The Scottish Tourist, and Itinerary; Or, A Guide to the Scenery and Antiquities of Scotland and the Western Islands: With a Description of the Principal Steam-boat ToursStirling and Kenney, 1838 - 455 Seiten |
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... ancient name of the country was Caledonia . The Caledonians were unquestionably of Celtic origin , and the descendants of Gaulic aborigines , who at various . times assumed or appeared under new names ; and it is also traditionally true ...
... ancient name of the country was Caledonia . The Caledonians were unquestionably of Celtic origin , and the descendants of Gaulic aborigines , who at various . times assumed or appeared under new names ; and it is also traditionally true ...
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... ancient Gothic edifice , thoroughly repaired , built in the form of a cross , and re- markable for its square tower , from which a turret as- cends , composed of four arches intersecting each other in the form of an imperial crown , and ...
... ancient Gothic edifice , thoroughly repaired , built in the form of a cross , and re- markable for its square tower , from which a turret as- cends , composed of four arches intersecting each other in the form of an imperial crown , and ...
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... ancient fortifi- cation ; and a lighthouse , with a revolving light , has , in modern times , been erected upon it . In describing a few of the excursions which every stranger visiting Edinburgh ought to make in its neigh- bourhood , so ...
... ancient fortifi- cation ; and a lighthouse , with a revolving light , has , in modern times , been erected upon it . In describing a few of the excursions which every stranger visiting Edinburgh ought to make in its neigh- bourhood , so ...
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... ancient part of the building consists of a square tower four stories high , with bold projecting battlements surrounding the roof . In this tower there is an apartment called Queen Mary's Room , which , it is said , that unfortunate ...
... ancient part of the building consists of a square tower four stories high , with bold projecting battlements surrounding the roof . In this tower there is an apartment called Queen Mary's Room , which , it is said , that unfortunate ...
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... ancient peerage of Borthwick . The license for building this stately castle and fortalice was granted 2d June , 1430. Although not inhabited , it is still very entire , and more likely to stand the ravages of time than many a modern ...
... ancient peerage of Borthwick . The license for building this stately castle and fortalice was granted 2d June , 1430. Although not inhabited , it is still very entire , and more likely to stand the ravages of time than many a modern ...
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Abbey Aberdeen ancient arches Argyll Ballater Banchory bank Bart battle beautiful Berwick breadth bridge Bruce building built burgh of barony Burn called Castle Castletown cave celebrated chapel church Clyde coast Crook of Devon crosses descends distance Duke Dunkeld Earl east Edinburgh elegant eminence English erected Falkirk falls feet high ferry Frith Glasgow glen Greenock ground half a mile height Highland hill House Inverary Inverness island James King lake Lanark land Loch lofty Lord magnificent mansion miles farther mountains neighbourhood North Queensferry Oban opposite parish Perth proceeds Queen residence river road passes rock romantic royal burgh ruins Rumbling Bridge scene scenery Scotland Scots Scottish seat seen shore situate Staffa stands steam-boat Stirling Stirling Castle stone stream Street summit Tarbet three miles tourist tower town Trosachs Tweed valley village westward woods
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Seite 51 - Have, then, thy wish!"— he whistled shrill, And he was answered from the hill ; Wild as the scream of the curlew From crag to crag the signal flew. Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and spears and bended bows ; On right, on left, above, below, Sprung up at once the lurking foe...
Seite 75 - Let fortune's gifts at random flee, They ne'er shall draw a wish frae me, Supremely blest wi' love and thee, In the Birks of Aberfeldy.
Seite 83 - Arcadian plain. Pure stream ! in whose transparent wave My youthful limbs I wont to lave ; No torrents stain thy limpid source ; No rocks impede thy dimpling course, That sweetly warbles o'er its bed, With white round...
Seite 293 - THE BORROWER WILL BE CHARGED AN OVERDUE FEE IF THIS BOOK 18 NOT RETURNED TO THE LIBRARY ON OR BEFORE THE LAST DATE STAMPED BELOW. NON-RECEIPT OF OVERDUE NOTICES DOES NOT EXEMPT THE BORROWER FROM OVERDUE FEES.
Seite 56 - gan peep A narrow inlet, still and deep, Affording scarce such breadth of brim As served the wild duck's brood to swim.
Seite 76 - KIND friends, neighbors hospitable, cordial, even respectful, — an ancient name, a large estate, and a sufficient fortune, a comfortable home, supplied with all the necessaries and many of the luxuries of life, and a troop of servants, black and white, eager to do your bidding ; good health, affectionate children, and, let us humbly add, a good cook, cellar, and library — ought not a person...
Seite 83 - The springing trout in speckled pride, The salmon, monarch of the tide; The ruthless pike, intent on war, The silver eel, and mottled par. Devolving from thy parent lake, A charming maze thy waters make, By bowers of birch and groves of pine, And hedges flower'd with eglantine.
Seite 54 - Turn your astonish'd eyes ; behold yon huge And unhewn sphere of living adamant, Which, poised by magic, rests its central weight On yonder pointed rock ; firm as it seems, Such is its strange and virtuous property, It moves obsequious to the gentlest touch Of him whose breast is pure ; but to a traitor, Tho' even a giant's prowess nerv'd his arm, It stands as fixed as Snowdon.
Seite 56 - No more its arches echo to the noise Of joy and festive mirth. No more the glance Of blazing taper through its windows beams, And quivers on the undulating wave : But naked stand the melancholy walls, Lash'd by the wintry tempests, cold and bleak, That whistle mournful thro' the empty halls, And piece-meal crumble down the tow'rs to dust.
Seite 90 - Of household smoke, your eye excursive roams: Wide-stretching from the Hall, in whose kind haunt The hospitable Genius lingers still, To where the broken landscape, by degrees, Ascending, roughens into rigid hills; O'er which the Cambrian mountains, like far clouds That skirt the blue horizon, dusky rise.