The picture of ScotlandWilliam Tait, 1827 |
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Σελίδα vii
... possessed , what I do not possess in any extraordinary degree , a taste for the beautiful or grand in nature , and were capable of delineating both with force and distinctness , I know that it is impossible for an y reader to apprehend ...
... possessed , what I do not possess in any extraordinary degree , a taste for the beautiful or grand in nature , and were capable of delineating both with force and distinctness , I know that it is impossible for an y reader to apprehend ...
Σελίδα viii
Robert Chambers. viii PREFACE . copious as my limits would allow , when I possessed in- formation that was at once novel and agreeable . It will be readily conceded , that these objects have not been attained without the employment of ...
Robert Chambers. viii PREFACE . copious as my limits would allow , when I possessed in- formation that was at once novel and agreeable . It will be readily conceded , that these objects have not been attained without the employment of ...
Σελίδα 53
... possession of his person . It was believed by the conspirator Logan that his castle contained a vast quantity of hidden treasure ; and he employed Napier of Merchiston , a man whose compre- hensive genius did not insure him against the ...
... possession of his person . It was believed by the conspirator Logan that his castle contained a vast quantity of hidden treasure ; and he employed Napier of Merchiston , a man whose compre- hensive genius did not insure him against the ...
Σελίδα 71
... possessed as a dwelling - house about a century ago , by a singular per- son of the name of Murray , whose accomplishments ... possession of a musical clock , an electrical machine , and the power of curing inexpli- cable diseases , was ...
... possessed as a dwelling - house about a century ago , by a singular per- son of the name of Murray , whose accomplishments ... possession of a musical clock , an electrical machine , and the power of curing inexpli- cable diseases , was ...
Σελίδα 80
... possession of a descendant , a respectable farmer in Berwickshire it is very massive , four feet eight inches in length , but capable of being contracted , and has a circular plate in the middle , marked with the let- ters B. C. Maggie ...
... possession of a descendant , a respectable farmer in Berwickshire it is very massive , four feet eight inches in length , but capable of being contracted , and has a circular plate in the middle , marked with the let- ters B. C. Maggie ...
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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.