Scotland and the Scotch: Or, The Western Circuit. Dedicated to the Highland SocietyD. Appleton, 1840 - 288 pagina's |
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Pagina 19
... Christian ! In the Swiss and German cottages , a text or a sentiment is very frequently en- graved over the entrance , intimating the faith of their inmates ; and it was a good old custom in our own country , thus to signify the belief ...
... Christian ! In the Swiss and German cottages , a text or a sentiment is very frequently en- graved over the entrance , intimating the faith of their inmates ; and it was a good old custom in our own country , thus to signify the belief ...
Pagina 42
... Christians ! have bespattered each other , exchanging panegyrics like any other article of barter , dealing out flattery by the ounce , and receiving back compliments by the hundred - weight . You are scarcely a " licensed hawker ...
... Christians ! have bespattered each other , exchanging panegyrics like any other article of barter , dealing out flattery by the ounce , and receiving back compliments by the hundred - weight . You are scarcely a " licensed hawker ...
Pagina 56
... Christian country , while every mountain and stream speaks of days long passed , and reminds us of the vanished generations , whose history , distinctly recorded in the memory , is so nearly connected with our own . The most perfect ...
... Christian country , while every mountain and stream speaks of days long passed , and reminds us of the vanished generations , whose history , distinctly recorded in the memory , is so nearly connected with our own . The most perfect ...
Pagina 60
... Christian , who had survived all his cotemporaries , " They had wings to soar , and are fled , —I had none , and am left behind . " Men , trees , and houses , all have flourished and decayed here in the long lapse of centuries ; but one ...
... Christian , who had survived all his cotemporaries , " They had wings to soar , and are fled , —I had none , and am left behind . " Men , trees , and houses , all have flourished and decayed here in the long lapse of centuries ; but one ...
Pagina 73
... Christian calmness of the Marquis in the hour of death was truly exemplary . He remarked , " I had the honour to place the crown upon the King's head , and now he hastens me to a better crown than his own , " and his admonition 7 ...
... Christian calmness of the Marquis in the hour of death was truly exemplary . He remarked , " I had the honour to place the crown upon the King's head , and now he hastens me to a better crown than his own , " and his admonition 7 ...
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Scotland and the Scotch: Or, The Western Circuit. Dedicated to the Highland ... Catherine Sinclair Volledige weergave - 1840 |
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admired afterwards amused ancient appearance Argyleshire Argyll Arisaig asked Beauly beautiful become belonging Ben Nevis better Bute called Campbell Cawdor Castle charming chief Christian church clan comfort congregation cottage curious dark death dinner door dressed Duchess Duke English Erchless Castle fancy feel feet forests formerly fortune friends garden gentleman glen Glen Sheil Glencoe head hear Highland hills hope horse Inverary Inverary Castle Inverness island Kilchurn Castle Kyles of Bute lady land lately living Loch Loch Awe Loch Lochy Loch Scavaig Locheil looking Lord Macdonald magnificent miles Mount Stewart mountains neighbour neighbourhood never observed occasion once parish passed perfect perfectly poor portrait proprietor remain remarked residence respect rock Roman Rothesay round scarcely scene scenery Scotch Scotland seemed Skye stone stranger Strathpeffer summit Tain tenantry thought tion travellers trees walls whole wish
Populaire passages
Pagina 140 - Though my perishing ranks should be strewed in their gore, Like ocean-weeds heaped on the surf-beaten shore, Lochiel, untainted by flight or by chains, While the kindling of life in his bosom remains, Shall victor exult, or in death be laid low, With his back to the field, and his feet to the foe ! And leaving in battle no blot on his name, Look proudly to heaven from the death-bed of fame.
Pagina 159 - There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore. There is society where none intrudes, By the deep sea, and music in its roar; I love not man the less, but nature more...
Pagina 244 - AT every motion of our breath. Life trembles on the brink of death, A taper's flame that upward turns, While downward to the dust it burns.
Pagina 198 - Ever charming, ever new, When will the landscape tire the view! The fountain's fall, the river's flow, The woody valleys warm and low; The windy summit, wild and high, Roughly rushing on the sky; The pleasant seat, the ruined tower, The naked rock, the shady bower; The town and village, dome and farm, Each give each a double charm, As pearls upon an Ethiop's arm.
Pagina 143 - Tis the fire-shower of ruin all dreadfully driven From his eyrie, that beacons the darkness of heaven. Oh, crested Lochiel ! the peerless in might, Whose banners arise on the battlements' height, Heaven's fire is around thee, to blast and to burn ; Return to thy dwelling ! all lonely return ! For the blackness of ashes shall mark where it stood, And a wild mother scream o'er her famishing brood.
Pagina 140 - Stuart is come over to claim the crown of his ancestors, to win it, or to perish in the attempt; Lochiel, who, my father has often told me, was our firmest friend, may stay at home, and learn from the newspapers the fate of his prince...
Pagina 30 - I feel, with an intensity unfathomable by words, my utter nothingness, impotence, and worthlessness, in and for myself. I have learned what a sin is against an infinite imperishable being, such as is the soul of man...
Pagina 202 - ... occasion of our weak brother's falling, the which will be all required at their hands ; which will be too heavy a burden for them to bear, if they repent it not with speed. For they that know their Master's will, and do it not, shall be beaten with many stripes.
Pagina 245 - belonging to the descendants of that old chief who said there were but three persons in the world entitled to be called ' The ' — the King, the Pope, and the Chisholm.
Pagina 19 - ALL GLORY AND PRAISE BE GIVEN To GOD THE FATHER, THE SON AND HOLY GHOST, ON HIGH. PEACE UPON EARTH. GOOD WILL TOWARDS MEN. HONOUR AND TRUE ALLEGIANCE TO OUR GRACIOUS KING. LOVING AFFECTIONS AMONGST His SUBJECTS. HEALTH AND PLENTY WITHIN THIS HOUSE.