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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... mountains . " Many of the natives of Switzerland and of Italy have frankly acknowledged that the scenery of the Highlands of Scotland is superior in beauty to that of the Alps or the Appenines , though the Highland mountains are much ...
... mountains . " Many of the natives of Switzerland and of Italy have frankly acknowledged that the scenery of the Highlands of Scotland is superior in beauty to that of the Alps or the Appenines , though the Highland mountains are much ...
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... Mountains . Name ALTITUDE OF MOUNTAINS IN SCOTLAND Cruachan. Name of Mountains . AILSA CRAIG Alva Hill Annan Hill Argyle Stone Arthur Seat Auchinleck Balagich No. Counties of where Feet situate . Name of Mountains . No. Counties of where ...
... Mountains . Name ALTITUDE OF MOUNTAINS IN SCOTLAND Cruachan. Name of Mountains . AILSA CRAIG Alva Hill Annan Hill Argyle Stone Arthur Seat Auchinleck Balagich No. Counties of where Feet situate . Name of Mountains . No. Counties of where ...
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With a Description of the Principal Steam-boat Tours. of Mountains . Name ALTITUDE OF MOUNTAINS IN SCOTLAND Cruachan Cruachlussa Culter Fell Dalmahoy Hill Dickmount Hill Dirrington Law Dollar Law Dundroich Dunmyatt Dunnieoich Dunnian ...
With a Description of the Principal Steam-boat Tours. of Mountains . Name ALTITUDE OF MOUNTAINS IN SCOTLAND Cruachan Cruachlussa Culter Fell Dalmahoy Hill Dickmount Hill Dirrington Law Dollar Law Dundroich Dunmyatt Dunnieoich Dunnian ...
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... mountain scenery is to be found , much of which is inaccessible to and afford no pasture for sheep . The Grampian mountains extend from sea to sea , with a breadth of from forty to sixty miles , and among them is found the most elevated ...
... mountain scenery is to be found , much of which is inaccessible to and afford no pasture for sheep . The Grampian mountains extend from sea to sea , with a breadth of from forty to sixty miles , and among them is found the most elevated ...
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... mountains ; the capercailzie existed in the fir woods till the year 1745 , and attempts are now making in Perth- shire to introduce it again . All kinds of mocr - game , partridges , and water - fowl are plentiful , and the phea- sant ...
... mountains ; the capercailzie existed in the fir woods till the year 1745 , and attempts are now making in Perth- shire to introduce it again . All kinds of mocr - game , partridges , and water - fowl are plentiful , and the phea- sant ...
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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...
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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.