| Sir Robert Sibbald - 1803 - 510 pages
...Sea Mous. Scolopendra marina nostras. SECT. " But what our eyes have secrie, and hands have touched, we shall declare. There is a small island in Lancashire...found the broken pieces of old and bruised ships, tome whereof have been cast thither by shipwracke, and also the trunks and bodies with the branches... | |
| William Bingley - 1803 - 606 pages
...own words, which have been often quoted : — " What our eyes have seen, and our hands have touched, we shall declare. There is a small island in Lancashire, called the Pile of Foulders, ' wherein are found broken pieces of old and bruised ships, some whereof have been cast thither by ship-wrecks ; also the... | |
| Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 824 pages
...our eyes have feene, and hands have touched, we (ball declare. There is a (mall ifbnd in l.ancaihire, called the pile of Foulders, wherein are found the broken pieces of old and bruifed fhips, fome whereof have been call thither by fliipwracke, ar.d alfo the trunks and bodies... | |
| 1820 - 188 pages
...in Lancashire, (on the western coast of England,) called " The Pile of Flanders," wherein are found broken pieces of old and bruised ships, some whereof...also the trunks and bodies, with the branches of old rotten, trees, cast up there likewise ; whereon is found, a certain froth, that in time breedeth into... | |
| 1823 - 400 pages
...own words, which have been often quoted : — ' What our eyes have seen, and our hands have touched, we shall declare. There is a small island in Lancashire, called the Pile of Foulders, wherein are found broken pieces of old and bruised ships, some whereof have been cast thither by shipwrecks; also the... | |
| 1823 - 878 pages
...which may тегу well accord with troth. " But what our eyes have scene, and bands have touched, we shall declare. There is a small island in Lancashire, called the Pile of Foolders, wherein are found the broken pieces of old and bruised »hips, some whereof have been cast... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 342 pages
...knowing where the place was. " 'There is a small island, wherein are found the broken pieces of old bruised ships, some whereof have been cast thither by shipwreck, and also the trunks and branches of rotten trees, whereon is found a certain spume or froth, that in time breedeth into certain... | |
| William Bingley - 1829 - 350 pages
...his own words, which have been often quoted:—" What our eyes have seen, and our hands have touched, we shall declare. There is a small island in Lancashire, called the Pile of Foulders, wherein are found broken pieces of old and bruised ships, some whereof have been cast thither by shipwrecks ; also the... | |
| James Rennie - 1833 - 422 pages
...may be both amused and surprised. " What our eyes have seen," says Gerard, " and hands have touched, we shall declare. There is a small island in Lancashire, called the Pile of Foulders, wherein are found broken pieces of old and bruised ships, some whereof have been cast thither by shipwreck, and also... | |
| George Montagu - 1831 - 670 pages
...from old Gerald, the herbalist. " What our eyes have seen," says he, " and our hands have touched, we shall declare. There is a small island, in Lancashire, called the Pile of Soulders, wherein are found broken pieces of old and bruised ships, some whereof have been cast thither... | |
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