Foreshore

Along the foreshore was a series of disconnected posts, every second of which was armed with a Lewis gun. ❋ Unknown (1914)

I've said that the upper part of the dream is vague to me; at the end of the foreshore, that is, where the cottage stands; the church tower I can see plainly enough to the very top. ❋ Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (1903)

Therefore in the most fitting spot -- a true no-man's land, in that the foreshore was the property of the Government, though on the "heuchs" above the butt of the separating march dyke, built with masonry and bound and spiked with iron, testified that the Jews of the hills had no dealings with the Samaritans of the valleys. ❋ Unknown (1887)

National's long-awaited prescription for healing that weeping political sore otherwise known as the foreshore and seabed should be grabbed with both hands by the Maori Party. ❋ [email protected] (2010)

I had to use the actual road as at the moment the foreshore is a complete mess and construction site. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The foreshore is the Queen's, but some sensible arrangement could be made about the driftwood, plastic bottles, condoms and winkles found there. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Park on the foreshore, which is the cornerstone of the project. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Between this country and the foreshore is a relatively large plateau falling toward the coastline. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The new Moira Tourism board wants to employ the 10 staff now employed by Yarrawonga Mulwala Tourism and keep them operating from the present site on the foreshore, which is owned by Yarrawonga Mulwala Tourism. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Illustration: [According to Mr. HEALY'S interpretation of what he called "a kind of foreshore doctrine of legality," the PRIME MINISTER had laid it down that guns are liable to seizure on the shore below high water mark, but that, once they are fairly on dry land, "the proclamation has exhausted itself."] ❋ Various (N/A)

For five long but not unhappy years, seated or journeying side by side, we have striven as Royal Commissioners to find a means whereby our coasts may be protected from "the outrageous flowing surges of the sea" (I quote the jurists of centuries ago), the idle swamps turned to fertility and the barren hills clothed with forest; also, with small success, how "foreshore" may be best defined! ❋ Henry Rider Haggard (1890)

"They accepted there wasn't much damage we could do with a tripod," said Gustave Milne, the archaeologist who leads the Thames Discovery programme that has been surveying the entire prehistoric foreshore, uncovering centuries of ancient wharves, fish traps, jetties and ship timbers. ❋ Unknown (2011)

No boats are passing upstream towards Devonport dockyard and the sheltered water of the Hamoaze, but a lone heron stands on the slaty foreshore. ❋ Unknown (2011)

I drove along the foreshore on my way up the coast. ❋ Sally Houtman (2012)

From the foreshore a heron rises, its harsh croaking call echoing in the quiet of the afternoon. ❋ Christine Smith (2010)

As time and matter came back to them, and Split-up Island dawned upon their eyes like the foreshore of a new world, they settled down to the long easy stroke wherein breath and strength may be recovered. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The curlew hasn't gone far, I catch glimpses of her pacing back and forth just over the crest of the rise, and by the time I'm halfway down the slope to the rocky foreshore she'll be back on her eggs. ❋ Christine Smith (2010)

Are you disappointed that the days of families heading down to [indistinct] on the foreshore and having a glass of wine while [indistinct]. ❋ Unknown (2010)

STEPHEN SMITH: In years past I've watched the Skyworks, either from the safety of a high rise building like this or from the safety of the foreshore. ❋ Unknown (2010)