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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... danger ; for that formerly , in their clan - quarrels , several had been shot from the opposite side of the way ... dangerous to ride , insomuch that horses , which are shod , are often falling ; and when it is dirty , and beginning to ...
... danger ; for that formerly , in their clan - quarrels , several had been shot from the opposite side of the way ... dangerous to ride , insomuch that horses , which are shod , are often falling ; and when it is dirty , and beginning to ...
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... danger , till near the further end , and here he sank . But it luckily happened to be in a part where his long legs went to the bottom , which is generally hard gravel , or rock ; but he was in almost up to the back . By this time my ...
... danger , till near the further end , and here he sank . But it luckily happened to be in a part where his long legs went to the bottom , which is generally hard gravel , or rock ; but he was in almost up to the back . By this time my ...
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... danger , created infinite laughter from those on shore . We thought the over- setting of the boat , at one time , impossible to be avoided , but it was prevented , fortunately , by three of the horses , who had extricated themselves ...
... danger , created infinite laughter from those on shore . We thought the over- setting of the boat , at one time , impossible to be avoided , but it was prevented , fortunately , by three of the horses , who had extricated themselves ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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