 ... their existence by here and there a peak entirely bare, or by the breakers which foamed over those that were partially covered, rendered Knockwinnock Bay dreaded by pilots and ship-masters. The crags which rose between the beach and the mainland...  The Antiquary - Pagina 72door Walter Scott - 1816Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1816 - 686 pagina’s
...Knockwinnock bay dreaded by pilots and ship-masters. The crags which arose between the beach and the mainland, to the height of two or three hundred feet, afforded...rapacity of man. Many of these wild tribes, with the instinct which sends them to seek the land before a storm arises, were now winging towards their nests... | |
 | 1816 - 676 pagina’s
...Knockwinnock Bay dreaded by pilots and ship-masters. The crags which rose between the beach and the mainland, to the height of two or three hundred feet, afforded...rapacity of man. Many of these wild tribes, with the instinct which sends them to seek the land before a storm arises, were now winging toward their uests... | |
 | 1816 - 700 pagina’s
...here and there a peak entirely bare, or by the breakers which foamed over those that were partial!" covered, rendered Knockwinnock bay dreaded by pilots...three hundred feet, afforded in their crevices shelter tor unnumbered sea-fowl, in situations seemin"ly secured by their dizzy height from the rapacity of... | |
 | 1816 - 700 pagina’s
...which rose between the beach and the main land, to the height of two or three hundred feet, afforded iu their crevices shelter for unnumbered sea-fowl, in...rapacity of man. Many of these wild tribes, with the instinct *hich sends them to seek the land before a storm arises, were now winging toward their nests... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1821 - 248 pagina’s
...Knockwiimock bay dreaded by pilots and ship-masters. The crags which rose between the beach and the mainland, to the height of two or three hundred feet, afforded in their crevices shelter for unnumbered sea-: fowl, in situations seemingly secured by their dizzy height from the rapacity of man. Many of... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 880 pagina’s
...which rose between the beach and the mainland to the height of two or three hundred feet, afforded m their crevices shelter for unnumbered sea-fowl, in...rapacity of man. Many of these wild tribes, with the instinct which sends them to seek the land before a storm arises, were now winging towards their nests... | |
 | Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1839 - 482 pagina’s
...Knockwinnock bay dreaded by pilots and shipmasters. The crags which rose between the beach and the mainland, to the height of two or three hundred feet, afforded...rapacity of man. Many of these wild tribes, with the instinct which sends them to seek the land before a storm arises, were now winging towards their nests... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1841 - 368 pagina’s
...Knockwinnock bay dreaded by pilots and ship-master?} The crags which rose between the beach and the mainland, to the height of two or three hundred feet, afforded...rapacity of man. Many of these wild tribes, with the instinct which sends them to seek the land before a storm arises, were now winging towards their nests... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1841 - 710 pagina’s
...which rose between the beach and the mainland, to the height of two or three hundred feet, aflonlid in their crevices shelter for unnumbered sea-fowl,...rapacity of man. Many of these wild tribes, with the instinct which sends them to seek the land before a storm arises, were now winging towards their nests... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1843 - 714 pagina’s
...Knockwinnock buy dreaded by pilots and ship-masters. The crags which rose between the beach and the mainland, to the height of two or three hundred feet, afforded in their crevices shelter fur unnumbered sea-fowl, in situations seemingly secured by their dizzy height from the rapacitv of... | |
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