A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in the Northern Counties of England and in Scotland, Τόμος 2author, 1838 |
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Σελίδα 449
... the skirmishes of kites and craws . " " - Macdiarmid ; p . 52 : who proceeds to give a very compressed , but interesting , sketch of some of the bearings of these feuds . I was also in the LAND OF BURNS : not 2 G DUMFRIES . 449.
... the skirmishes of kites and craws . " " - Macdiarmid ; p . 52 : who proceeds to give a very compressed , but interesting , sketch of some of the bearings of these feuds . I was also in the LAND OF BURNS : not 2 G DUMFRIES . 449.
Σελίδα 452
Thomas Frognall Dibdin. thoughts , as my eyes were rivetted to this most interesting object , when Mrs. Macdiarmid observed , I " ought to see the monument of him at Ayr , ” — thereby implying something like a negative appro- bation of ...
Thomas Frognall Dibdin. thoughts , as my eyes were rivetted to this most interesting object , when Mrs. Macdiarmid observed , I " ought to see the monument of him at Ayr , ” — thereby implying something like a negative appro- bation of ...
Σελίδα 461
... interesting to follow him ; or rather , curious to gaze upon his dorsal fin , in the character of a coat . Such a remnant we had never before beheld . It had colours of all hues - though the ground of it was evidently black . It should ...
... interesting to follow him ; or rather , curious to gaze upon his dorsal fin , in the character of a coat . Such a remnant we had never before beheld . It had colours of all hues - though the ground of it was evidently black . It should ...
Σελίδα 466
... interesting as instructive . " Even the village itself is beautiful , with its avenue half a mile in length , graced with a peculiar species of trees , and reminding the traveller of the approach to some princely domain . " ... " The ...
... interesting as instructive . " Even the village itself is beautiful , with its avenue half a mile in length , graced with a peculiar species of trees , and reminding the traveller of the approach to some princely domain . " ... " The ...
Σελίδα 467
... interesting * The authority is at once ancient and of the highest respectability : nothing short of that of my very old friend ANDREW WYNTOWN , Prior of St. Serf's Inch , in Lochleven , and Canon Regular of St. Andrew's : whose Cronykil ...
... interesting * The authority is at once ancient and of the highest respectability : nothing short of that of my very old friend ANDREW WYNTOWN , Prior of St. Serf's Inch , in Lochleven , and Canon Regular of St. Andrew's : whose Cronykil ...
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Abbey admiration Alnwick Alnwick Castle ancient Andrew's architecture Bannatyne Bass Rock beautiful Ben Lomond Bothwell Castle called Castle Cathedral century chapel character church Club colour copy curious David Brewster Duke Earl Edinburgh edition engraved entrance erected Eshton executed feet folio gentleman George Wishart Glasgow GLEN CROE gothic gratifying Grey hand heart height Hill hundred James John Stoddart Kinfauns Castle lady lake land late letter Loch Lomond look Lord magnificent Maitland mansion Melrose Abbey miles morning morocco mountain never noble object pencil perhaps Perth picture picturesque portrait possession present printed reader river ruins scarcely scenery Scot Scotch Scotland Scottish seemed seen side Sir John Sir Walter Scott specimens spirit splendid spot steamer stone Street summit taste tion tower town vellum volume walls Warkworth Castle whole
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Σελίδα 622 - I've heard them lilting at our ewe-milking, Lasses a' lilting before dawn of day ; But now they are moaning on ilka green loaning — The Flowers of the Forest are a
Σελίδα 722 - Arithmetick. Being a plain and familiar method, suitable to the meanest capacity, for the full understanding of that incomparable art, as it is now taught by the ablest schoolmasters in city and country.
Σελίδα 622 - At bughts, in the morning, nae blythe lads are scorning, Lasses are lonely and dowie and wae; Nae daffing, nae gabbing, but sighing and sabbing, Ilk ane lifts her leglin and hies her away. In...
Σελίδα 450 - This place is distinguished from afar by a small plantation of firs, the Cyprian grove of the place — a sort of landmark for fugitive lovers.
Σελίδα 1051 - An' thraw a sweeping line ; An' we'll hae a plash amang the lads, For the days o' lang syne. Tho' Cheviot's top be frosty still. He's green below the knee, Sae don your plaid an' tak your gad, An' gang awa' wi
Σελίδα 448 - O Caledonia ! stern and wild, meet nurse for a poetic child, • land of brown heath and shaggy wood, land of the mountain and the flood, land of my sires!
Σελίδα 462 - I shall ever get about again, is only known to Him, the Great Unknown, whose creature I am. Alas, Clarke! I begin to fear the worst. As to my individual self, I am tranquil, and would despise myself if I were not; but Burns's poor widow, and half a dozen of his dear little ones— helpless orphans !—there I am weak as a woman's tear.
Σελίδα 880 - The executioner then kindled the fire, and the powder that was fastened to his body blew up. The captain of the castle, perceiving that he was still alive, drew near, and bid him be of good courage : whereupon...
Σελίδα 1009 - O THE broom , and the bonny bonny broom, And the broom of the Cowdenknows ! And aye sae sweet as the lassie sang, I' the bought, milking the ewes. The hills were high on ilka side, An' the bought i' the lirk o' the hill, And aye, as she sang, her voice it rang Out o'er the head o
Σελίδα 722 - Composed by Edward Cocker, late practitioner in the arts of writing, arithmetick, and engraving. Being that so long since promised to the world. Perused and published by John Hawkins, writing-master near St. George's Church in Southwark, by the author's correct copy, and commended to the world by many eminent mathematicians and writing-masters in and near London.