The name Staffa is a Scandinavian word meaning 'Pillar Island,' and no doubt its wonders have been known from very remote times. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference
"I know not everyone will get it," Staffa told HuffPost. From Wordnik.com. [Homeless Man Drives Across Country Helping Other Homeless] Reference
Staffa, however, can boast of a far more striking feature. From Wordnik.com. [Wonders of Creation] Reference
A short sail now brought the party to the mouth of Staffa. From Wordnik.com. [The Curate and His Daughter, a Cornish Tale] Reference
Cave, in the Isle of Staffa, on the western coast of Scotland. From Wordnik.com. [Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities.] Reference
Another remarkable cave in Staffa is 'Clam-shell Cave,' which is of immense size. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference
The party, delighted with the cheerful aspect of the morning, put to sea for Staffa. From Wordnik.com. [The Curate and His Daughter, a Cornish Tale] Reference
Fingal's Cave on the island of Staffa are visited annually by many thousands of people. From Wordnik.com. [Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania] Reference
This family on the Staffa ferry probably had Brethren roots going back to the 19th century, as did my own. From Wordnik.com. [‘We were strange, we were shunned, but there’s little I would change’] Reference
Staffa, 35, says he became homeless on December 18, 2009, after he was injured on the job at Northwest Airlines. From Wordnik.com. [Homeless Man Drives Across Country Helping Other Homeless] Reference
Although he knows a lot of people will be skeptical of his lifestyle, Staffa says he is proud of the choices he is making. From Wordnik.com. [Homeless Man Drives Across Country Helping Other Homeless] Reference
In the course of conversation, Andre Letourneur one day happened to say that he believed the island of Staffa belonged to the. From Wordnik.com. [The Survivors of the Chancellor] Reference
We saw the island of Staffa, at no very great distance, but could not land upon it, the surge was so high on its rocky coast. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides] Reference
Macquarry is proprietor both of Ulva and some adjacent Islands, among which is Staffa, so lately raised to renown by Mr. Banks. From Wordnik.com. [A Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland] Reference
Since Staffa had a car to sleep in, he gave some socks, a cup of cocoa, and his only sleeping bag to Wilson, who lived on the street. From Wordnik.com. [Homeless Man Drives Across Country Helping Other Homeless] Reference
I have been at Staffa, and to day I have taken up my quarters in the most wretched of all hovels, though it goes by the name of an inn. From Wordnik.com. [The Curate and His Daughter, a Cornish Tale] Reference
He, however, employed the assistants and materials he had collected in a voyage to Iceland in 1772, returning by the Hebrides and Staffa. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
Wilson said that he will continue to keep in touch with Staffa, who made a lasting impression by stopping to hang out with him for the day. From Wordnik.com. [Homeless Man Drives Across Country Helping Other Homeless] Reference
Slowly, Staffa said he crawled out of the hole he was in. From Wordnik.com. [KSAT.com - Local News] Reference
We could see from Ben Nevis to Ayr -- from Edinburgh to Staffa. From Wordnik.com. [Views a-foot] Reference
Staffa, on which we could not land on account of the high surge, and. From Wordnik.com. [The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure] Reference
Islands, among which is Staffa, so lately raised to renown by Mr. Banks. From Wordnik.com. [Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland] Reference
Staffa, one of the Hebrides; but I had never yet seen a basaltic formation. From Wordnik.com. [A Journey to the Interior of the Earth] Reference
Its rent, including that of Staffa, £83 12s. 2-1/2d. set up at £2178 16s. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Johnson, Volume 3 1776-1780] Reference
AODH, last of the Culdees, or primitive clergy of Io'na, an island south of Staffa. From Wordnik.com. [Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook] Reference
The other third of Ulva, with the island of Staffa, belonged to Macquarry of Ormaig. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Johnson, Volume 3 1776-1780] Reference
He was upon a voyage to Staffa, and had sent home some of the stones of which it consists. From Wordnik.com. [A Tour in Ireland 1776-1779] Reference
Such is Fingal's Cave, in the island of Staffa, one of the Hebrides; such are the caves of. From Wordnik.com. [The Secret of the Island] Reference
Staffa and saw Fingal's cave, which, Keats wrote, 'for solemnity and grandeur far surpasses the finest Cathedral.'. From Wordnik.com. [Keats: Poems Published in 1820] Reference
It remained in the Staffa Palace in Perugia three hundred and sixty-eight years, and in 1871 was sold to the Emperor of. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture] Reference
When the Islanders were reproached with their ignorance, or insensibility of the wonders of Staffa, they had not much to reply. From Wordnik.com. [Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland] Reference
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