The new Portsmouth, Southsea, Anglesey & Hayling Island guide

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Page 62 - This England never did, (nor never shall,) Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself. Now these her princes are come home again, Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall shock them : Nought shall make us rue, If England to itself do rest but true.
Page 15 - After his travels through all France into Spain, and having passed very many dangers, both by sea and land, he arrived here the 5th day of October, 1623.
Page 61 - It is impossible to convey to your imagination any notion of the magnificence of the spectacle that presented itself to our view in this short sail. No idea of the sublimity of a fleet of floating fortresses can possibly be conveyed to those who have not beheld the unequalled scene. The army of the most powerful monarch of the east, though numerous as the grains of sand on the...
Page 8 - DESCENDING a flight of stone steps, through folding doors, opens, to the astonished and delighted gaze, the interior of this beautiful and magnificent structure, justly pronounced to be one of the finest specimens of gothic architecture in the kingdom ; or even, as some good judges have said, in Europe. It...
Page 76 - Passenger, not exceeding eight, each 0 1 For the Hire of a Wherry, for one Passenger, and not exceeding six...
Page 66 - Sail of the Line, of France and Spain 33, 19 of which were taken or destroyed.
Page 64 - In the keep, which forms the north-west angle of the Castle, traces of the architecture of the Saxon and Norman periods, and even of yet later ages, to the time of Queen Elizabeth, are plainly to be seen.
Page 62 - ... ground. It has been observed that in the months of March and April, the specific gravity of the water in this harbour is so much increased...

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