The picture of ScotlandWilliam Tait, 1827 |
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Σελίδα 15
... contains only about a seventh That this resemblance really holds good , is proved by an anec- dote which I have since been told by a Perthshire clergyman . An old purblind Highland woman , visiting the manse one day , was shown into the ...
... contains only about a seventh That this resemblance really holds good , is proved by an anec- dote which I have since been told by a Perthshire clergyman . An old purblind Highland woman , visiting the manse one day , was shown into the ...
Σελίδα 21
... contains 83 parishes . Having introduced the subject with these general ob- servations , I shall proceed to its minuter specialities , surveying the banks of the Tweed in a progress con- trary to the direction of the stream , and ...
... contains 83 parishes . Having introduced the subject with these general ob- servations , I shall proceed to its minuter specialities , surveying the banks of the Tweed in a progress con- trary to the direction of the stream , and ...
Σελίδα 26
... contains fifteen arches , and measures nearly two hundred double paces , or the fifth of a mile , in length . The river is here smooth , broad , and sea - like ; and there can scarcely be a more delight- ful scene than that which it ...
... contains fifteen arches , and measures nearly two hundred double paces , or the fifth of a mile , in length . The river is here smooth , broad , and sea - like ; and there can scarcely be a more delight- ful scene than that which it ...
Σελίδα 41
... containing a pint . The farmer of Choicelee , whose onstead is situated close upon the road from Edinburgh to Dunse , at the place where that from Greenlaw joins it , made also a small fortune by selling his cheese , which was distin ...
... containing a pint . The farmer of Choicelee , whose onstead is situated close upon the road from Edinburgh to Dunse , at the place where that from Greenlaw joins it , made also a small fortune by selling his cheese , which was distin ...
Σελίδα 42
... contains about three thousand inhabi- tants , is not a manufacturing town , though deriving considerable employment in the shape of weaving from Glasgow . It seems to subsist chiefly upon its market , its shops , and its lawyers , who ...
... contains about three thousand inhabi- tants , is not a manufacturing town , though deriving considerable employment in the shape of weaving from Glasgow . It seems to subsist chiefly upon its market , its shops , and its lawyers , who ...
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Abbey ancient appearance Ayrshire bank baronial beautiful Berwick Bothwell bridge building built burgh Burns called Castle celebrated century character church church-yard Clyde cross curious distance district Drumelzier Dumfries Dumfriesshire Dunse Earl Earlstoun edifice Edinburgh eminence erected Ettrick feet formed former formerly fortress Galashiels Galloway Glasgow ground Hawick hills inhabitants James James Blaikie Jedburgh king Kirk Kirkcudbright lady laird Lammermuir Lanark land Liddisdale Loch Lochmaben Lord Maybole Melrose Merse miles mountain Neidpath Castle neighbourhood neighbouring object occasion parish Peebles Peeblesshire person poet possession present remarkable residence river road Roxburghshire royal burgh ruins scene scenery Scot Scotland Scottish seat seems seen Selkirk Selkirkshire side singular situated spot St Mary's Loch stands stone stranger stream street THOMAS THE RHYMER tion tower town tradition trees Tweed vale village whole Wigton wild wood worthy Yarrow
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Σελίδα 122 - When the broken arches are black in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers white ; When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruined central tower ; When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seem framed of ebon and ivory ; When silver edges the imagery, And the scrolls that teach thee to live and die...
Σελίδα 158 - But thou, that didst appear so fair To fond imagination, Dost rival in the light of day Her delicate creation. Meek loveliness is round thee spread — A softness still and holy, The grace of forest charms decayed, And pastoral melancholy.
Σελίδα 157 - O that some Minstrel's harp were near, To utter notes of gladness, And chase this silence from the air, That fills my heart with sadness...
Σελίδα 122 - When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruined central tower; When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seem framed of ebon and ivory ; When silver edges the imagery, And the scrolls that teach thee to live and die ; When distant Tweed is heard to rave, And the owlet to hoot o'er the dead man's grave, Then go— but go alone the while — Then view St. David's ruined pile ; And, home' returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair ! II.
Σελίδα 158 - Fair scenes for childhood's opening bloom, For sportive youth to stray in ; For manhood to enjoy his strength ; And age to wear away in...
Σελίδα viii - I have no dearer aim than to have it in my power, unplagued with the routine of business, for which heaven knows I am unfit enough, to make leisurely pilgrimages through Caledonia ; to sit on the fields of her battles ; to wander on the romantic banks of her rivers ; and to muse by the stately towers or venerable ruins, once the honoured abodes of her heroes.
Σελίδα 121 - IF thou would'st view fair Melrose aright,* Go visit it by the pale moonlight : For the gay beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout, the rums gray.
Σελίδα 159 - The sober hills thus deck their brows To meet the wintry season. I see — but not by sight alone, Loved Yarrow, have I won thee; A ray of Fancy still survives — Her sunshine plays upon thee...
Σελίδα 82 - SWEET TEVIOT ! on thy silver tide The glaring bale-fires blaze no more ; No longer steel-clad warriors ride Along thy wild and willowed shore ; Where'er thou wind'st, by dale or hill, All, all is peaceful, all is still, As if thy waves, since Time was born, Since first they rolled upon the Tweed, Had only heard the shepherd's reed, Nor started at the bugle-horn.
Σελίδα 98 - Lylliard lies under this stane, Little was her stature, but great was her fame ; Upon the English louns she laid mony thumps, And when her legs were cutted off, she fought upon her stumps.