| 单词 | foreshore |
| 例句 | He was speaking as he jerked himself out on the sandy foreshore. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a narrow foreshore at the foot of the little cliff and this was littered with the rubbish of the colony—sticks, droppings, feathers, a broken egg and a dead nestling or two. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The hot tendrils of magnesium drifted slowly down the dark and the pale foreshore tide started in the glare and slowly faded. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z They came to a gully that split the narrow foreshore like a defense. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z My clearest memory was of the shattered Citadel and the muddy streets and the stinking foreshore of the Pearl River in Hue, up the coast, the terminus of the railway line. Why We Travel 2011-04-01T19:10:47Z Continue around the sands of the foreshore, making for the welcome shade of the trees overhanging the north tip of the island, then explore the ruins of the old farmhouse halfway down the east coast. 10 great walks on Britain's tiny islands 2019-05-11T04:00:00Z MacGregor's account of a rapier and a dagger found on the Bankside foreshore is equally vivid about the machismo of some young male theatregoers, and some thesps too. Shakespeare's Restless World by Neil MacGregor - review 2012-11-23T22:55:02Z Find your own easy route around Hilbre’s foreshore to discover beautifully sculpted cliffs, caves, stacks, wave-cut platforms and small sandy beaches. 10 great walks on Britain's tiny islands 2019-05-11T04:00:00Z "Thousands of years of London's history is still waiting to be discovered there on the Thames foreshore." Searching for history along the Thames 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z More than 1 million people crammed the Sydney Harbor foreshore on a warm summer night to watch Sydney's renowned annual pyrotechnics show, which appeared to live up to its billing as the city's most extravagant. Revelers start ringing in 2014 with fireworks 2013-12-31T13:58:40Z Mudlarks scour the Thames foreshore for old pottery, toys, bones and baubles — anything that conjures past lives. T Magazine: The Wading Game 2011-05-20T18:06:59Z From April to September, access to parts of the foreshore may be limited to protect breeding seabirds, and seals starting to pup here from August shouldn’t be disturbed. 10 great walks on Britain's tiny islands 2019-05-11T04:00:00Z The phenomenon on the strand that is most similar in symbolic scope to Achilles's shield is the temporarily exposed prehistoric lagoon that lies beneath the foreshore. Strands – A Year of Discoveries on the Beach by Jean Sprackland – review 2012-07-27T21:45:12Z Beaches can be divided into zones, such as foreshore and backshore, and beach shapes typically change from season to season. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Shoreline zones can be viewed by looking at the beach profile, which is divided into four primary zones – offshore, nearshore, foreshore, and backshore. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z A Tongan official said the machinery would be used on most of Tonga's development projects, including roads and foreshore construction. China, Tonga hold aid ceremony day before US Pacific meet 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z Those that make it to Dungeness are greeted by a steep stone bank sloping to the foreshore. Migrant crisis: The windswept beaches of opportunity and fear 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z At least six different species' prints were found in the cliffs and the foreshore of Folkestone, Kent, after stormy conditions exposed new fossils. Dinosaur footprints found in Folkestone cliffs and coast 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z “On New Year’s Eve we don’t want any crowds on the foreshore around Sydney whatsoever,” she said. Sydney told to watch its famous New Year's Eve fireworks from home 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z Around 1 million people usually congregate on the harbor foreshore to see the annual fireworks that center on the Sydney Harbor Bridge. Asia Today: No watching NYE fireworks from Sydney harborside 2020-12-27T05:00:00Z According to officials, the Central Coast Council assessed the area as there was damage to the foreshore and car park. Massive waves in Australia draw surfers in Sydney, beachgoers run from 'freak wave' 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z In Industrial-Age London, mudlarking was an unseemly occupation, the province of urchins and rudderless women, who picked the carcass of the Thames foreshore for coal, rope, nails and bones to sell for a few pennies. Letter of Recommendation: Mudlarking 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z “There are so many ghosts locked in the foreshore,” Ms. Maiklem said. Mudlarks Scour the Thames to Uncover 2,000 Years of Secrets 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z From high tide to low, the level of the Thames near London Bridge drops seven feet, revealing a foreshore that yields an unusual bounty: objects from across the centuries, preserved in the mud. Briefly Noted Book Reviews 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z All around her in the dark, other holidaymakers waited anxiously in their bobbing boats, scanning the foreshore. A close call: Stories of survival from Mallacoota 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z With minute attention, Maiklem tracks the river’s tides, descends steps and ladders to the foreshore in all weather, and crouches and crawls over mud and debris in search of fragments of the past. Review | Unearthing London’s history from a muddy riverbank 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z We were the lone people on the misty foreshore for an hour or so, the Thames running alongside us, a thick, gossipy, Eeyore of a friend. Letter of Recommendation: Mudlarking 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z In this case, the author has constructed a history of London from artefacts found on the Thames foreshore. The best books of 2019 – picked by the year’s best writers 2019-12-01T05:00:00Z It encircles the entire island to keep the sheep on the rocky foreshore. Dyke expert needed for seaweed-eating sheep 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z A few kilometres south down at the campground by the foreshore, "alarms went off, embers started to fly into town and spot