A yacht voyage round EnglandReligious Tract Society: 56, Paternoster Row; 65, St. Paul's Churchyard; and 164, Piccadilly, 1879 - 334 pages |
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... Prince of Orange in Torbay 94 Butter Row , Dartmouth The Eddystone Lighthouse St. Michael's Mount On board the Wreck Perranzabuloe Church A YACHT VOYAGE ROUND ENGLAND . CHAPTER I. The Start. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . PAGE PAGE In the ...
... Prince of Orange in Torbay 94 Butter Row , Dartmouth The Eddystone Lighthouse St. Michael's Mount On board the Wreck Perranzabuloe Church A YACHT VOYAGE ROUND ENGLAND . CHAPTER I. The Start. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . PAGE PAGE In the ...
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... PRINCE OF ORANGE IN TORBAY , Brixham. ENTRANCE TO KENT'S CAVERN . BUTTER ROW , DARTMOUTH . 92 A Yacht Voyage round England .
... PRINCE OF ORANGE IN TORBAY , Brixham. ENTRANCE TO KENT'S CAVERN . BUTTER ROW , DARTMOUTH . 92 A Yacht Voyage round England .
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William Henry Giles Kingston. LANDING OF THE PRINCE OF ORANGE IN TORBAY , Brixham , on the south side of Torbay . There.
William Henry Giles Kingston. LANDING OF THE PRINCE OF ORANGE IN TORBAY , Brixham , on the south side of Torbay . There.
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... Prince of Orange landed . We looked at the stone on which he placed his foot when he first stepped on shore . It was a glorious day for liberty when his fleet of seventy ships , carrying fourteen thousand men , stood in the bay . The ...
... Prince of Orange landed . We looked at the stone on which he placed his foot when he first stepped on shore . It was a glorious day for liberty when his fleet of seventy ships , carrying fourteen thousand men , stood in the bay . The ...
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... In the meantime , papa having called for a bucket of cold water , dashed it with con- siderable force over Jack's face . How thankful we felt when , LANDING OF THE PRINCE OF ORANGE IN TORBAY , Brixham The South Coast , continued . 107.
... In the meantime , papa having called for a bucket of cold water , dashed it with con- siderable force over Jack's face . How thankful we felt when , LANDING OF THE PRINCE OF ORANGE IN TORBAY , Brixham The South Coast , continued . 107.
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afterwards anchor ancient appeared Barnstaple Bay beach boat breeze Brixham built called captain carried castle caught cavern cliffs close cloth boards coast coxswain crew curious dark deck Dick distance Dolphin entrance Farne Islands fish gale gallant goot Grace Darling harbour hauled head heard height houses inhabitants island Isle Jack Kent's Cavern lamp land Land's End lantern lifeboat light lighthouse Loch lofty looked Lundy Island Menai Straits miles morning Mount Edgecumbe mouth night number of vessels ocean Oliver once passed Perranzabuloe picturesque pier port Portsmouth Prince Prince of Orange pulled reached remain rising river rock round ruins sail sand seen ship shore shouted side sight smugglers soon spot stands steered stone stood summit Swanage tide told Torbay tower town Uncle Uncle Tom village walls wind wreck yachts Yarmouth
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