Leaves from My Log: A Naval Officers's Recollections of Personal Adventures in Various Parts of the WorldCassell, Petter, and Galpin, 1869 - 316 halaman |
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Halaman 311 - Swift as the swallow sweeps the liquid way The winged pinnace shot along the sea ;— The God arrests Her with a sudden stroke, And roots her down an everlasting rock." The other claimant to this honour is a rock on the opposite side of the island,
Halaman 303 - Oh, never talk again to me Of northern climes and British, ladies ; It has not been your lot to see Like me, the lovely girls of Cadiz." So sang Byron, and, I must confess, with truth. My first visit to Cadiz occurred when I was a midshipman in the Channel squadron, under the late Sir Charles, or, as he was more commonly called,
Halaman 257 - be found elsewhere; but enter the bay of Rio, and take the whole of the noble panorama in at a, glance, and even the experienced traveller is staggered with the stupendous as well as bewitching character of the loveliness that meets his eye. Witchery is a charm that peculiarly belongs to Italy, as all must feel who have
Halaman 159 - and variety of colour and shades, the ceaseless intumescene and swift agitation of the dashing waves below, the solemn and tremendous noise, with the volumes of vapour darting upwards into the air, which the simultaneous report and smoke of a thousand cannon could barely equal, before the mind could fully grasp the real grandeur of this
Halaman 236 - From the fertility of the soil the trees spring up so densely that when young their branches, not having room to expand freely, strive to overtop one another. Among the various plants which spring from the branches, or cling to the stems of the trees, are
Halaman 159 - though feebly as yet, to realise the immensity of this farfamed cataract. You must behold at one view the lofty banks and dense woods which environ this stupendous scene, the irresistible force, the rapidity of motion displayed by the rolling clouds of foam, the uncommon
Halaman 257 - or to those of Naples and Constantinople. Each, certainly, has its particular claims to surpassing beauty, which ought to be kept in view in coming to a decision. Seen from its outside, with its Minarets, and Golden Horn, and Bosphorus, Constantinople is probably the most glorious spot on earth. Ascend its mountains, and overlook the gulfs of Salerno and Gaeta, as well as its own
Halaman 170 - sulphureous smoke of the port-fires. From this basin the cave gradually lessens in height, and becomes ultimately so low as to render it necessary to stoop, and to follow the course of the stream in a SE direction on all-fours.