coast

• Wilmington lies some twenty miles from the mouth, and fifteen north of New Inlet One great characteristic of this coast is the columns of smoke, which every few miles shoot up from its forests and lowlands. —  Continental Monthly , Vol. 6, No. 1, July, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy.
• All this coast was the scene of the contentions of our early kings; and Coeur de Lion and his father were actors in several of the dramas here performed The great hero, but disobedient son, Richard, after being forced by Henry II. —  Béarn and the Pyrenees A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre
• Every where the coast is adorned with cottages or villas, hill or vale, enriched by the most luxuriant foliage, and crowned in the distance by a chain of lofty downs; while in front the coasts of Gosport and Portsmouth, and that grand naval station for England's best bulwarks, Spithead, present a forest of towering masts and streamers, which adds much to the natural grandeur of the scene. —  The English Spy An Original Work Characteristic, Satirical, And Humorous. Comprising Scenes And Sketches In Every Rank Of Society, Being Portraits Drawn From The Life
• On the coast are the Haida, Tsimshian, Kwakiatl, Nootka, and about the Gulf of Georgia various tribes related to the Salish proper. —  Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"
• The rainfall on the coast is about 35 in. —  Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"

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