The Traveller's Guide Through Scotland, and Its Islands, 2권J. Pillans & Sons, 1814 - 280페이지 |
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... Wood Monzie Martins Methven Kinnout PIRTH Arunning Doune Arngask Blackford The mhilt Aberfoil SH Kinrof's The Traveller's guide through Scotland , and its islands SH . Presented by L. Houston John J to the New York INVERNE To Foc Front ...
... Wood Monzie Martins Methven Kinnout PIRTH Arunning Doune Arngask Blackford The mhilt Aberfoil SH Kinrof's The Traveller's guide through Scotland , and its islands SH . Presented by L. Houston John J to the New York INVERNE To Foc Front ...
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... woods , rivers meandering through cultivated plains , rocks crowned with the ruins of old castles , form the nearer part of the landscape ; while the view is finely terminated by the boundless expanse of the At- lantic Ocean , or the ...
... woods , rivers meandering through cultivated plains , rocks crowned with the ruins of old castles , form the nearer part of the landscape ; while the view is finely terminated by the boundless expanse of the At- lantic Ocean , or the ...
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... wood , particularly on the banks of Loch Awe ; Cruachan rises in a gentle slope from that loch . The military road ... woods . The minerals are moorstone , granite , and spar , in consi- derable variety , also lime in several places ...
... wood , particularly on the banks of Loch Awe ; Cruachan rises in a gentle slope from that loch . The military road ... woods . The minerals are moorstone , granite , and spar , in consi- derable variety , also lime in several places ...
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... wood . Dunoon Castle was once a royal residence ; and the bishops of Argyll resided in the village . South from this is INVERCHOALIN , lying on the north side of Loch Streven , an arm of the sea , which abounds in white fish of va ...
... wood . Dunoon Castle was once a royal residence ; and the bishops of Argyll resided in the village . South from this is INVERCHOALIN , lying on the north side of Loch Streven , an arm of the sea , which abounds in white fish of va ...
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... wood ; on the summit a square tower is erected , from which there is a most ex- tensive prospect . After this the traveller , if his time permits , is conducted to a picturesque glen , called Glen Shiray , at the bottom of which is Loch ...
... wood ; on the summit a square tower is erected , from which there is a most ex- tensive prospect . After this the traveller , if his time permits , is conducted to a picturesque glen , called Glen Shiray , at the bottom of which is Loch ...
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Aberdeen Aberdeenshire ancient appearance arable Argyllshire Banff banks beautiful black cattle bridge built Caithness called Carron Carse Clyde coal coast considerable county of Moray covered with heath Crieff Cromarty crops crosses cultivated Cupar district Dunbarton Dunkeld Earl east Erne extent feet Ferry fertile Fife flat Fochabers Fort Augustus FRASERBURGH Glasgow glen Gordon Grampian Grampian mountains ground rises harbour height Highlands hilly House inhabitants Inverary Inverness Inverness-shire island Kirk lake Leven lies limestone loam Loch Loch Fyne Lord Miles English miles in length miles long Montrose Moray Frith mountains Nairn nearly Ochil hills old castle parish passes Perth Peterhead pretty residence river road goes rock rocky royal burgh ruins scenery Scotland seat shore side Sidlaw hills soil Spey stands Stirling stone stretches surface Tain town united parishes vale valley village whole winding wood yards
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208 페이지 - 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. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future, predominate over the present, advances us in...
40 페이지 - That time has spar'd, forth from the window looks, Half hid in grass, the solitary fox; While from above the owl, musician dire! Screams hideous, harsh, and grating to the ear. Equal in age, and sharers of its fate, A row of moss-grown trees around it stand. Scarce here and there, upon their blasted tops, A shrivell'd leaf distinguishes the year...
68 페이지 - ... bay, bleached for ages by the waves. In walking on the north side, the road is sometimes cut through the face of the solid rock, which rises upwards of...
68 페이지 - Travellers who wish to see all they can of this singular phenomenon, generally sail west on the south side of the lake, to the Rock and Den of the Ghost, whose dark recesses, from their gloomy appearance, the imagination of superstition conceived to be the habitation of supernatural beings.
68 페이지 - At other times, his road is at the foot of fugged 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.
69 페이지 - ... defiance at man. In a word, both by land and water, there are so many turnings and windings, so many heights and hollows, so many glens, capes, and bays, that one cannot advance 20 yards without having his prospect changed by the continual appearauce of new objects, while others are constantly retiring out of sight.
68 페이지 - ... in their season. Down the side of the opposite mountain, after a shower of rain, flow a hundred white streams, which rush with incredible velocity and noise into the lake, and spread their froth upon its surface. On one side the...
68 페이지 - Benvenu ; the heron stalks among the reeds in search of his prey ; and the sportive ducks gambol on the waters, or dive below. On the other, the wild goats climb where they have scarce ground for...
69 페이지 - ... are constantly retiring out of sight. This scene is closed by a west view of the lake for several miles, having its sides lined with alternate clumps of wood and arable fields, and the smoke rising in spiral columns through the air, from villages which are concealed by the intervening woods ; and the prospect is bounded by the towering Alps of Arrochar, which are chequered with snow, or hide their heads in the clouds.
208 페이지 - Seven years before that awful day When time shall be no more, A watery deluge shall o'ersweep Hibernia's mossy shore ; The green-clad Isla, too, shall sink, While with the great and good, Columba's happier isle shall rear Her towers above the flood.