fires were appearing all over," says Mr Korman. A close call: Stories of survival from Mallacoota 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z The foreshore, the mudlark’s domain, remains “a muddle of refuse and casual losses.” Review | Unearthing London’s history from a muddy riverbank 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z Because a large portion of the Thames is tidal, the foreshore is only accessible twice a day. Letter of Recommendation: Mudlarking 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z Elsewhere, about half of the Scottish coastal foreshore is held as part of the Crown Estate, while Scottish Natural Heritage owns a string of nature reserves across the country, such as Tentsmuir in Fife. The changing face of Scotland's landowners 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z “This is what it looks like now,” says Ratu, waving a hand out towards a devastated foreshore. Reef wipeout: surfers fight China-linked mega resort in Fiji 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z A New South Wales Police spokesman said: "Based on advice from experts, police have scaled back the air and sea search, but sweeps of the coastline and foreshore will continue over the coming days." Search scaled back for missing tourists 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z The fragment of a neolithic skull was mudlarked from the south bank of the river’s foreshore by Martin Bushell last September. Oldest skull mudlarked from Thames belongs to neolithic male 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z Continuing a tradition popularised by the Victorians, "mudlarkers" scour the foreshore of the Thames in search of historical treasures. Treasures hiding in London's mud 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z Scarborough's taxi drivers dreaded his visits, knowing they would be waiting on the foreshore into the early hours of the morning. Ken Dodd and the end of a comedy era 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z Long-ago crashes and wrecks are recalled by rusting aircraft engines and anchors, lined up on the coral foreshore. Lessons from history at a Pacific Ocean outpost 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z A major upset in Saturday’s results was the vanquishing of the Maori Party, a group which grew out of protest action about indigenous rights to New Zealand’s foreshore and seabed. Center-Right Party Hangs On in New Zealand Election 2017-09-23T04:00:00Z She added: “The Thames is such a rich source of history for us and we are constantly learning from the finds that wash up on the foreshore.” Oldest skull mudlarked from Thames belongs to neolithic male 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z "The shoe is preserved amazingly well in the foreshore because the mud is anaerobic, creating an oxygen-free environment which preserves them as if they’d been lost yesterday." Treasures hiding in London's mud 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z Police were called to the area at 10:30 BST after a suspected World War One or World War Two device was found on the foreshore on the River Thames. London Eye evacuated after 'wartime bomb' found in Thames - BBC News 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z Long fascinated by history and collecting, Dave first discovered mudlarking while he was working on Cannon Street and saw people on the foreshore in wellington boots. Hunting for treasure at low tide - BBC News 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z The City of Sydney was prepared for crowds of up to 1.5 million on the foreshore or watching from boats in the harbour, making it one of the largest fireworks displays in the world. Sydney New Year's Eve celebrations honour Bowie, Prince and Wilder 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z Last month, a rare Roman oil lamp found on the river’s foreshore by Alan Suttie, an amateur treasure hunter, also went on display at the Museum of London. Oldest skull mudlarked from Thames belongs to neolithic male 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z Florence found the Freemason male secretary's pin on the foreshore and believes it to be dated to the 1920s. Treasures hiding in London's mud 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z We were there for sea beet leaves, a close relative of garden spinach that grows in low belts along the pebbly foreshore. Sea beet leaves and elderflower: Learning to forage in England 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z In 2004 a Labour government overruled a court which had given the Maori title to the foreshore and seabed. Water, water everywhere 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z Lifeboat volunteer Jonathan Clark said: 'We are experiencing very extreme spring tides and low waters at the moment due to the spring equinox and areas of the foreshore are being exposed. 'Lucky' teens in high tide rescue 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z At low tide, and with a mudlarkers licence, he scoured the Thames foreshore and found three pieces of the original type. Rediscovering a lost typeface 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z This was because of her worries as to whether to purchase a small property, the Old House, with its own warehouse on the foreshore, and to open the only bookshop in Hardborough. The Trials of Penelope Fitzgerald 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z So they buried her deep in the sticky, sopping wet mud of the foreshore - between the high tide and low tide mark - and they put a heavy flat stone over her. How to bury a witch 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z Significant amounts of material remain buried on the coast and continue to erode through coastal processes and re-contaminate the foreshore areas, the report added. MoD 'caused beach radiation' 2013-06-28T11:27:07Z Its design was based on a vessel discovered at North Ferriby on the Humber foreshore. Digging into 2012's archaeology 2012-12-26T01:15:16Z A rewarding half-hour can be spent poking around on the foreshore for old relics – an activity known as mudlarking. 50 free things to do in London: part one – central 2012-07-23T13:36:00Z But the City Environmental Services Department collects around 900 tonnes of garbage from the various beaches and foreshores in the course of a year. The rubbish dump under Sydney Harbour 2012-06-23T23:52:41Z But here, it needed but a stake driven into a foreshore that would hardly have pastured a donkey, and that was enough—so much adversity have they seen.... Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z A mist hangs over the land, which excludes a view of the hills, or, indeed, of anything except the foreshore. March to Magdala 2012-04-19T02:00:32.620Z The houses on one side of the street had their backs to the river, from which they were divided only by a few paces of foul foreshore. The Man in Black 2012-03-30T02:00:14.473Z When he reached the door he did not go in, but, unwilling to face any one, he went on as far as a seat on the foreshore, where he had seen her sit. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z Under the Harbour Bridge, along the foreshores and below the moorings of the boats docked in front of multi-million dollar condos lies rubbish - lots of it. The rubbish dump under Sydney Harbour 2012-06-23T23:52:41Z Here for a score of yards a strip of hard foreshore ran between mud and wall. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z It was all a sandy foreshore, with boats hauled up and nets set out to dry, just as one may see them on this scrap which still remains. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z The foreshore of the uplands may still be traced on a contour map, and is seen to be deeply indented, with bays running in from the fen and capes running out into it. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z For it was clear that something out of the common had happened; besides the group in the road, three or four persons were inspecting the boats drawn up on the foreshore. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z He crossed the harbour by launch and landed on the low marshy foreshore of Walsh Island. Down Under With the Prince 2012-01-29T03:00:07.103Z The coastguard from the look-out was gesticulating frantically, and a group of sailors were seizing in haste upon a boat on the foreshore. The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories 2012-01-10T03:00:17.100Z England always had been, and always would be, mistress of the seas, and master of and over every country with a foreshore on it. From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New 2011-12-13T03:00:26.557Z The foreshore was low and rocky; beyond that was a wilderness of wood and forest as far as the eye could reach, but no signs of smoke, no signs of human life. The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure 2011-12-13T03:00:23.197Z The nearer foreshores, fringed with rush and sedge and dark stretches of tamarisk, were peopled with Storks and Herons, Egrets, Spoonbills, Stilts, Avocets, and other waders. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z The party believes that Maori owned the nation’s foreshore and seabed before British colonization in the 19th century. Key Urges Maori, Asset Sale Opponents, to Back N.Z. Government 2011-11-29T00:54:00Z Leaving the white, sandy foreshore of the bay, we passed by a well made track through the forest in a due northerly direction. The Beautiful White Devil 2011-11-11T03:00:24.760Z The low and sandy foreshore of the Atlantic has no harbours, but after rounding Cape Santa Maria and entering the estuary of the Plate, there are several bays which afford some shelter for shipping. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z Now, a few rotted piles and rows of precise, flat Dutch bricks along the foreshore were all that was left of such memories. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z "Anseres son!"—"geese they are"—was Vasquez's verdict, as he slowly shut up the glass after a long and particular survey of the distant foreshore. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Crossing the heavy-shingled foreshore to the base of the opposite cliffs, there is a gully which appears practicable from below, and leads to the very crest of the cliffs. Climbing in The British Isles, Vol. II Wales and Ireland 2011-09-23T02:00:23.653Z I forgot to say that by the foreshore of this little village is the head depôt 290 of a great rubber house, a building apparently out of all proportion to the size of San Antonio. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z When, however, I looked about me, it was not upon the timber-clad hill, or the long sandy foreshore of the island that my eyes alighted, but on the confined space of a ship's cabin. In Strange Company A Story of Chili and the Southern Seas 2011-08-16T02:00:46.397Z In the far distance a low foreshore with broad palms just distinguishable; and out here, alone on the wide waters, a man in a canoe—fishing. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z By a movement as regular as that of the sea striking the sandy foreshore, the front rank of this army made way for those following behind. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z I went straight across to the ocean beach, and swung along at a good bat over the hard sand of that beautiful curve of foreshore. From Chart House to Bush Hut Being the Record of a Sailor's 7 Years in the Queensland Bush 2011-06-08T02:00:16.290Z By the foreshore were the cabins, of mud and wood, of the negroes. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z Mr. le Strange in 1866 took legal proceedings to maintain his proprietary rights on the foreshore, and obtained a verdict, against which an appeal was entered; but a full bench of judges confirmed the verdict. Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z That distant palm-plumed foreshore is his home, and at the same time his prison. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z The chief acts showing title to foreshore are, taking wreck or royal fish, right of fishing, mining, digging and taking sand, seaweed, &c., embanking and enclosing. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z The bell was still, and two ex-admirals, who were selling fish on the foreshore, borrowed a boat and rowed out to investigate. Sanders of the River 2011-03-12T03:00:26.427Z In the morning, while they prepared the little steam launch for its journey down the rapids, I had time to climb about the smooth granite boulders of the foreshore below the hut. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z Since then he had issued licences to persons to remove mussels from the foreshore, and had leased it to Harding, who had found the defendant carrying mussels away. Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z The beach was white and smooth, though the tide ran high, and the wavelets rippled close to the pale sandstone rocks, which lent a tone of delicacy and purity to the foreshore. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z So that, in order to make the right available, there must be a highway or other public land giving access to the foreshore. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z The shells are frequently bursting ten or twelve at the same moment, making a deafening noise, and plastering the foreshore with bullets. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z Except where the black was the predominant factor the men were impoverished bodies, sallow, meagre, and listless; though there were some brown and brawny ruffians by the foreshore. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z His attention was centred solely upon the foreshore or else seaward; he was totally oblivious of the fact that he was being watched intently by eight pairs of eyes. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z To-day, owing to the building up of the foreshore, and the alluvial deposits washed down by the river Argens, the town is perhaps a mile from the open sea. The Cathedrals of Southern France 2011-02-10T03:00:54.597Z A bleak, rocky foreshore provided at least an ideal breeding-ground for oysters. His Unknown Wife 2011-01-27T03:00:38.763Z A freighter turned turtle off the city's main dock and bullet-strewn buildings on the foreshore are reminders that this was recently a city at war. Basra in southern Iraq has been transformed - thanks to oil 2010-10-11T20:00:00Z Two or three white men stood on the dismantled foreshore, placidly regarding us. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z Despite Australian warnings of "possible dangerous waves, strong ocean currents and foreshore flooding" on the east coast, swimmers and surfers flocked to Sydney's Bondi beach. Japan lifts all tsunami warnings 2010-03-01T02:34:00Z Australian officials warned of "possible dangerous waves, strong ocean currents and foreshore flooding" from Sydney to Brisbane. Pacific nations gear for tsunami 2010-02-27T15:56:00Z Not only were the hillsides clothed with pines and other trees, but, rarest sight of all along that stark coast, strips of white sand bordered the foreshore. His Unknown Wife 2011-01-27T03:00:38.763Z Barbed wire entanglements were cunningly concealed in the shallows of the foreshore. The Irish at the Front In a little while a man left a house, striding down over the debris to the foreshore, and some half-breeds brought him in a canoe to the “Capella.” The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z There is good anchorage outside the Victoria basin under the lee of the breakwater, and since 1904 the foreshore east of the south pier has been reclaimed and additional wharfage provided. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" This is worth saying in consideration of a recent measure of improvement directed against the last bit left of the Chelsea foreshore. London Impressions Etchings and Pictures in Photogravure In any case, they could not have remained there much longer, because the tide was on the flow, and they had yet to discover how swiftly it covered the rock-paved foreshore. His Unknown Wife 2011-01-27T03:00:38.763Z The plan also included the reclamation of the foreshore at the foot of the cliffs, between the castle jetty and the root of the eastern breakwater, by means of a massive sea-wall. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" The foreshore of the village is rugged with boulders richly tinctured with iron oxide, and often having a scoriaceous surface. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z When I was brought in, they were talking over some slight matter concerning a laird who had been complaining that certain ill-set persons were carrying away sea tangle from his foreshore. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway And the village-character is in its vitality on the curving foreshore of this long Reach. London Impressions Etchings and Pictures in Photogravure From evidence of the date, Richard's shipping laws seem to have been but lightly regarded by the lords of the foreshore. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war And, indeed, it was nearer, for barely a quarter of a mile divided it from Neil's foreshore. My Brave and Gallant Gentleman A Romance of British Columbia Pressed by these considerations, Brandeis extended his lines till he had occupied the whole foreshore of Apia bay and the opposite point, Matautu. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) It owns the roads, it owns the foreshores and the territorial seas—nobody owns the air!” New Worlds For Old A Plain Account of Modern Socialism The rain was the greatest piece of luck, though another big slice was an iron gangway to the foreshore about a hundred yards up-stream. The Camera Fiend The lord of the foreshore who connived at their acts was to suffer a dire fate. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war The tide had ebbed and left a stretch of muddy foreshore in front of it, where the rotting poles for hanging the fishing nets out to dry stood gauntly up. Robinetta Thanks to the misconduct of the Mataafas, the most of the foreshore was still in the hands of the Tamaseses; and they were thus able to receive from the Eber both the stores and weapons. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) With its solid stone buildings, its narrow fillet of blue lake, its stone fortifications on the foreshore, and its rambling streets, it reminded me of Southampton town, especially before Southampton's Western Shore was built over. Westward with the Prince of Wales Neither would it have been possible to take a header into the river with the foreshore as described by the same witness. The Camera Fiend Magnificent execution was done upon the extensive sand castles with which the foreshore was covered, and for which indeed it is renowned throughout the island. