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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... thought his case very hard , because he had not been in the affair , or the scrape as they call it all over Scotland , being cautious of using the word Rebellion . But this last declaration of his I did not so much depend on . When he ...
... thought his case very hard , because he had not been in the affair , or the scrape as they call it all over Scotland , being cautious of using the word Rebellion . But this last declaration of his I did not so much depend on . When he ...
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... thought it all fit for culture ; but in riding along I observed a good deal of it was bog , and here and there rock even with the surface : however , my road was smooth ; and if I had had company with me , I might have said jestingly ...
... thought it all fit for culture ; but in riding along I observed a good deal of it was bog , and here and there rock even with the surface : however , my road was smooth ; and if I had had company with me , I might have said jestingly ...
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... thought of them , as such , till this very moment . It is likely they cannot catch them for want of proper tackle , but I am sure they cannot be without them for want of leisure . What may seem strange is , that they do not introduce ...
... thought of them , as such , till this very moment . It is likely they cannot catch them for want of proper tackle , but I am sure they cannot be without them for want of leisure . What may seem strange is , that they do not introduce ...
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