Lanterna Rally

Author: Philo Vectis

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Published: 2017-07-26

Total Pages: 134

ISBN-13: 9780282760106

Excerpt from The Isle of Wight Tourist, and Companion at CowesAN interesting writer, in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, describes the Isle of Wight as the mini ature abstract of all that is grand and lovely in England. It would, probably, be dificult, in a short sentence, to afford a more accurate representa tion of the peculiarities of the Island. It offers, indeed, only an abstract, -a miniature abstract, but it gives a diminished sketch of all that is grand and lovely in England Its capital, boroughs, sea-ports, watering places, and villages its moun tains, vales, plains, slopes, and cliffs; its seas, bays, lakes, rivers, streams and waterfalls; its caverns, chasms, forests, and bournes, are all on a compara tively diminutive scale: but it presents an entire.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.