Scotland and the Scotch: Or, The Western Circuit. Dedicated to the Highland SocietyD. Appleton, 1840 - 288 pagina's |
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... probably be considered a some- what presumptuous hope for the author to imagine she might add any interest to what is already familiarly known respect- ing past and present times in Scotland ; and certainly if the many who could suc ...
... probably be considered a some- what presumptuous hope for the author to imagine she might add any interest to what is already familiarly known respect- ing past and present times in Scotland ; and certainly if the many who could suc ...
Pagina 12
... probably have yet discovered the change of lati- tude . From her windows , however , we have a scene not to be matched among the flat , smooth , well - rolled surface of a more southern landscape . The deep , intensely blue ocean is ...
... probably have yet discovered the change of lati- tude . From her windows , however , we have a scene not to be matched among the flat , smooth , well - rolled surface of a more southern landscape . The deep , intensely blue ocean is ...
Pagina 64
... probably waste their existence on amusement instead of hap- piness , taking the shadow for the substance , —admir- ing side - scenes at the theatre , instead of their own magnificent landscapes , —seeing their children grow- ing up ...
... probably waste their existence on amusement instead of hap- piness , taking the shadow for the substance , —admir- ing side - scenes at the theatre , instead of their own magnificent landscapes , —seeing their children grow- ing up ...
Pagina 65
... Probably no one would have believed that the beautiful fruit in the garden of Hesperides was unpalatable till he tasted it , and , as far as one can guess externally , the proprietor of a noble estate , residing among an attached and ...
... Probably no one would have believed that the beautiful fruit in the garden of Hesperides was unpalatable till he tasted it , and , as far as one can guess externally , the proprietor of a noble estate , residing among an attached and ...
Pagina 92
... probably fall into great disuse , and meantime the poor people of Muckairn are in many instances now sinking into the grave without benefit of clergy . There surely must be something amiss in any law which produces so lamentable a ...
... probably fall into great disuse , and meantime the poor people of Muckairn are in many instances now sinking into the grave without benefit of clergy . There surely must be something amiss in any law which produces so lamentable a ...
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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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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.