Travels in Scotland, by an Unusual Route: With a Trip to the Orkneys and Hebrides. Containing Hints for Improvements in Agriculture and Commerce. With Characters and Anecdotes. Embellished with Views of Striking Objects, and a Map, Including the Caledonian Canal, المجلد 1J. Johnson, 1807 |
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... seen before ; but as I had not seen the boring of cannons , I went to see it again . The gentlemen here , I understand , a few years before , thought that nobody knew the boring of cannon but themselves . However , they were soon ...
... seen before ; but as I had not seen the boring of cannons , I went to see it again . The gentlemen here , I understand , a few years before , thought that nobody knew the boring of cannon but themselves . However , they were soon ...
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... seen without the walls of the town where he resides , was approaching the minister's house , the servants , and all in the house , were much alarmed , except the clergyman ; and when the hangman knocked at the door , it was like the ...
... seen without the walls of the town where he resides , was approaching the minister's house , the servants , and all in the house , were much alarmed , except the clergyman ; and when the hangman knocked at the door , it was like the ...
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... overhung by the castle , remind the spectator of a fortunate , and Pinkie , seen at the distance of forty miles , excites a fainter idea of an unfortunate engagement with the English . The hill of Largo , in Fife TRAVELS IN SCOTLAND . 21.
... overhung by the castle , remind the spectator of a fortunate , and Pinkie , seen at the distance of forty miles , excites a fainter idea of an unfortunate engagement with the English . The hill of Largo , in Fife TRAVELS IN SCOTLAND . 21.
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... seen , towards whom he felt a sympa- thetic attraction , for which he could not account . Having hunted about for two days , like one out of his senses , in quest of her , he at length discovered the place of her abode , which was at ...
... seen , towards whom he felt a sympa- thetic attraction , for which he could not account . Having hunted about for two days , like one out of his senses , in quest of her , he at length discovered the place of her abode , which was at ...
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... seen the views from Edinburgh , Stirling , and Wind- sor Castles , as also from some of the highest hills in Scotland , England , and Wales ; but , in my opi- nion , the view from the castle of Clackmannan is not inferior to any of them ...
... seen the views from Edinburgh , Stirling , and Wind- sor Castles , as also from some of the highest hills in Scotland , England , and Wales ; but , in my opi- nion , the view from the castle of Clackmannan is not inferior to any of them ...
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TRAVELS IN SCOTLAND BY AN UNUS, المجلد 2 <span dir=ltr>James Of Walthamstow Hall</span> لا تتوفر معاينة - 2016 |
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الصفحة 94 - The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field : which indeed is the least of all seeds ; but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in thq branches thereof.
الصفحة 53 - Gallant knight, I thank you — you promise it me, then?' ' Certainly, Sir, most willingly,' answered the knight. He then gave his promise upon his knighthood. The King said, ' Thanks be to God! for I shall now die in peace, since I know that the most valiant knight of my kingdom will perform that for me which I am unable to do for myself.
الصفحة 53 - You will not be sparing of expense — and provide yourself with such company and such things as may be suitable to your rank — and wherever you pass, you will let it be known, that you bear the heart of King Robert of Scotland, which you are carrying beyond seas by his command, since his body cannot go thither.
الصفحة 161 - How sweet to stand, when tempests tear the main, On the firm cliff, and mark the seaman's toil ! Not that another's danger soothes the soul, But from such toil how sweet to feel secure...
الصفحة 106 - Happy art thou, O Israel : who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency ! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee ; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
الصفحة 205 - The burgess oath in some of the royal burghs of Scotland contains the following clause: " I profess and allow, with my heart, the true religion presently professed within this realm, and authorized by the laws thereof. I will abide and defend the same to my life's end, renouncing the Romish religion called Papistry.
الصفحة 61 - I saw a number of savage -looking men and women gathering around me, demanding who and what I was ? In order to get the pamphlet, my hostess had set the bell through the town, offering a shilling for the book ; and as it represents them in a ludicrous point of view, and they think nobody reads it but with a view to laugh at them, they had determined to give me a drubbing. The truth is, I was obliged to stop, and it required all my address, as well as the aid of my purse, to get off with a whole head,...
الصفحة 19 - ... of luxury, and debauch them from doing good: whereas the offices of these lesser governments extending only over a moderate number of people, will be duly executed, and many men have occasions put into their hands of doing good to their fellow citizens. So many different seats of government will highly tend to the improvement of all arts and sciences; and afford great variety of entertainment to all foreigners and others of a curious and inquisitive genius, as the ancient cities of Greece did.
الصفحة 53 - ... me; and I will most willingly do all that you command me with the utmost loyalty in my power; never doubt it, however I may feel myself unworthy of such a high distinction.
الصفحة 52 - David, and obey him and crown him king when he was of a proper age, and to marry him with a lady suitable to his station. " He after that called to him the gallant lord James Douglas...