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Página 186
... Causeway . The dog who has been unfortunate enough to earn a bad name , is , as the old proverb tells us , as good as gone ; and places , too , sometimes suffer from an ill repute they do not deserve . But , as times go , travelling is ...
... Causeway . The dog who has been unfortunate enough to earn a bad name , is , as the old proverb tells us , as good as gone ; and places , too , sometimes suffer from an ill repute they do not deserve . But , as times go , travelling is ...
Página 187
... Causeway is not per- haps so perfect and compact as Fingal's Cave ; but it is larger , and its surroundings are finer . Could you , by any secret understanding with the winds , arrange so as to see the Antrim coast in both calm and ...
... Causeway is not per- haps so perfect and compact as Fingal's Cave ; but it is larger , and its surroundings are finer . Could you , by any secret understanding with the winds , arrange so as to see the Antrim coast in both calm and ...
Página 188
... Causeway scenery can be commanded , could only be achieved by the hale and hearty ; indeed , it could only be done at all by leaning down , as it were upon the gale , until your body represented the steep roof of a house , and you could ...
... Causeway scenery can be commanded , could only be achieved by the hale and hearty ; indeed , it could only be done at all by leaning down , as it were upon the gale , until your body represented the steep roof of a house , and you could ...
Página 189
... Causeway from one country to the other . If you doubt the story , how happens it that Staffa possesses the other end of it ? As legends go , this is not unreasonable ; and , in truth , the Causeway is a great mystery . No doubt most ...
... Causeway from one country to the other . If you doubt the story , how happens it that Staffa possesses the other end of it ? As legends go , this is not unreasonable ; and , in truth , the Causeway is a great mystery . No doubt most ...
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... Causeway is an enormous mass of columns , about forty thousand in number , and each as perfect as if formed and fitted by a skilled workman . Not the least singular feature is that each pillar is composed of joints . There is one pillar ...
... Causeway is an enormous mass of columns , about forty thousand in number , and each as perfect as if formed and fitted by a skilled workman . Not the least singular feature is that each pillar is composed of joints . There is one pillar ...
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