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... island a traveller might walk hither and thither for many a long day before he could find out a spot more delicious than Shank- lin , on its south - eastern coast . Looking down upon the calm blue sea from above the ruddy sandstone ...
... island a traveller might walk hither and thither for many a long day before he could find out a spot more delicious than Shank- lin , on its south - eastern coast . Looking down upon the calm blue sea from above the ruddy sandstone ...
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... island ) , al- though it yet was two hours off sunset . There is a good view of the Landslip to be ob- tained from a small summer - house in the grounds of the Chine , a view which shows the brittleness of the stuff of which these sea ...
... island ) , al- though it yet was two hours off sunset . There is a good view of the Landslip to be ob- tained from a small summer - house in the grounds of the Chine , a view which shows the brittleness of the stuff of which these sea ...
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... island . At our feet is the bay , with Sandown and Shanklin lying snugly upon its shores . Brading Down shuts out Spithead and Portsmouth ; but you can see Selsey Bill , and trace the billowy outline of the South Downs . As you draw ...
... island . At our feet is the bay , with Sandown and Shanklin lying snugly upon its shores . Brading Down shuts out Spithead and Portsmouth ; but you can see Selsey Bill , and trace the billowy outline of the South Downs . As you draw ...
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... island obtained an un- enviable notoriety as the haunt of smugglers , whose deeds of daring are still told round the cottage fire ; and many an old man will rouse up , and grow almost young again , as he tells you of the ways and means ...
... island obtained an un- enviable notoriety as the haunt of smugglers , whose deeds of daring are still told round the cottage fire ; and many an old man will rouse up , and grow almost young again , as he tells you of the ways and means ...
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... island , but , in Sir George Carey's time , an attorney coming into the island , was , by his command , with a pound of candles hanging to his breech , lighted with bells about his legs , hunted owte of the island , insomuch , as owre ...
... island , but , in Sir George Carey's time , an attorney coming into the island , was , by his command , with a pound of candles hanging to his breech , lighted with bells about his legs , hunted owte of the island , insomuch , as owre ...
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