The picture of ScotlandWilliam Tait, 1827 |
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Σελίδα vi
... former have received attentions at the hands of men a hundred ages ago , have been looked upon with veneration by millions of human beings , and yet remain monuments of their early power and inge- nuity . A house may thus be more than a ...
... former have received attentions at the hands of men a hundred ages ago , have been looked upon with veneration by millions of human beings , and yet remain monuments of their early power and inge- nuity . A house may thus be more than a ...
Σελίδα vii
... former times . In all that re- lates to the selection of materials , it has been my prime and governing object to be original ; to say as little as possible where I could say nothing new , and to be as morous . viii PREFACE . copious as ...
... former times . In all that re- lates to the selection of materials , it has been my prime and governing object to be original ; to say as little as possible where I could say nothing new , and to be as morous . viii PREFACE . copious as ...
Σελίδα viii
... former topo- graphical publications and manuscripts , I began , in the early part of summer , to make a round of deliberate pedestrian tours through the country . Instead of the pilgrim's scallop in my hat , I took for motto the glow ...
... former topo- graphical publications and manuscripts , I began , in the early part of summer , to make a round of deliberate pedestrian tours through the country . Instead of the pilgrim's scallop in my hat , I took for motto the glow ...
Σελίδα 16
... former is composed of British , Anglo - Saxon , Nor- man , Danish , and Celtic ; and their language , like their manners , is nearly allied to that of their cousins of PRELIMINARY OUTLINE . 17 South Britain . The Highlanders ,
... former is composed of British , Anglo - Saxon , Nor- man , Danish , and Celtic ; and their language , like their manners , is nearly allied to that of their cousins of PRELIMINARY OUTLINE . 17 South Britain . The Highlanders ,
Σελίδα 17
... former amounting to about two mil- lions , the latter only to two hundred thousand . Of Scotland , physical and moral , such is the meagre preliminary outline which the following pages are in- tended fully to develope and illustrate ...
... former amounting to about two mil- lions , the latter only to two hundred thousand . Of Scotland , physical and moral , such is the meagre preliminary outline which the following pages are in- tended fully to develope and illustrate ...
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Abbey ancient appearance Ayrshire bank beautiful Berwick bridge built burgh Burns called Castle celebrated century character church church-yard Clyde cross curious district Drumelzier Dumfries Dumfriesshire Dunse Earl Earlstoun edifice Edinburgh eminence erected Ettrick formed former formerly fortress Galashiels Galloway Glasgow ground haugh Hawick Hermitage Hermitage Castle hills inhabitants James James Blaikie Jedburgh king Kirkcudbright lady laird Lammermuir land Langholm Lauderdale Liddisdale Loch Lochmaben Lord Melrose MELROSE ABBEY Merse miles mountain Neidpath Castle neighbourhood neighbouring object occasion once parish Peebles Peeblesshire Polwarth possesses present remarkable residence Rhymer river road Roxburghshire royal burgh ruins scene scenery Scot Scotland Scottish seat seems seen Selkirk Selkirkshire side singular situated Solway spot St Mary's Loch stone stream street THOMAS THE RHYMER tion tower town Town-heid tradition trees Tweed vale village whole wild wood worthy Yarrow
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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 - 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 121 - If thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moonlight ; For the gay beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout, the ruins gray. 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...
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 120 - Greece, but living Greece no more ! So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start, for soul is wanting there. Hers is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite with parting breath ; But beauty with that fearful bloom, That hue which haunts it to the tomb ; Expression's last receding ray, A gilded halo hovering round decay, The farewell beam of Feeling past away!
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 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 122 - The moon on the east oriel shone, Through slender shafts of shapely stone, By foliaged tracery combined ; Thou would'st have thought some fairy's hand ' Twixt poplars straight the ozier wand, In many a freakish knot, had twined ; Then framed a spell, when the work was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone.
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.