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 30, 1914 The savage waves were receding, their voices had died to a low murmur, like the voice of a still, summer sea on a low foreshore. The Golden Woman A Story of the Montana Hills For many years she could be seen almost daily on the foreshore with a little group of weather-beaten men around her. Noble Deeds of the World's Heroines Finally, just before the actual landing, the Implacable steamed within 500 yards of the shore, dropped her anchor and smothered the near cliffs and the foreshore with her fire. The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 8) History of the European War from Official Sources She would walk the foreshore alone after dusk, expecting, expecting something, as if she had gone to a rendezvous. The Rainbow He lay where the grass and trees ended, and between him and the shrivelled green current was much sandy foreshore, for summer was at height, and the snows had long finished melting and passing down. Tatterdemalion He went, lightly striding down the sandy path between the reed-beds on the foreshore. The Dop Doctor One day, then, in July, in the cool stillness of the dawn, I was botanizing on the foreshore at Cette. The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles In place of the foreshore with its flat grey stones, his eye travelled down a steep green slope. Merry-Garden and Other Stories He took her by the hand and led her across the foreshore, back to the sandhills. The Rainbow The sun struck viciously down upon the yellow foreshore, its glare reflected by the hard-packed sands as by a sheet of brass; the heat-waves danced and flickered. Where the Strange Trails Go Down Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, Annam, Cochin-China The surface of the water, smooth as oil, dark as the overhanging sky, reflected every one of the myriad lights on the ships resting on its surface, and the houses lining the foreshores. The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon Other muddy logs had come to life on the foreshore and Little's attitude would have been ludicrous but for the terrible risk he ran. Gold Out of Celebes It's the foreshore, and the church and the cottage that I always see clearest. Merry-Garden and Other Stories The main road near here is the foreshore of London. Old Junk The foreshore, cliffs, and mountains of Somaliland were searched with glasses for signs of habitations. The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula But he petitioned Government that Israel should have a concession of that part of the foreshore—being against all smuggling and maybe thinking to have him as a sort of spiritual exciseman. The Dew of Their Youth The long, low foreshore of Seal Bay was dotted with a large number of mud huts, thatched with reeds from adjacent marshes, and a fair sprinkling of frame houses of varying shapes and sizes. The Heart of Unaga He's as old as the church itself, and the foreshore and the cottage—the whole scene, in fact—though I can't say he's half as distinct. Merry-Garden and Other Stories The farther slipway was not precisely no-man's-land, for the foreshore belonged to the Duchy, and the soil immediately above it to Sir George Dinham; but here half a dozen separate interests came into conflict. Shining Ferry Lily was lost, and whose bones still lie bleaching on the rocky foreshore at the foot of the cliffs. A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell Along the foreshore was a series of disconnected posts, every second of which was armed with a Lewis gun. The War Service of the 1/4 Royal Berkshire Regiment (T. F.) There was no doubt that Seal Bay as a trading port owed its existence to two spits of mud and sand on either side of a completely inhospitable foreshore. The Heart of Unaga He was lying stretched, just then, under the cliff by the foreshore, getting rid of the effects of his pipe of tobacco. Merry-Garden and Other Stories Young Brodrick, who was with us, proved himself much all there on the crowded pier and foreshore; very observant; telling me who or what I had not noticed, etc. Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 Together they discovered the muddiest places on the foreshore, and together they borrowed a neighbour's boat and sailed down the river in quest of adventures. Salthaven Why, to find that he has discovered what already belongs to us; for of course the foreshore’s ours, and even if it wasn’t he couldn’t go digging down there for ore.” Sappers and Miners The Flood beneath the Sea Keeko turned away up the rising foreshore in the direction of the long, low building of the fort. The Heart of Unaga "Your first step," I said, "is to see the landlord, who owns the sloping fields and the foreshore." My New Curate But no: the tide rose and still the foreshore remained deserted. The Adventures of Harry Revel Mr. Truefitt, red with wrath, stood his ground and stared ferociously at the shrunken figure of Captain Sellers standing behind the little gate in the fence that gave on to the foreshore. Salthaven They've made out a ship upon the ice," he answered; "a ship high and dry upon a slope of foreshore. The Honour of the Flag Between these points it lay there, a broad, sluggish stretch of water upon which the old fort looked down from the rising foreshore. The Heart of Unaga "You have no power to grant a lease of the foreshore, or even give temporary permission to erect a pier?" My New Curate I pulled myself out upon a weed-covered rock, and along it to a slate-strewn foreshore overhung by a low cliff of shale, grey and glimmering in the darkness. The Adventures of Harry Revel Alongside this garden ran the rear wall of the Custom House, which abutted over the water, also with a ladder reaching down to the foreshore, and not five yards from the Mayor's. The Mayor of Troy Would that placid foreshore blaze out into a roar of artillery, and the worn-out Unser Fritz, like the worn-out Andromeda, stagger and lurch into a watery grave. The Stowaway Girl She led the way to the head of the path which went down to the little camp on the foreshore below. The Heart of Unaga I approached the agent about a foreshore for the pier, for you cannot, in Ireland, take the most preliminary and initial step in anything without going, cap in hand, to the agent. My New Curate The corpse of one dead from yellow-fever displays very similar symptoms; and the muddy foreshore on which they were camped would, doubtless, swarm with the yellow-fever mosquito. On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. At half-past five the tide was at its lowest, and the boat-flotilla, swinging round at a signal, pulled at speed for the patch of muddy foreshore already selected. Deeds that Won the Empire Historic Battle Scenes But his barking still led me on; and presently, as I avoided the undergrowth and creepers to follow the foreshore, sounded back to me across a low spit of rock. Foe-Farrell So they passed up the rugged foreshore to the foot of the path that cut a perilous ascent