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Página 35
... shore about two miles from In- verkeithing . Here it was that the Earl of Moray , son - in - law of the Regent , was murdered by the Earl of Huntley . Not far from Donnybristle , and about a mile from the coast , is the Island of Inch ...
... shore about two miles from In- verkeithing . Here it was that the Earl of Moray , son - in - law of the Regent , was murdered by the Earl of Huntley . Not far from Donnybristle , and about a mile from the coast , is the Island of Inch ...
Página 37
... shore of the lake is a spot called Mary's Know , where , it is said , the Queen , with Douglas and a female attendant , landed , on the night of their escape from the castle , May 2 , 1568. Hence she was escorted by Lord Seton and some ...
... shore of the lake is a spot called Mary's Know , where , it is said , the Queen , with Douglas and a female attendant , landed , on the night of their escape from the castle , May 2 , 1568. Hence she was escorted by Lord Seton and some ...
Página 52
... shore , till it is terminated by a hill on the north side , called the " Law , " or " Hill of Dundee , " the summit of which is 525 feet above the level of the Tay . The houses are gene- rally well built , and many of them very lofty ...
... shore , till it is terminated by a hill on the north side , called the " Law , " or " Hill of Dundee , " the summit of which is 525 feet above the level of the Tay . The houses are gene- rally well built , and many of them very lofty ...
Página 58
... shore of Loch Slapin . The best way of going to it , if the weather be favourable , is to hire a boat at Arasaig . The distance is about 25 miles . If , however , the traveller prefer visiting it by land , he must first cross the ferry ...
... shore of Loch Slapin . The best way of going to it , if the weather be favourable , is to hire a boat at Arasaig . The distance is about 25 miles . If , however , the traveller prefer visiting it by land , he must first cross the ferry ...
Página 59
... shore . 8 Loch Slapin Head . 2 Kilmaree . 2 The Spar Cave . 29 The entrance to the cave is by an immense gap or chine in the coast , 30 feet broad , 500 long , and 100 high . This leads to the mouth of the cave , in the form of a Gothic ...
... shore . 8 Loch Slapin Head . 2 Kilmaree . 2 The Spar Cave . 29 The entrance to the cave is by an immense gap or chine in the coast , 30 feet broad , 500 long , and 100 high . This leads to the mouth of the cave , in the form of a Gothic ...
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Abbey Aberdeen Aberdeenshire ancient arches Argyleshire Ayrshire banks beautiful breadth Bridge building built called Canal Castle Cave celebrated century Chapel Church Clyde coast contains crosses distance Duke Dumbartonshire Dumfries Dunkeld Earl east edifice EDINBURGH elegant eminence erected Falkirk feet in height Ferry Fifeshire Firth formerly forms Fort Augustus four miles Glasgow Glen Gothic Greenock Haddington half a mile handsome harbour Highlands Hill inhabitants Inverary Inverness Inverness-shire Inveruglass island James Kirk Kirkcudbright lake Lanark Loch Erne Loch Katrine Loch Lomond lofty Lomond Lord mansion manufacture mile distant miles long modern mountains neat north side parish Perth Perthshire PORT PATRICK principal residence rises river road Robert Bruce rock Roman royal burgh ruins scenery Scotland Scottish seat shore situated South Queensferry south side stands Stirling stone Street summit surrounded three miles tourist tower Town House Tweed vale vicinity village woods
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Página 227 - That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow • warmer among the ruins of lona.
Página 227 - Far from me and from my friends, be 30 such frigid philosophy as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona...
Página 227 - We were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish, if it were possible.
Página 295 - Where, thro' a shapeless breach, his stream resounds; As high in air the bursting torrents flow, As deep recoiling surges foam below, Prone down the rock the whitening sheet descends, And viewless Echo's ear, astonished, rends. Dim-seen, thro' rising mists, and ceaseless show'rs, The hoary cavern, wide-surrounding, low'rs. Still, thro...
Página 295 - AMONG the heathy hills and ragged woods The roaring Fyers pours his mossy floods, Till full he dashes on the rocky mounds, Where, thro' a shapeless breach, his stream resounds. As high in air the bursting torrents flow, As 'deep recoiling surges foam below, Prone down the rock the whitening sheet descends, And viewless Echo's ear astonished rends. Dim-seen, thro...
Página 164 - Oft stay thy steps, oft taste the cordial drop, And rest, oh ! rest, long, long upon the top. There hail the breezes, nor with toilsome haste, Down the rough slope thy...
Página 253 - ... which give them an apparent motion of different degrees of velocity, as the spectator rides along the opposite beach. At other times his road is at the foot of rugged and stupendous cliffs, and trees are growing where no earth is to be seen. Every rock has its echo ; every grove is vocal, by the melodious harmony of birds, or by the sweet airs of women and children gathering filberts in their season.
Página 195 - ... a romance in stone and lime." Immediately below Abbotsford, the Tweed is joined from the north by Gala water, whose youths are celebrated in song, as " the braw lads o' Gala water," and extolled as matchless, even by those of " Ettrick shaws and Yarrow braes," in one of Burns's beautiful lyrics.* * On the banks of the Gala, about a mile above its confluence with the Tweed, lies Galashiels, which a few years ago was a small village, but is now a place of considerable importance, and, considering...
Página 95 - Trelawney, the mansion is said to have as many windows as there are days in the year.
Página 378 - The STRANGER'S GUIDE to the PLAINS of WATERLOO, &c., exhibiting, on a large Scale, the Positions of the Armies on the 15th, 16th, -17th, and 18th of June, 1815. Done up in a portable form, 4s.