 | Edmund Burke - History - 1853 - 876 pages
...conveyed away in carts," and rushed from house to house " like water pouring down a rapid." A district, a mile and a half in length, and half a mile in width, was swept by the destructive element, which destroyed some fine terraces, some churches, two... | |
 | William Gilpin - Cumberland (England) - 1786 - 342 pages
...Butermer, the bottom of which was adorned by a lake of the fame name. This This lake is fmall ^ about a mile and a half in length, and half a mile in breadth ; of an oblong form ; fweeping, at one end, round a woody promontory. But this fweep is rather forced... | |
 | William Gilpin - 1788 - 334 pages
...Butermer, the bottom of which was adorned by a lake of the fame name. This This lake is fmall ; about a mile and a half in length, and half a mile in breadth ; of an oblong form ; fweeping, at pne end, round a woody promontory. But this fweep is rather forced... | |
 | Sir John Sinclair - Scotland - 1792 - 640 pages
...hiftorian, would have been more like a Chriftian. Not far from this rock is the ifland of Sanda, above a mile and a half in length, and half a mile in breadth, famed as the place of rendezvous for the Danifh fleet, in their excurfions to thefe coafts. Hence it... | |
 | William Gilpin - Cumberland (England) - 1808 - 338 pages
...Butermer, the bottom of which was adorned by a lake of the fame name. 0.4 This This lake is fmall ; about a mile and a half in length, and half a mile in breadth ; of an oblong form; fweeping at one end, round a woody promontory. But this fweep is rather forced... | |
 | John Bigland - Geography - 1812 - 738 pages
...seated on the shore. On the north side is a beautiful grove of stately oaks, elms, and beech, about a mile and a half in length, and half a mile in breadth, intersected with pleasant walks, and constituting the St. James's Park and the Thuilleries of the Hague,... | |
 | John Christian Curwen - Agricultural laborers - 1818 - 468 pages
...distance, standing in the midst of this extensive field of desolation, nearly opposite to Lough Alowin, a mile and a half in length, and half a mile in breadth. Here we entered the grand and awful pass of Barnmoor, a quarter of a mite wide, and three miles long,... | |
 | James Playfair - Scotland - 1819 - 462 pages
...Lord of the Isles, in which Robert Bruce took refuge during his adversity. — Sunda island, above a mile and a half in length, and half a mile in breadth, is noted as the place of rendezvous for the Danish fleet, in their descents on those coasts : hence... | |
 | David Ramsay - World history - 1819 - 328 pages
...leads from the town. On the north side, is a beautiful grove of stately oaks, elms and beech, about a mile and a half in length, and half a mile in breadth, intersected with pleasant walks. In regard to elegance and fashion, the Hague is the London and Paris... | |
 | David Ramsay - World history - 1819 - 342 pages
...leads from the town. On the north side, is a beautiful grove of stately oaks, elms and beech, about a mile and a half in length, and half a mile in breadth, intersected with pleasant walks. In regard to elegance and fashion, the Hague is the London and Paris... | |
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Soon after the explosion commenced a number of meteorites fell to the ground over an area a mile and a half in length and half a mile in breadth. 