to the fringe of the primordial forest above. The Heart of Unaga Those of the landing party who were not awaiting burial on the foreshore were meeting death in the deep waters of the swiftly flowing river. The Triumph of John Kars A Story of the Yukon "Well," and with some hesitation he made that confidence which he had repressed on the day when they sat upon the foreshore of the Nile. The Four Feathers The distance between the foreshore at high water and the foot of the rocks was considerable. A Journey to the Centre of the Earth He will send off word to the skipper that all this truck will be ready on the foreshore by five-thirty to-morrow. Foe-Farrell He saw a moving figure by the canoes, beached on the barren foreshore. The Heart of Unaga A hundred dead lay scattered on the foreshore. The Triumph of John Kars A Story of the Yukon For along that bank the dhows were moored and they were numerous; the river traffic, such as there was of it, had its harbour there, and the wide foreshore made a convenient market-place. The Four Feathers And by and by she cries out: "Why, my love, whatever are these dabs o' white stuck up and down the foreshore?" News from the Duchy I walked in just now, that same instinct prompted you to get up and run; to run as you did along the foreshore this afternoon. Foe-Farrell The foreshore of yellow sand, pointed and dotted by lines and falls of black rock, fronts a shallow bay as foul and stony as the coast. To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative A steep rugged split deeply wooded and dropping sharply from the heights above to the great foreshore. The Triumph of John Kars A Story of the Yukon Bjorn then went on land with a few men, and wandered along the coast, and but a narrow strip of land was there between fell and foreshore. Laxdæla Saga Translated from the Icelandic Here on the very edge of the foreshore, blown by some chance wind behind a stone and wonderfully preserved there, Sholto found a child's chain of woodbine entwined with daisies and autumnal pheasant's eye. The Black Douglas But my eye switched from it to a mean little human figure, moving along the foreshore with a gait which, even at a goodish distance, I recognised for Farrell's. Foe-Farrell On the riverside slopes the houses appeared in groups—seemed to stream down the declivities at a run to see her pass, and, checked by the mud of the foreshore, crowded on the banks. The Nigger Of The "Narcissus" A Tale Of The Forecastle The old man tottered along over the rough foreshore which had been cleared of its human debris. The Triumph of John Kars A Story of the Yukon At that time Olaf had to leave home to look after his foreshore drifts. Laxdæla Saga Translated from the Icelandic Beyond that was howling desert, not even picturesquely sandy, but a dried up marsh overblown with dust, like the foreshore of a third-rate port. Letters from Mesopotamia in 1915 and January, 1916, from Robert Palmer, who was killed in the Battle of Um El Hannah, June 21, 1916, aged 27 years When by estimation we were at two miles' distance from the land, the coast seemed to have a foreshore consisting of small hills here and there. The Part Borne by the Dutch in the Discovery of Australia 1606-1765 There was in it a slimy soft heap of something that smelt, as does at dead low water a muddy foreshore. The Nigger Of The "Narcissus" A Tale Of The Forecastle Adjacent were the stores, and the kitchens, all sheltered by projections of the rocky foreshore, so that substantial cover against hostile attack was afforded them. The Triumph of John Kars A Story of the Yukon We stepped from the station door into a thick black "pease puddingy" mud, as though the Thames foreshore had been churned up by traffic. The Luck of Thirteen Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia The white tide of civilisation was beating upon the foreshores of native New Zealand. The Romance of a Pro-Consul Being The Personal Life And Memoirs Of The Right Hon. Sir George Grey, K.C.B. This coast had a foreshore covered with dunes about a mile in width, before you come to the higher part. The Part Borne by the Dutch in the Discovery of Australia 1606-1765 The stem and stern are alike in shape, and the boat is fitted for being beached upon the foreshore. Early Britain Anglo-Saxon Britain Theirs it was to explore and test the great foreshore, and to set up the crude machinery. The Triumph of John Kars A Story of the Yukon I had the pleasure of meeting him on the foreshore that afternoon. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-29 If river there were, doubtless it emptied its waters through the fringe of grey-green weeds, and dispersed over the flat-looking foreshore; but even at two miles' distance it looked to be a dismal, fever-haunted spot. Poison Island The alder, the maple and the wild cherry, all the spring-budding trees and shrubs, were making thicket and foreshore dainty green and full of pleasant smells. Poor Man's Rock It ran down to the foreshore, a broadening scree of rubble, ruined masonry, broken beams of timber—some of them smouldering; and over the top of it shone the blaze of the town. Corporal Sam and Other Stories And he took the gorge from the north, seeking its heart for his camp, on the wide foreshore beyond the dumps of pay dirt which had first yielded him their secret. The Triumph of John Kars A Story of the Yukon He led the way along the slippery foreshore until he found what he sought, a foot-track slanting up the cliff. The Ship of Stars Worse than this, I was bearing straight for the Espriella's dinghy, which lay just above water on the foreshore, with her painter carried out to a tree above the bank. Poison Island And at the foreshore, between fatigues, drills, and spells of duty the fellows used to gather, to enjoy the one luxury of Swakopmund--the surf-bathing. With Botha in the Field But the sergeant kept a tight hold, and steered his friend back every yard of the way along the bullet-swept foreshore. Corporal Sam and Other Stories Then they moved up the rocky foreshore where the inlet had cut its way through the heart of the woods. The Triumph of John Kars A Story of the Yukon Here for a score of yards a strip of hard foreshore ran between mud and wall. Count Hannibal A Romance of the Court of France He hurried on in the direction of Boatbuilder Jago's yard, which stands close above the foreshore, on the eastern side of the little haven. Nicky-Nan, Reservist The Turks held barbed wire protected trenches in force and their snipers covered the foreshore. