A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in the Northern Counties of England and in Scotland, Τόμος 2author, 1838 |
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Σελίδα 451
... scarcely begun to collect my * The body of Burns was borne with great pomp and ceremony to the grave ; but the only " tell - tale tablet " of its repository was furnished from the slender means of his widow . Years succeeded without an ...
... scarcely begun to collect my * The body of Burns was borne with great pomp and ceremony to the grave ; but the only " tell - tale tablet " of its repository was furnished from the slender means of his widow . Years succeeded without an ...
Σελίδα 469
... scarcely gazed around , when I saw a gen- tleman busy in the exercise of his pencil , which he seemed to handle à l'artiste . We instinctively approached each other , and saluted ... " Might I be permitted to take a glance at the ...
... scarcely gazed around , when I saw a gen- tleman busy in the exercise of his pencil , which he seemed to handle à l'artiste . We instinctively approached each other , and saluted ... " Might I be permitted to take a glance at the ...
Σελίδα 480
... scarcely be surpassed . On rolling over the South Bridge , you look more than forty feet below , upon a street called the Cowgate , where the stream of a fruitful population may be said to be in full flow . A ravine , or broad ...
... scarcely be surpassed . On rolling over the South Bridge , you look more than forty feet below , upon a street called the Cowgate , where the stream of a fruitful population may be said to be in full flow . A ravine , or broad ...
Σελίδα 482
... scarcely conceive that we are contemplating the same scenery . In the former , we view the pencil of a dwarf ; in the latter , of a giant . Of these four latter views , the first and the last are singularly confirmative of the peculiar ...
... scarcely conceive that we are contemplating the same scenery . In the former , we view the pencil of a dwarf ; in the latter , of a giant . Of these four latter views , the first and the last are singularly confirmative of the peculiar ...
Σελίδα 483
... scarcely more than fifty , had been previously circulated . It is engraved upon steel . And as this is our first note upon the ATHENS OF THE NORTH , there will be no impropriety in aiding the effort of the pencil by that of the sister ...
... scarcely more than fifty , had been previously circulated . It is engraved upon steel . And as this is our first note upon the ATHENS OF THE NORTH , there will be no impropriety in aiding the effort of the pencil by that of the sister ...
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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.