Narrative of a Voyage to New South Wales, and Van Dieman's Land: In the Ship Skelton, During the Year 1820; with Observations on the State of These Colonies, and a Variety of Information, Calculated to be Useful to Emigrants ... |
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Page 46 - The children born in those colonies, and now grown up, speak a better language, purer, more harmonious, than is generally the case in most parts of England. The amalgamation of such various dialects assembled together, seems to improve the mode of articulating the words. The
Page 143 - like the poetry of Tasso and Ariosto, that of the Gentle Shepherd is engraven on the memory of its native country. Its verses have
Page 119 - only beautiful, but also admirably adapted for all the purposes of trade, being situated on the banks of a river navigable for ships of large burthen, and but a short way removed from the sea in Bass's Straits; and has the advantage of a plentiful supply of fresh water from springs in its immediate neighbourhood. The Governor, having spent three days in admiring the
Page 46 - more harmonious, than is generally the case in most parts of England. The amalgamation of such various dialects assembled together, seems to improve the mode of articulating the words.
Page 143 - into proverbs, and it continues to be the delight and solace of the peasantry whom it describes.
Page 141 - adapted to the improved methods and information of the present time, by ELIAS JOHNSTON, Teacher of Mathematics, Edinburgh. One large
Page 142 - INTRODUCTION to ALGEBRA ; in which the Fundamental Rules are clearly demonstrated, and the whole rendered easy and familiar to
Page 117 - Lieutenant Governor Sorell, under whose administration, during the short period of little more than four years, all the principal public buildings, and the greater part of the private ones, have been erected; and the various other improvements have flowed from the same source. Beholding these rapid, extensive, and ornamental improvements of Hobart Town, the Governor cannot sufficiently express his admiration of the superior talents
Page 118 - Dalrymple, and within a few miles of Bass's Straits. His Excellency felt agreeably surprised at beholding the very considerable progress lately made in the erection of the more immediately requisite public buildings at this new station, much of which progress may be attributed to the personal
Page 116 - in Sullivan's Cove, for .the convenience of ships or vessels trading thither, in the loading and unloading of their cargoes; which work, combined with the natural facilities of the place, will render Sullivan's Cove one of the best and safest anchorages in the world.