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, June, 1915 April-September, 1915 It was now ten o'clock, getting towards sailing time, and the way to the foreshore was unlighted and devious. London River Bill deliberately knocked out his pipe on the log, while his eyes were turned along the foreshore in the direction of the Indian workings. The Triumph of John Kars A Story of the Yukon The damage would have been still more serious but for the fortunate circumstance that the fortresses erected on the foreshore last summer by an army of youthful workpeople had been subsequently removed. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, March 7, 1917 Those trolleys," he pointed at the foreshore of the cove: "They started in to haul the 'hands' to their work only two years back. The Man in the Twilight The foreshore and valley also were protected by trenches and wire, rendering the position most formidable. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, June, 1915 April-September, 1915 Yet the sea still moves daily along the old foreshore, and ships still come and go, and do not, like us, run aground on what now is not there. London River The foreshore was honeycombed with shallow pits, shored, and timbered with rough hewn timber. The Triumph of John Kars A Story of the Yukon They are most useful in looking after the foreshore. Vanishing England Then his eyes turned to the valley below, and his gaze settled itself on the great fires burning on the northern foreshore of the Cove. The Man in the Twilight While we were thus occupied the Infantry of Barton's Brigade were marching across the pontoon bridge, turning to their right and filing along the sandy foreshore. London to Ladysmith via Pretoria When I used to stand on London's foreshore, gazing to what was beyond our street lamps, the names on the chart had a meaning for me which is outside the usual methods of human communication. London River Then, far in, beyond the mouth of the canyon, the long low foreshore stood out almost plainly to his searching eyes. The Triumph of John Kars A Story of the Yukon A company a few years ago obtained authority to dredge both from the foreshore and sea-bed. Vanishing England And there, all along the foreshore were dotted timber-built habitations sufficient to shelter hundreds of workers. The Man in the Twilight Back of this line lay some two or three miles of foreshore, covered with palm-trees and glossy tropical vegetation, from which peeped out the roofs and towers of the residence portion of the city. A Woman's Impression of the Philippines But after dark there is not only no River, when you stand where by day is its foreshore; there is no London. London River The foreshore of the river was wide, far wider than could have been believed from the heights above. The Triumph of John Kars A Story of the Yukon It appears that the foreshore is under the control of the Board of Trade, and then a narrow strip of land is ruled over by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests. Vanishing England Now human dwellings dotted the forest foreshore of the cove. The Man in the Twilight On the west lies the swampy foreshore of Panay with a mountain range inland, daring the sunlight with scarpy flanks, on which every ravine and every cleft are sunk in shadows of violet and pink. A Woman's Impression of the Philippines Men hear such sounds in delirium, advancing like tides from horizons beyond the ruled foreshores of space. A Diversity of Creatures The end of this work in the other direction was far down on the foreshore, stopping short of the water's edge by, perhaps, fifty yards. The Triumph of John Kars A Story of the Yukon I am speaking of reasonably fertile land, and hardly need to point out that in offering any such price for mere barren foreshore I invite you to believe me half-witted. The Laird's Luck and Other Fireside Tales In British Columbia and the Yukon the ration was one salmon; up here on the Athabasca one wild goose or three big whitefish; on the Arctic foreshore two fish and three pounds of reindeer meat. The New North From the terrace she went down the flight of steps, built into the width of the sea-wall, whence a tall wrought-iron gate opens direct upon the foreshore. Deadham Hard Riff, the name given to the N. coast-lands of Morocco from Tangiers to Algeria; is a mountainous and woody region, with a rugged foreshore, inhabited by lawless Berbers. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge It was occupied by a mountainous dump of the accumulated "dirt" from the foreshore. The Triumph of John Kars A Story of the Yukon "I speak of your southern province, and indeed of its foreshore, the possession of which I suppose to be claimed by the crown of Portugal." The Laird's Luck and Other Fireside Tales If a white woman were to be shipwrecked and thrown upon an Eskimo foreshore and presenting herself at a Husky employment bureau, many surprises would await her. The New North One of these, by means of a roughly ceiled and flagged passage, gave access to a heavy door in the sea-wall opening directly on to the river foreshore. Deadham Hard In the moonlit garden of the Casino at Monte Carlo Miles Chandon smoked a cigar pensively, leaning against the low wall that overlooks the pigeon-shooters' enclosure, the railway station and the foreshore. True Tilda An hour later they were walking up the foreshore to their camp, and the canoe was hauled up out of the water. The Triumph of John Kars A Story of the Yukon I had the boat's nose afloat as I heard his feet stumbling over the uneven foreshore: but the paddles and even the bottom-boards were lying on the beach behind us. The Laird's Luck and Other Fireside Tales On the Arctic foreshore we have a people different to all other peoples; here is no inherited wealth, no accumulation of property. The New North The cliffs that border the foreshore are strikingly coloured and are veined with alabaster. Somerset They're sure of us , because——' and he gave me many strong reasons connected with leave, finance, the absence of competition, and the ownership of the Bombay foreshore. Letters of Travel (1892-1913) The light of day smiled down on this oasis on a barren foreshore of Bell River and searched it from end to end. The Triumph of John Kars A Story of the Yukon The disaster to the Goeben can be endured, since the Sultan can now declare a foreshore claim, and do a little salvage profiteering; but Palestine is another matter. Mr. Punch's