History of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club, Instituted September 22, 1831, Volume 4[publisher not identified], printed for the club by Martin's Printing Works, Spittal, 1857 Contains it's Proceedings. |
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Pagina 4
... rock , or prominent stone , disguised In weathered stains , or crusted o'er by nature With her first growth , detaching by the stroke A chip or splinter , to resolve his doubts ; And , with that ready answer satisfied , The substance ...
... rock , or prominent stone , disguised In weathered stains , or crusted o'er by nature With her first growth , detaching by the stroke A chip or splinter , to resolve his doubts ; And , with that ready answer satisfied , The substance ...
Pagina 11
... rock , the shady bower , The town and village , dome and farm , Each lends to each a double charm , Like pearls upon an Ethiop's arm . " I must direct the attention of the Club to the Silver Firs ( Pinus picea ) on the rocky banks ...
... rock , the shady bower , The town and village , dome and farm , Each lends to each a double charm , Like pearls upon an Ethiop's arm . " I must direct the attention of the Club to the Silver Firs ( Pinus picea ) on the rocky banks ...
Pagina 15
... rocks , The whiten'd breakers never cease to play . The Crumstone sunk , then rais'd above the sea , As the tide flows and re - flows , at each turn A foaming mass , or like a mirror smooth , Lurking with danger to the hardy crew , So ...
... rocks , The whiten'd breakers never cease to play . The Crumstone sunk , then rais'd above the sea , As the tide flows and re - flows , at each turn A foaming mass , or like a mirror smooth , Lurking with danger to the hardy crew , So ...
Pagina 18
... Rocks , thrown into mis - shapen masses , and having been planted with forest trees , with winding footpaths formed ... rock of snow , in morning's smile . - ( Story's Guthrum the Dane . ) The whole of the party , with some additions ...
... Rocks , thrown into mis - shapen masses , and having been planted with forest trees , with winding footpaths formed ... rock of snow , in morning's smile . - ( Story's Guthrum the Dane . ) The whole of the party , with some additions ...
Pagina 37
... rock is quarried out for the ditch , and the great stones so taken out are lying to this day at the base of the hills . So very labo- rious a work shows the perseverance and determination of the Roman soldiers , to erect such a ...
... rock is quarried out for the ditch , and the great stones so taken out are lying to this day at the base of the hills . So very labo- rious a work shows the perseverance and determination of the Roman soldiers , to erect such a ...
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Abbey Alnmouth Alnwick Alnwick Castle ancient British apothecia appears Baithen banks bark barrow Beadnell beautiful Belford Berwick Berwick-upon-Tweed Berwickshire Border Bowshiel dean Brinkburn camp Castle Celtic chapel Cheviot church club Cockburnspath Coldingham Coldstream Columba common Crag diameter Dickson district Dowlaw dean Dunse Durham Earl east Embleton English feet Flodden Ford Fortlet Greaves Ash Grey greywacke ground hazel Heathpool Hedgehope hill House hut circles inches James Jedburgh John Johnston Kelso King land Langleyford Lill-burn limestone Linn Lord Marshall meadows meeting monastery monks Moor moss mountain Norham Northumberland parish party Penmanshiel Wood plants Plate porphyry President rampart Ratcheugh relics remains river Robert rocks Rothbury Roxburghshire sandstone Saxon Scotland Scots Scottish September shale Siccar point side species specimens stones Tate thallus tion Tower town trees Tweed walls William wolf wolves Wooler Yevering
Populaire passages
Pagina 7 - Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you : but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
Pagina 385 - Though billmen ply the ghastly blow, Unbroken was the ring; The stubborn spearmen still made good Their dark impenetrable wood, Each stepping where his comrade stood The instant that he fell.
Pagina 69 - Beneath those rugged elms, that yew tree's shade, Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap, Each in his narrow cell forever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep.
Pagina 6 - With massive arches broad and round, That rose alternate, row and row, On ponderous columns, short and low, Built ere the art was known, By pointed aisle, and shafted stalk, The arcades of an alley'd walk To emulate in stone. On the deep walls, the heathen Dane Had pour'd his impious rage in vain ; And needful was such strength to these, Exposed to the tempestuous seas, Scourged by the winds...
Pagina 65 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Pagina 49 - Still the same, no charm forgot, — Nothing lost that Time had given." not the Dead, who have loved, who have left us, "*" Who bend o'er us now, from their bright homes above ; But believe — never doubt — that the God who bereft us Permits them to mingle with friends they still love.
Pagina 268 - Bosomed in woods where mighty rivers run, Kelso's fair vale expands before the sun : Its rising downs in vernal beauty swell, And, fringed with hazel, winds each flowery dell ; Green spangled plains to dimpling lawns succeed, And Tempe* rises on the banks of Tweed ; Blue o'er the river Kelso's shadow lies, And copse-clad isles amid the waters rise...
Pagina 388 - Still from the sire the son shall hear Of the stern strife, and carnage drear, Of Flodden's fatal field. Where shiver'd was fair Scotland's spear, And broken was her shield ! XXXV.
Pagina 281 - Do you observe that stag, who is foremost of the herd ? There is danger from that stag; for if either fear or rage should force him from the ridge of that hill, let every one look to himself, for none of us will be out of the way of harm ; for the rest will follow this one, and having thrown us under foot, they will open a passage to the hill behind us.
Pagina 389 - Andrews, who had been educated abroad by Erasmus, the Bishops of Caithness and the Isles, the Abbots of Inchaffray and Kilwinning, and the Dean of Glasgow. To these we must add fifteen lords and chiefs of clans : amongst whom were Sir Duncan Campbell of Glenurcha, Lauchlan Maclean of Dowart, Campbell of Lawers, and five peers' eldest sons, besides La Motte, the French ambassador, and the secretary of the king.