 ... the bed of a broad mountain lake, lightly curled into tiny waves by the breath of the morning breeze, each glittering in its course under the influence of the sunbeams.. High hills, rocks, and banks, waving with natural forests of birch and oak, formed...  Rob Roy. By the author of 'Waverley'. - Seite 63von sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1818Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Jonathan Barber - 1836 - 404 Seiten
...waving with natural forests of birch and oak, formed the borders of this enchanting sheet of water; and, as their leaves rustled to the wind and twinkled...ordinary features of nature were raised and exalted. ****** It was under the burning influence of revenge that the wife of MacGregor commanded that the... | |
 | William Graham (teacher of elocution.) - 1837 - 370 Seiten
...waving with natural forests of birch and oak, formed the borders of this enchanting sheet of water ; and, as their leaves rustled to the wind and twinkled...ordinary features of nature were raised and exalted. It was under the burning influence of revenge that the wife of Macgregor commanded that the hostage... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1843 - 710 Seiten
...waving with natural forests of birch and oak, formed the borders of this enchanting sheet of water ; and, as their leaves rustled to the wind and twinkled...nature were raised and exalted. The miserable little bourocks, as the Bailie termed them, of which about a dozen formed the village called the Clachan of... | |
 | Adam and Charles Black (Firm) - 1842 - 598 Seiten
...waving with natural forests of hirch and oak, formed the borders of this enchanting sheet of water ; and, as their leaves rustled to the wind and twinkled...depth of solitude a sort of life and vivacity."— Rob Roy, vol. ii., p. 2(i2, of Cromwell's troops, by Graham of Duchray.* Loch Ard is a small lake,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1843 - 728 Seiten
...waving with natural forests of birch and oak, formed the borders of this enchanting sheet of water ; and, as their leaves rustled to the wind and twinkled...sort of life and vivacity. Man alone seemed to be nlaced in a state of inferiority, in a scene where all the ordinary features of nature were raised... | |
 | 1843 - 826 Seiten
...through the valley, amid scenes of awful wildness and grandeur. Truly it might be said of this valley, " Man alone seemed to be placed in a state of inferiority in a scene where all the ordinary powers of nature were raised and exalted." We passed few places of any note or interest to the traveller,... | |
 | 1843 - 778 Seiten
...valley, amid scenes of awful wildness and granfair. Truly it might be said of this valley, " Man »lone seemed to be placed in a state of inferiority in a scene where all the ordinary powers of nature »ere raised and exalted." We passed few places '! any note or interest to the traveller,... | |
 | Richard Hiley - 1846 - 330 Seiten
...waving with natural forests of birch and oak, formed the borders of this enchanting sheet of water; and as their leaves rustled to the wind, and twinkled...in the sun, gave to the depth of solitude a sort of light and vivacity. Man alone seemed to be placed in a state of inferiority, in a scene where all the... | |
 | David Charles Bell - 1850 - 484 Seiten
...waving with natural forests of birch and oak, formed the borders of this enchanting sheet of water ; and, as their leaves rustled to the wind and twinkled...ordinary features of nature were raised and exalted. It was under the burning influence of revenge that the wife of Macgregor commanded that the hostage,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 780 Seiten
...waving with natural forests of birch and oak, formed the borders of this enchanting sheet of water ; and, as their leaves rustled to the wind and twinkled...placed in a state of inferiority, in a scene where all ibg ordinary features of nature were raised and exalted. It was under the burning influence of revenge... | |
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