The Braemar Highlands; Their Tales, Traditions, and HistoryW.P. Nimmo, 1869 - 343 pagina's |
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Pagina 14
... curious than grand , and the mind requires time to realize that . Before reaching the Linn , the river - it now deserves the name - appears very uneasy in its passage , giving the idea of a sensitive spirit , shrinking back from some ...
... curious than grand , and the mind requires time to realize that . Before reaching the Linn , the river - it now deserves the name - appears very uneasy in its passage , giving the idea of a sensitive spirit , shrinking back from some ...
Pagina 16
... curious place , known as the Colonel's Cave , or bed . ' After After visiting the place , I became curious to know the origin of the name ; and , having ascertained , give the notes I took on next visiting the cave . a long walk through ...
... curious place , known as the Colonel's Cave , or bed . ' After After visiting the place , I became curious to know the origin of the name ; and , having ascertained , give the notes I took on next visiting the cave . a long walk through ...
Pagina 24
... curious too , from being built on the top of an isolated knoll in the centre of the great park at the foot of Kenneth's Craig . ' It was originally one of the hunting - seats of these Earls , and was built at a time when thick and ...
... curious too , from being built on the top of an isolated knoll in the centre of the great park at the foot of Kenneth's Craig . ' It was originally one of the hunting - seats of these Earls , and was built at a time when thick and ...
Pagina 37
... curious fairy legend connected with this hillock I may give in passing , having first remarked that the Daoine Shith , or Shi , i.e. men of peace , or fairies of the Highlands , were supposed to have their abode below such grassy ...
... curious fairy legend connected with this hillock I may give in passing , having first remarked that the Daoine Shith , or Shi , i.e. men of peace , or fairies of the Highlands , were supposed to have their abode below such grassy ...
Pagina 46
... curious and beautiful effect is pro- duced by the light green tips of the various fir - trees , contrasting so artistically with the soberer green of the upper part of the leaves . In addition to these beautiful trees , the southern ...
... curious and beautiful effect is pro- duced by the light green tips of the various fir - trees , contrasting so artistically with the soberer green of the upper part of the leaves . In addition to these beautiful trees , the southern ...
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Pagina 151 - The fig-tree, not that kind for fruit renown'd, But such as, at this day, to Indians known, In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms, Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade, High overarch'd, and echoing walks between...
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Pagina 227 - ... day is come, the lords and gentlemen of their companies do ride or go to the said places, sometimes wading up to the...
Pagina 15 - DEMONSTRATES THE INTEREST WHICH THOSE IN HEAVEN FEEL IN EARTH, AND PROVES, WITH REMARKABLE CLEARNESS, THAT SUCH AN INTEREST EXISTS NOT ONLY WITH THE ALMIGHTY AND AMONG THE ANGELS, BUT ALSO AMONG THE SPIRITS OF DEPARTED FRIENDS.
Pagina 22 - TALES, the Publisher does not consider it necessary to say anything in recommendation of a work which has stood the test of a general competition, and which has increased in public favour with its years. Equally suited to all classes of readers, it has been received with delight in the school-room, the drawing-room, the parlour, and the village reading-room. Many of the Tales have been publicly read. The high tone of its morality renders it an admirable small library for young members of the family.
Pagina 5 - The most brilliant age of Scotland Is fortunate in having found a historian whose sound judgment is accompanied by a graceful liveliness of imagination. We venture to predict that this book will soon become, and long remain, the standard History of Scotland.'— Quarterly Review, * An accurate, well-digested, well-written History ; evincing deliberation, research, judgment, and fidelity.
Pagina 228 - Then after we had stayed there three hours or thereabouts, we might perceive the deer appear on the hills round about us (their heads making a show like a wood), which being followed close by the...
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Pagina 36 - Shades of the dead ! have I not heard your voices Rise on the night-rolling breath of the gale!" Surely the soul of the hero rejoices, And rides on the wind o'er his own Highland vale.
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