Beyond the Highland Line: Three Journals of Travel in Eighteenth Century Scotland; Burt, Pennant, ThorntonA. J. Youngson Collins, 1974 - 252 Seiten |
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... attend after invitation , if you are in health ; the only means to escape resentment , is to send a letter , in answer , with some reasonable excuse . The company , which is always numerous , meets in the street at the door of the ...
... attend after invitation , if you are in health ; the only means to escape resentment , is to send a letter , in answer , with some reasonable excuse . The company , which is always numerous , meets in the street at the door of the ...
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... attend their flocks . I admire the moderation of their congregations , who attend the preaching of either in- differently as they happen to arrive . As the Scotch are oecono- mists in religion , I would recommend to them the practice of ...
... attend their flocks . I admire the moderation of their congregations , who attend the preaching of either in- differently as they happen to arrive . As the Scotch are oecono- mists in religion , I would recommend to them the practice of ...
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... attended to by the fishers . In a fine day , when the fish appear near the surface , they exhibit an amazing brilliancy of colors ; all the various corusca- tions that dart from the diamond , sapphire , and emerald , enrich their tract ...
... attended to by the fishers . In a fine day , when the fish appear near the surface , they exhibit an amazing brilliancy of colors ; all the various corusca- tions that dart from the diamond , sapphire , and emerald , enrich their tract ...
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appearance birch boat brought busses called Campbeltown castle cattle chief chieftain clan coast common corn danger distance Dr Johnson eight England farms feet Firth of Clyde fish fishery Fort William four Gannet gentleman Glen Grantown ground heath Highland geography Highlands hills horses hundred inhabitants Inveraray Inverness Iona island isle killed kind Kingussie laird lake land Loch Loch Awe Loch Broom Lochaber Lowlands M'Intosh manner miles mountains narrow never night North oatmeal oats obliged occasion Outer Hebrides passed Pennant pines plaid poor pounds pretty quantity rain rents ride river road rocks roebuck salmon scarcely Scotland season seen servants sheep shillings shore shot side Skie snow sometimes soon South stones tacksmen tenants THOMAS PENNANT Thornton thought told town trees trout vast weather whole wind women woods