Excursions Through the Highlands and Isles of Scotland in 1835 and 1836Simpkin, Marshall, 1837 - 310 páginas |
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... interest , nor wholly destitute of instruction to his readers , more particularly to such as have already preceded , or may here- after follow him , in exploring the same ground . The proper end of writing , it has been ob- served , is ...
... interest , nor wholly destitute of instruction to his readers , more particularly to such as have already preceded , or may here- after follow him , in exploring the same ground . The proper end of writing , it has been ob- served , is ...
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... interest in every country is its scenery ; and in this respect the Highlands may be classed in the foremost rank . In absolute magnitude the mountains are ex- tremely inferior to the Alps ; and are conse- quently destitute of those ...
... interest in every country is its scenery ; and in this respect the Highlands may be classed in the foremost rank . In absolute magnitude the mountains are ex- tremely inferior to the Alps ; and are conse- quently destitute of those ...
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... interest to me , a neat white church sleeping among the quiet woods , with not a house visible for miles around it . One wonders how so deso- late a region as this can possibly supply a congre- gation , but I understand that people ...
... interest to me , a neat white church sleeping among the quiet woods , with not a house visible for miles around it . One wonders how so deso- late a region as this can possibly supply a congre- gation , but I understand that people ...
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... interest above its neighbours . As we neared it in a boat , we began to distinguish the clustered pillars of basalt , small indeed in this quarter , and covered with patellæ , bullæ , & c . , so C 2 RAMBLE IN SCOTLAND . 27 Castle held ...
... interest above its neighbours . As we neared it in a boat , we began to distinguish the clustered pillars of basalt , small indeed in this quarter , and covered with patellæ , bullæ , & c . , so C 2 RAMBLE IN SCOTLAND . 27 Castle held ...
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... interest which attaches to it , is not physical but moral . Its ca- thedral tower , rising over a flat green plain , ab- stracted from its traditionary and historic associ- ations , is a simple unobtrusive ruin ; yet , when first ...
... interest which attaches to it , is not physical but moral . Its ca- thedral tower , rising over a flat green plain , ab- stracted from its traditionary and historic associ- ations , is a simple unobtrusive ruin ; yet , when first ...
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Altnaharra amusing appearance arrived ascend August beautiful Ben Hope Ben Klibreck Ben Nevis boat brae breeze Broadford Captain Castle cave church cliff clouds coast crags curious dark deer delighted distance Dunnet Head Dunstaffnage Castle Edinburgh erected Erribol extremely feet Ferry Fingalians Firth Gaelic gentleman Glasgow glen grey ground Highlands hills Holborn Head Inverness island isles kirk Klibreck knapsack lake land light Loch Loch Awe Loch Etive Loch Katrine Loch Naver look magnificent majestic ment miles minister morning mountains ness never noble o'clock object obliged once Orkney passed peat picturesque poor rain red deer road rock ruin sail scene scenery Scotland seen Sept shore side singular Sligachan soon spot Staffa stag steamer stone strath Street Stromness summit temple thing Thurso tion tomb took torrents vessels walked walls weather western whisky whole wind
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Página 151 - MY HEART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS. MY heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here ; My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer ; Chasing the wild deer, and following the roe, My heart's in the Highlands wherever I go. Farewell to the Highlands, farewell to the North, The birth-place of valour, the country of worth ; Wherever I wander, wherever I rove, The hills of the Highlands for ever I love.
Página 139 - No sculptured marble here, nor pompous lay, ' No storied urn nor animated bust ;' This simple stone directs pale Scotia's way To pour her sorrows o'er her poet's dust.
Página 237 - MY JO. JOHN Anderson my jo, John, When we were first acquent ; Your locks were like the raven, Your bonnie brow was brent ; But now your brow is beld, John Your locks are like the snaw ; But blessings on your frosty pow, John Anderson my jo. John Anderson my jo, John, We clamb the hill thegither ; And mony a canty day, John, We've had wi...
Página 137 - He is not afraid !" Knox promptly replied, " Why should the pleasing face of a gentlewoman affright me ? I have looked in the faces of many angry men, and yet have not been affrighted above measure.
Página 135 - Ferguson, whose irregularities sometimes led him into unpleasant rencontres with these military conservators of public order, and who mentions them so often that he may be termed their poet...
Página 149 - The marches o' their ain estate. The Arno and the Tiber lang Hae run fell clear in Roman sang ; But, save the reverence of schools ! They're baith but lifeless dowie pools. Dought they compare wi' bonny Tweed, As clear as ony lammer-bead ? Or, are their shores mair sweet and gay Than Fortha's haughs, or banks o...
Página 132 - Tam had got planted unco right; Fast by an ingle, bleezing finely, Wi' reaming swats, that drank divinely; And at his elbow, Souter Johnny, His ancient, trusty, drouthy crony; Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither; They had been fou for weeks thegither. The night drave on wi...
Página xxi - O Nature ! a' thy shows an' forms To feeling, pensive hearts hae charms ! Whether the summer kindly warms, Wi' life an' light, Or winter howls, in gusty storms, The lang, dark night ! The muse, nae poet ever fand her, Till by himsel' he learn'd to wander, Adown some trotting burn's meander, An' no think lang ; O sweet to stray an...
Página 217 - As for some dear familiar strain Untired we ask, and ask again, Ever, in its melodious store, Finding a spell unheard before...
Página 24 - ... the Orkneys. The greatest curiosities in this island are horns of the elk and bison of prodigious size, said to have been found in the soil. The pith of one of the latter, though much shrivelled, is twelve inches in circumference at the root. Tradition says, that the island was once a deer forest ; and that some of Fingal's huntings took place here. The inhabitants point out Sha-nan-ban Fioun, " the hill of the Fingalian fair ladies.