The Journal of the Manchester Geographical Society, Volum 13

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The Society, 1897

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Side 44 - To men of other minds my fancy flies, Embosom'd in the deep where Holland lies : Methinks her patient sons before me stand, Where the broad ocean leans against the land, And, sedulous to stop the coming tide, Lifts the tall rampire's artificial pride.
Side 44 - Methinks her patient sons before me stand, Where the broad ocean leans against the land, And, sedulous to stop the coming tide, Lift the tall rampire's artificial pride. Onward, methinks, and diligently slow, The firm connected bulwark seems to grow ; Spreads its long arms amidst the watery roar, Scoops out an empire, and usurps the shore.
Side 98 - M'DougalL— The Eventful Voyage of H,M. Discovery Ship Resolute to the Arctic Regions in Search of Sir John Franklin and the Missing Crews of HM Discovery Ships Erebus and Terror, 1852, 1853, 1854.
Side 119 - Historical Atlas of Modern Europe, from the decline of the Roman Empire. Comprising also Maps of parts of Asia and of the New World connected with European history.
Side 44 - While the pent Ocean, rising o'er the pile, Sees an amphibious world beneath him smile; The slow canal, the yellow-blossom'd vale, The willow-tufted bank, the gliding sail, The crowded mart, the cultivated plain, A new creation rescued from his reign.
Side 98 - Yachting in the Arctic Seas; or, Notes of Five Voyages of Sport and Discovery in the Neighbourhood of Spitzbergen and Novaya Zemlya. By JAMES LAMONT, FRGS With numerous full-page Illustrations by Dr. LIVESAY.
Side 100 - It will very readily occur, that this uniformity of barrenness can afford very little amusement to the traveller ; that it is easy to sit at home and conceive rocks, and heath^ and waterfalls ; and that these journeys are useless labours, which neither impregnate the imagination, nor enlarge the understanding.
Side 115 - Reign, and I have to inform you that Her Majesty was pleased to receive the same very graciously. " I have the honour to be, " Your obedient servant, "MW RIDLEY. "Francis Campbell Bayard, Esq., LL.M. "Royal Meteorological Society.
Side 98 - Baffin's Bay and Barrow's Straits, in the Years 1850 and 1851, performed by HM Ships Lady Franklin and Sophia, under the command of Mr. William Penny, in search of the missing Crews of HM Ships Ereb-us and Terror, With Charts and Illustrations.
Side 243 - An Act to exempt from County, Borough, Parochial and other Local Rates, Lands and Buildings occupied by Scientific or Literary Societies.

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