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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... head of one hundred and twenty crowns ( a species of Scots coin in those days ) , I suppose about fivepence or sixpence ; and of his own authority gave orders for taking him alive or dead : that the pursuers , thinking it dangerous to ...
... head of one hundred and twenty crowns ( a species of Scots coin in those days ) , I suppose about fivepence or sixpence ; and of his own authority gave orders for taking him alive or dead : that the pursuers , thinking it dangerous to ...
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... head ; and above them is a little plate and a comb . The prioress occupies only one half of the surface : the other is filled with the form of the virgin Mary , with head crowned and mitred ; the child in her arms ; and , to denote her ...
... head ; and above them is a little plate and a comb . The prioress occupies only one half of the surface : the other is filled with the form of the virgin Mary , with head crowned and mitred ; the child in her arms ; and , to denote her ...
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... head will , while time permits , recollect the use of the most distant members . The proper products of this and all the Hebrides , are men and cattle : the use of the first in an island which the late war felt at last its deficiency ...
... head will , while time permits , recollect the use of the most distant members . The proper products of this and all the Hebrides , are men and cattle : the use of the first in an island which the late war felt at last its deficiency ...
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