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" At the base of these gigantic columns, lies a wild waste of natural ruins, of an enormous size, which in the course of successive ages., have been tumbled down from their foundation, by storms, or some more powerful operations of nature. These massive... "
Journal of a Tour in Ireland, A.D. 1806 - Page 216
by Sir Richard Colt Hoare - 1807 - 336 pages
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Wakefield, Edward - Ireland - 1812 - 810 pages
...compact granite, rather than the uniform fine-grained basaltes, which composes the Giant's Causeway. At the base of these gigantic columns lies a wild...have sometimes withstood the shock of their fall, and are often seen lying in groups and clumps of pillars resembling many of the varieties of artificial...
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The History of Ireland, from the Earliest Period to the Present ..., Volume 2

Stephen Barlow - Ireland - 1814 - 552 pages
...from the top vif Fairhead) they are- found to L* often ssimralei into pretty regular jwuts% the.foree. lies a wild waste of natural ruins, of an enormous...tumbled down from their foundation by storms, or some powerful operations of nature. These massive bodies have sometimes withstood the shock of their fall,...
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The History of Ireland, from the Earliest Period to the Present ..., Volume 2

Stephen Barlow - Ireland - 1814 - 556 pages
...Fai'rht-ad, they are found to be often •separated jntg pretty regular joint* by- the force of the fall.'v lies a wild waste of natural ruins, of an enormous...ages, have been tumbled down from their foundation by sturms, or same powerful operations of nature. These missive bodies have sometimes withstood the shock...
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Maritime Geography and Statistics ...

James Hingston Tuckey - Commerce - 1815 - 782 pages
...It presents to view a mass of rude columnar stones many of them exceeding 200 feet 'la length, and at the base of these gigantic columns lies a wild...ruins of an enormous size, which in the course of ages have been tumbled down from their foundations by storms or some more powerful operations of nature....
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The European Magazine, and London Review, Volume 72

1817 - 646 pages
...to resemble black schorle stone, rather than the close fine grain of the Giants Causeway basaltes. At the base of these gigantic columns lies a wild...tumbled down from their foundation by storms, or some powerful and more mighty operations of nature. These massive bodies have sometimes withstood the shock...
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The Hundred Wonders of the World: And of the Three Kingdoms of Nature ...

Sir Richard Phillips - Wonder - 1821 - 788 pages
...its a vast compact inar stones, •rms of which red and fifty feet in length. At the base of trnfsp gigantic columns lies a wild waste of natural ruins...successive ages, have been tumbled down from their foundations by storms, or some more powerful operations of nature. These massive bodies have occasionally...
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The Hundred Wonders of the World: And of the Three Kingdoms of Nature ...

Sir Richard Phillips - Curiosities and wonders - 1821 - 768 pages
...enormous size, which, in the course of successive ages, have been tumbled down from their foundations by storms, or some more powerful operations of nature. These massive bodies have occasionally withstood the shock of their fall, and often lie in groups, and clumps of pillars, resembling...
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The General Gazetteer: Or, Compendious Geographical Dictionary ...

Richard Brookes - Geography - 1827 - 756 pages
...the sea, presenting to view a mass of rude columnar stones, many of them exceding 200 feet in length. At the base of these gigantic columns lies a wild waste of ruins of an enormous size. FAIR ISLE, an island in the Northern ocean, between the Shetland and Orkneys,...
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The avenged bride; a tale of the glens [in verse] with notes, historical and ...

Alexander Markham - 1833 - 288 pages
...successive ages tumbled down from their original foundation, by storms, or some more violent operation of Nature. These massive bodies have sometimes withstood...the shock of their fall, and often lie in groups, or clumps of pillars, resembling many of the varieties of artificial ruins, and forming a very novel...
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A Statistical Account of the British Empire: Exhibiting Its Extent ..., Volume 1

John Ramsay McCulloch - Great Britain - 1837 - 656 pages
...presents a vast mass of rude, coarse, columnary stones, some of them being above 280 feet in length ; and at the base of these gigantic columns lies a wild...ruins, of an enormous size, which, in the course of ages, have been tumbled down from their foundation by storms or some more powerful operations of nature....
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