 | Richard Biddle - 1830 - 172 σελίδες
...she would not thrill with enthusiasm, when " auld lang syne," recalled the recollection of that— " Land of brown heath and shaggy wood, Land of the mountain and the flood ;" or that, she could ever cease to exclaim — " Land of my sires wbat mortal hand, Can e'er untie... | |
 | 1830 - 1006 σελίδες
...female infantile flesh and blood may —might — must — have felt many mysterious emotions from the " Land of brown heath and shaggy wood, Land of the mountain and the flood. " " I have been thinking lately a good deal of Mary Duff. How very odd that I should have been so utterly,... | |
 | 524 σελίδες
...the reigns of Henry V. and VI. of England, and James I. of Scotland, many of them went over to the " Land of brown heath and shaggy wood — Land of the mountain and the flood" — and settled there as mechanics and manufacturers in those towns and villages which had been so... | |
 | William Cox - 1833 - 268 σελίδες
...well as the inspiration of the poet : " O Caledonia ! stern and wild ! Meet nurse for a poetic child ! Land of brown heath and shaggy wood, Land of the mountain...the filial band That knits me to thy rugged strand !" Mankind owes Scott a debt of gratitude which it can never liquidate. The untiring admiration of... | |
 | William Cox - 1833 - 260 σελίδες
...inspiration of the poet : " O Caledonia ! stern and wild ! Meet nurse for a poetic child ! . Land of l>rown heath and shaggy wood, Land of the mountain and the...the filial band That knits me to thy rugged strand !" Mankind owes Scott a debt of gratitude which it can never liquidate. The untiring admiration of... | |
 | 1833 - 642 σελίδες
...appropriate to the day, the immortal Sir Walter Scott's soul-stirring invocation to country, beginning: " Land of brown heath and shaggy wood, Land of the mountain and the flood; Land of my sires,1' &c. &c. The unanimous thanks of the meeting were voted to Lord Kenyon, for the very able manner... | |
 | 1838 - 448 σελίδες
...regret ; nor was Scotland forgotten. " O Caledonia ! stern and wild, Meet nnrse for a poetic child Land of brown heath, and shaggy wood ! Land of the mountain and the flood !" Many an hour we mused by thy Yarrow's stream, and bifeathed thy Ettrick breeze. We held mental communication... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 418 σελίδες
...multiplicity of objects so calculated to invite poetic, romantic, or picturesque description, as the " Land of brown heath and shaggy wood! Land of the mountain and the flood ! and, although these have met with their share of attention, local and general manners have been too... | |
 | 1833 - 448 σελίδες
...furnishes objects more calculated to invite poetic, romantic, or picturesque description, than the " Land of brown heath and shaggy wood, Land of the mountain and the flood !" and although these have met with some share of attention, local and general manners and customs... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1833 - 364 σελίδες
...hard, Young people at his time of life should be able To come off handsomely in that regard. (1) [" Land of brown heath and shaggy wood, ' Land of the mountain and the flood," &c. xx. He was now growing up like a green tree, able For love, war, or ambition, which reward Their... | |
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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... 
