Sketches of the Coasts and Islands of Scotland, and of the Isle of Man, Volumen1 |
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Página 285 - For oft, when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude; And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils.
Página 271 - ... would sicken or kill every species of fish on the coast, or drive them into the ocean far beyond the reach of the fishermen; blast the corn and grass on their farms; introduce diseases of various kinds; and smite with barrenness their sheep, horses and cattle, and even their own families.
Página 37 - Where, as to shame the temples deck'd By skill of earthly architect, Nature herself, it seem'd, would raise A Minster to her Maker's praise ! Not for a meaner use ascend Her columns, or her arches bend ; Nor of a theme less solemn tells That mighty surge that ebbs and swells, And still, between each awful pause, From the high vault an answer draws, In varied tone prolong'd and high, That mocks the organ's melody.
Página 130 - Placed far amid the melancholy main, (Whether it be lone fancy him beguiles ; Or that aerial beings sometimes deign To stand embodied, to our senses plain) Sees on the naked hill, or valley low, The whilst in ocean Phoebus dips his wain, A vast assembly moving to and fro: Then all at once in air dissolves the wondrous show.
Página 2 - In 1783 — A stranger might have been accommodated, not only comfortably, but most elegantly, at many public hotels ; and the person who, in 1763, was obliged to put up with accommodation little better than that of a waggoner or carrier, may now be lodged like a prince, and command every luxury of life.
Página 191 - For avoiding all inconvenients, we judge it best that neither singing nor reading be at the burial ; for albeit things sung and read may admonish some of the living to prepare themselves for death, yet shall some superstitious and ignorant persons ever think that the singing and reading of the living do and may profit the dead.
Página 77 - Sir Walter Scott has most appropriately applied the epithet "dark." Of this island Dr. Macculloch observes: " There is a great deal of stormy magnificence about the lofty cliffs, as there is generally all round the shores of Rum ; and they are in most places as abrupt, as they are inaccessible from sea. The interior is one heap of rude mountains, scarcely possessing an acre of level land. It is the wildest and most repulsive of all the islands. The outlines of Halival and Haskeval are indeed elegant,...
Página 171 - ... two lines may be conceived to form a sort of avenue to the circular enclosure ; its breadth being exactly equal to a semi-diameter of the circle, as the additional line touches the edge of this. The shorter line of the cross, at right angles to the other, now measures 204 feet, including the circle : but as it is longer on one side than the other, its original length has probably been greater, though I was unable to detect any traces of fallen stones ; the progress of some enclosures having here...
Página 188 - Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead ; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.
Página 191 - Dead be convoyed to the Place of Burial with some honest company of the Church, without either singing or reading ; yea, without all kind of ceremony heretofore used, other than that the Dead be committed to the grave, with such gravity and sobriety, as those that be present may seem to fear the judgments of God, and to hate sin, which is the cause of Death.