The picture of ScotlandWilliam Tait, 1827 |
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Σελίδα vii
Robert Chambers. PREFACE . vii possible in any way to inspire it with the least general interest . I have avoided , with almost equal solicitude , details of historical facts , in cases where these did not possess the merit of a fame ...
Robert Chambers. PREFACE . vii possible in any way to inspire it with the least general interest . I have avoided , with almost equal solicitude , details of historical facts , in cases where these did not possess the merit of a fame ...
Σελίδα x
... least give the chance of success . It has been his wish from earliest boyhood , in the words of Burns , Some usefu ' plan or book to make , For puir auld Scotland's cherished sake . He has already done more than perhaps his years would ...
... least give the chance of success . It has been his wish from earliest boyhood , in the words of Burns , Some usefu ' plan or book to make , For puir auld Scotland's cherished sake . He has already done more than perhaps his years would ...
Σελίδα 17
... least of the common order , —are the comparatively pure and unmixed descendants of the aboriginal Celts , who , having lived for centuries in a secluded and mountain- ous territory , beyond the reach of both the laws and manners of the ...
... least of the common order , —are the comparatively pure and unmixed descendants of the aboriginal Celts , who , having lived for centuries in a secluded and mountain- ous territory , beyond the reach of both the laws and manners of the ...
Σελίδα 21
... least appears to be the conviction of the natives of Northumberland , Cumberland , and Durham , who have long assumed the appellation of Bastard Scotch . And that the Teviotdale people look upon them as the reverse of aliens , is ...
... least appears to be the conviction of the natives of Northumberland , Cumberland , and Durham , who have long assumed the appellation of Bastard Scotch . And that the Teviotdale people look upon them as the reverse of aliens , is ...
Σελίδα 26
... least equal to their native graces . The art of the toilette has here been carried to a height rare in this quarter of the island , or indeed out of the metropolis , on account , it is said , of the facility with which the belles of the ...
... least equal to their native graces . The art of the toilette has here been carried to a height rare in this quarter of the island , or indeed out of the metropolis , on account , it is said , of the facility with which the belles of the ...
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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.