down to the beach, calling upon their companions on board the vessel to return to their assistance; but when the boat landed it was filled with Flemings, who, uniting with their countrymen,...
Page 243 - ... looks more like a silver tissue on what they call a pink colour. When we look upon the flower in full sunshine, each leaf appears to be studded with thousands of little diamonds, sparkling and glittering with a most surprising, agreeable lustre; but if we view the same by candle-light, these numerous specks or spangles look more like fine gold-dust.
Page 238 - ... shore beyond the reach of the sea. " Poor persons who possess neither horse nor cart are allowed to cut it during the first eight days of the first spring-tides after Easter, provided they carry it on their backs to the beach.
Page 51 - ... influence of the powerful waves which dash upon them, they are occasionally met with carved into the most singular shapes. At one point of this coast is a black mass of hornblende, fashioned into the rude semblance of a gigantic beast couchant, and guarding the narrow entrance to a cave extending a little way into the cliffs, and nearly filled with water at high tide ; when the waves rise foaming over this mass of rock a most picturesque appearance i
Page 194 - The Isle of Alderney is a very pretty plot, wherein a priest not long since did find a coffin of stone, in which lay the body of a huge giant, whose fore-teeth were as big as a man's fist, as Leland doth report.
Page 50 - ... trees, laden with ivy, contrast their deep shade with the golden gleams of sunlight, which glitter amid a thousand shadows on innumerable ferns, luxuriating on the banks of the brook. The tourist is recommended either to come or return by this route. The finest example of wild scenery is to be found in the vicinity of the bay: the peculiar forms assumed by the rocks and the detached masses in the sea are, in some instances, apparently the result of weathering, and in others of the mechanical...
Page 119 - Sanders's town and country establishments—a man of great experience and superior attainments, who has laboured well in his vocation, and deserves the support, as he has earned the respect, of every one. The Old and New Roads. There are two descriptions of roads, the old and the new; the latter are numerous, wide, and well constructed, intersecting the islands in all directions, and tending to improve both the land and the condition of the people. To Sir George Don, one of the late governors of...
Page 50 - The Bay of Moulin Huet lies at a short distance to the right. F. Dally, Esq., to whose pen we are indebted for some of the sketches in this work, says of this bay and its approaches : — "You pause in admiration of the magnificence and gentler graces of this spot ; then, descending lower, to a still lofty ledge of rock, the azure waters are seen changing into different hues as they approach the shallows and the white sweep of the sands ; the rugged reefs of granite appear around, above, and below...
Page 244 - Indica ; a circumstance which confirms and illustrates the remarks made by Sir Joseph Banks, on the naturalization of Zizania aquatica. Thi.s very tender plant has become thoroughly habituated to the climate, scattering its seeds every year, so as to prove a weed in the gardens which it has occupied. I attempted to introduce it here also, from seeds which...