Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands, from 1848 to 1861: To which are Prefixed and Added Extracts from the Same Journal Giving an Account of Earlier Visits to Scotland, and Tours in England and Ireland, and Yachting ExcursionsSmith, Elder, 1868 - 315 páginas |
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Página 61 - O Caledonia ! stern and wild, meet nurse for a poetic child, • land of brown heath and shaggy wood, land of the mountain and the flood, land of my sires!
Página 52 - Outside stood the Marquis of Lorn, just two years old, a dear, white, fat, fair little fellow with reddish hair, but very delicate features, like both his father and mother : he is such a merry, independent little child. He had a black velvet dress and jacket, with a "sporran,
Página 113 - Rear's, who is eighty-six years old — quite erect, and who welcomed us with a great air of dignity. She sat down and spun. I gave her also a warm petticoat. She said, " May the Lord ever attend ye and yours, here and hereafter ; and may the Lord be a guide to ye, and keep ye from all harm.
Página 111 - Every year my heart becomes more fixed in this dear Paradise, and so much more so now, that all has become my dearest Albert's own creation, own work, own building, own laying out, as at Osborne ; and his great taste, and the impress of his dear hand, have been stamped everywhere.
Página 120 - It was on Saturday eve, in the gorgeous bright October, Then when brackens are changed, and heather blooms are faded, And amid russet of heather and fern green trees are bonnie; Alders are green, and oaks ; the rowan scarlet and yellow; One great glory of broad gold pieces appears the aspen, And the jewels of gold that were hung in the hair of the birch-tree, Pendulous, here and there, her coronet, necklace, and earrings, Cover her now, o'er and o'er; she is weary and scatters them from her.
Página 114 - I hoped to see her again, she expressed an expectation that " she should be called any day," and so did Kitty Kear.* We went into three other cottages : to Mrs. Sytnons's (daughter-in-law to the old widow living next door), who had an " unwell boy ; " then across a little burn to another old woman's ; and afterwards peeped into Blair the fiddler's. We drove back, and got out again to visit old Mrs. Grant...
Página ix - Nor does any one wish more ardently than her Majesty, that there should be no abrupt severance of class from class, but rather a gradual blending together of all classes, — caused by a full community of interests, a constant interchange of good offices, and a kindly respect felt and expressed by each class to all its brethren in the great brotherhood that forms a nation.
Página 132 - We were always in the habit] of conversing with the Highlanders — with •whom one comes so much in contact in the Highlands. The Prince highly appreciated the good-breeding, simplicity, and intelligence, which make it so pleasant, and even instructive to talk to them.
Página 148 - Louis read, by the light of the moon, a proclamation for collections of charities which was stuck on it. We walked on along a lane a short way, hearing nothing whatever — not a leaf moving — but the distant barking of a dog ! Suddenly we heard a drum and fifes ! We were greatly alarmed fearing we had been recognized, but Louis and General Grey, who went back, saw nothing whatever.
Página 184 - Dublin, come in for some characteristic rejoicings at Castors, the seat of the Duke of Leinster, ' One of the kindest and best of men. After luncheon we walked out and saw some of the country people dance jigs, which was very amusing. It is quite different from the Scotch reel ; not so animated, and the steps different, but very droll. The people were very poorly dressed in thick coats, and the women in shawls.