Historic Memorials & Reminiscences of Stockbridge, the Dean, and Water of Leith, with Notices Anecdotal, Descriptive, and BiographicalR. Somerville, 1887 - 152페이지 |
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... look only upon Raeburn as a portrait painter do him injustice . He had considerable skill in garden- ing ; he was a learned and enthusiastic florist . His love for maritime architecture led him to make many models with his own hands ...
... look only upon Raeburn as a portrait painter do him injustice . He had considerable skill in garden- ing ; he was a learned and enthusiastic florist . His love for maritime architecture led him to make many models with his own hands ...
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... look of the old house , where some of my happiest days were spent . " Roberts ' kindness of heart prompted him to active benevolence , and many of his old friends in reduced cir- cumstances experienced his bounty , conveyed through the ...
... look of the old house , where some of my happiest days were spent . " Roberts ' kindness of heart prompted him to active benevolence , and many of his old friends in reduced cir- cumstances experienced his bounty , conveyed through the ...
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... look on his fine picture of " The Shipwrecked Sailor " without being deeply moved by the expression of intense anxiety and suffering depicted in the upturned face of the almost drowning man , as with convulsive energy he grasps the rock ...
... look on his fine picture of " The Shipwrecked Sailor " without being deeply moved by the expression of intense anxiety and suffering depicted in the upturned face of the almost drowning man , as with convulsive energy he grasps the rock ...
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... Look at that ; it is as hard as flint ! " and , turning away with a look of contempt , he exclaimed , " I would not give my John's Shipwrecked Sailor ' for a ship - load of them ! " ROBERT SCOTT LAUDER , R.S.A. , lived for some years ...
... Look at that ; it is as hard as flint ! " and , turning away with a look of contempt , he exclaimed , " I would not give my John's Shipwrecked Sailor ' for a ship - load of them ! " ROBERT SCOTT LAUDER , R.S.A. , lived for some years ...
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... look upon all this , and think of all absent and present friends , and feel that I have good reason ' to be thankful I am not in Purgatory . ' Of society we might have abundance . 1 1 His brother John , who was staying with them . H ...
... look upon all this , and think of all absent and present friends , and feel that I have good reason ' to be thankful I am not in Purgatory . ' Of society we might have abundance . 1 1 His brother John , who was staying with them . H ...
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afterwards Alexander amongst ancient Ann Street appearance artist Baxters beautiful Bell's Mills born boys bridge building built burgh Canonmills career Carlyle Church Comely Bank curious daughter David Roberts Dean Bridge Deanhaugh House death died distinguished Edinburgh Edinburgh Academy elected erected exhibited fame father feuing friends garden genius George greatly ground honour inscription Inverleith James Young Simpson John Watson Gordon lived London Lord Gardenstone Lord Provost Luke M'Vicar married minister Mitchell morning neighbourhood Nisbet of Dean occupied old inhabitants painted painter parish picturesque portrait present Raeburn Place Redpath resided returned road ROBERT SCOTT LAUDER Royal Scottish Academy scene Scotland Scots side Silvermills Sir Henry Raeburn Sir James Sir John Nisbet Sir William sketches St Bernard's St Cuthbert's Stockbridge stone stood Terrace Thomas tion took Town Trustees village of Water Walter Ross Water of Leith West Kirk window young
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26 페이지 - ... falling sleeves, scent bottle, embroidered bag, hoop and train — all superb, yet all in purest taste ; and managing all this seemingly heavy rigging with as much ease as a full-blown swan does its plumage, she would take possession of the centre of a large sofa, and at the same moment, without the slightest visible exertion, would cover the whole of it with her bravery, the graceful folds seeming to lay themselves over it like summer waves.
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135 페이지 - ... to the place from whence you came, and from thence to the place of execution, there to be hanged by the neck till you are dead; and may God, in his infinite goodness, have mercy on your soul!
26 페이지 - ... seeming to lay themselves over it like summer waves. The descent from her carriage too, where she sat like a nautilus in its shell, was a display which no one in these days could accomplish or even fancy. The...
113 페이지 - ... spunk of fire is lit for the forenoon ; and I meanwhile sit scribbling and meditating, and wrestling with the powers of dulness till one or two o'clock; when I sally forth into the city or towards the sea-shore, taking care only to be home for the important purpose of consuming my mutton chop at four. After dinner we all read learned languages till coffee (which we now often take at night instead of tea), and so on till bed-time...
149 페이지 - So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter. Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
113 페이지 - Doctor retire up stairs to the drawingroom, a little place all fitted up like a lady's work-box, where a spunk of fire is lit for the forenoon ; and I meanwhile sit scribbling and meditating and wrestling with the powers of...
113 페이지 - You shall hear about it as it proceeds, but as yet we are only got through the first chapter. You would wonder how much happier steady occupation makes us, and how smoothly we all get along. Directly after breakfast the good wife and the Doctorf retire upstairs to the drawing-room, a little place all fitted up like a lady's workbox, where a spunk of fire...
66 페이지 - ... constitution, fortified by habitual temperance, gave a reasonable hope of his being for some time preserved to his friends and to the world. He appeared to enjoy the most perfect health, and was just returned from an excursion into Fifeshire with Sir Walter Scott, Sir Samuel Shepherd, Sir Adam Ferguson, and a small party of friends, united under the auspices of Lord Chief commissioner Adam, to visit and examine objects of historical curiosity and interest. None of the party had seemed to enjoy...