History of the Great War He walked along the foreshore feeling like an instrument that had been tuned. The Lake Cliffs rise from a narrow strip of foreshore here, however, and apparently they had pushed just over the cliff rim— the first hill above the sea. Antwerp to Gallipoli A Year of the War on Many Fronts—and Behind Them Along the foreshore, questing as a wounded beast quests for lair, hurries a loaded steamer never built for speed. Letters of Travel (1892-1913) The Mermaid darted behind a rock, and I advanced gratefully up the foreshore to the fringe of stones. The Brother of Daphne Thanks to the misconduct of the Mataafas, the most of the foreshore was still in the hands of the Tamaseses; and they were thus able to receive from the Eber both the stores and weapons. A Footnote to History Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa The sandy hills behind the infant town are being levelled and the foreshore filled up. Tracks of a Rolling Stone Set me down on any of their quays or foreshores, and I am home again.' The Wind in the Willows Here you have hot tropical sunlight and a foreshore clothed in stately palms running out into a still and steamy sea burnished steel blue. Letters of Travel (1892-1913) Above the dark margin of the earth appeared foreshores and promontor- ies of coppery cloud,bounding a green and pellucid expanse in the western sky. Far from the Madding Crowd Pressed by these considerations, Brandeis extended his lines till he had occupied the whole foreshore of Apia bay and the opposite point, Matautu. A Footnote to History Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa The long waste of foreshore lay moaning under the dawn and the sea; the ocean was a flat dark strip with a white edge. Sons and Lovers Islands which in 1876 were on the east coast no longer exist; they now form part of the foreshore. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 Above the dark margin of the earth appeared foreshores and promontories of coppery cloud, bounding a green and pellucid expanse in the western sky. Far from the Madding Crowd The foreshore is defaced by seven miserable wharves, shaky mangrove-piles, black with age and white with oystershells, driven into the sand and loosely planked over. To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I And the moon shone on the mist that had gathered on the long marsh lands of the foreshore. Esther Waters The foreshore of tidal water below "mean high water" belongs to the Crown, except in those cases where the rights have been waived by special grants. The Sewerage of Sea Coast Towns When the French were at Port Jackson in 1802, the whaleboat was lying beached on the foreshore, and was preserved, says Peron, with a kind of "religious respect." The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders On the 18th July, 1894, he came home from school, had his tea, and about 5:30 p.m. went out with a companion, Campbell Mortimer, to the foreshore near London Bridge. Beneath the Banner The penguins now swarmed along the foreshores, those not settling down in the rookeries wandering about in small crowds, occasionally visiting the Hut and exploring among the rocks or up the slippery glacier. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 The foreshore here is very rocky, so we could not go close alongside but anchored out among the rocks. Travels in West Africa The house was situated right on the rocky foreshore, and was backed by extensive grounds which completely cut it off from the noise of the traffic on the main road. An Adventure with a Genius Meanwhile most of us had gathered on the foreshore watching with anxious eyes for any signs that the ship had seen us, or for any answering signals. South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition The bank and foreshore of the river were convenient for watering; all bottles and skins were filled, and soldiers and animals drank. The River War An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan As he reached the bit of sandy foreshore, he paused for the first time since stopping to survey the car. Black Caesar's Clan : a Florida Mystery Story The sea had fallen below the line of seawrack on the shallow side of the breakwater and already the tide was running out fast along the foreshore. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man All other sea-weed, rights of foreshore, share of whales, etc., are expressly reserved by the proprietor. Second Shetland Truck System Report The girls went further, and stood on the foreshore, listening to the din. The Hand of Ethelberta The 3rd and 4th Egyptians deployed on the right and left of the leading regiment, two companies of the 4th extending down on to the foreshore below the steep river-bank. The River War An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan And she had steered thither, forgetful that there was no dock and no suitable landing place for even so light a boat anywhere along the patch of sandy foreshore. Black Caesar's Clan : a Florida Mystery Story Branksea Island lost its immense foreshores, and became a sombre episode of trees. Howards End Branksea Island lost its immense foreshores, and became a sombre episode of trees.� Howards End The Arno was rising in flood, washing away the traces of the little carts upon the foreshore. A Room with a View He swept the foreshore and horizon with his glass; there was neither boat nor ship—nor anything that moved, except the long swell of the Pacific. Under the Redwoods Only a narrow open space—the foreshore—separated me from the water; beyond which I could see an irregular line of buildings, that no doubt formed the Faubourg St. Germain. The House of the Wolf; a romance He pointed with outstretched arm at the headland overhanging the foreshore, just above the entrance to the cave. The Trees of Pride You must remember," he explained suavely, "that it was built by my grandfather, and that we have had rights over the whole of the foreshore here from time immemorial. The Vanished Messenger The wind was rising, and the line of the foreshore beyond the boat was white with breakers. The Scapegoat; a romance and a parable Go on to the foreshore if it's fighting you want, where the rising tide will wash all traces from the memory of man. The Playboy of the Western World They loom along the foreshores; they gleam across the Straits; They guide the feet of Commerce unto the harbor gates. An Anthology of Australian Verse |
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