 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1818 - 364 pages
...engaged in surveying its outward character. Situated in a populous and considerable town, this solemn and massive pile has the appearance of the most sequestered...one side ; on the other, it is bounded by a ravine, through the depth of which, and invisible to the eye, murmurs a wandering rivulet, adding, by its rushing... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1818 - 342 pages
...engaged in surveying its outward character. Situated in a populous and considerable town, this solemn and massive pile has the appearance of the most sequestered...solitude. High walls divide it from the buildings of-the city on one side ; on the other, it is bounded by a ravine, through the depth of which, and... | |
 | 1818 - 638 pages
...engaged in surveying it» outward character. " Situated in a populous and considerable town, this solemn and massive pile has the appearance of the most sequestered solitude. High walls divide it from the boudinés of the city on one side ; on the ocher, it is bounded by a ravine, through die depth of which,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1824 - 262 pages
...engaged in surveying its outward character. Situated in a populous and considerable town, this solemn and massive pile has the appearance of the most sequestered...one side; on the other it is bounded by a ravine, through the depth of which, and invisible to the eye, murmurs a wandering rivulet, adding, by its rushing... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1827 - 416 pages
...impression of the first view is awful and solemn in the extreme. Though situated in a populous city, it has the appearance of the most sequestered solitude....one side ; on the other it is bounded by a ravine, through the depth of which runs a little stream ; and the opposite bank throws a shade over it that... | |
 | 1832 - 218 pages
...artist has, however, endeavoured to convey an idea of its appearance at that period. 16 " Situated in a populous and considerable town, this ancient...sequestered solitude. High walls divide it from the huildings of the city on one side ; on the other, it is bounded by a ravine, at the bottom of which,... | |
 | 1834 - 170 pages
...however, endeavoured to convey an idea of its appearance at that period. GLASGOW CATHEDRAL. " Situated in a populous and considerable town, this ancient...buildings of the city on one side; on the other, it is hounded by a ravine, at the bottom of which, and invisible to the eye, murmurs a wandering rivulet,... | |
 | Leitch Ritchie - 1835 - 350 pages
...of Argyle. CATHEDRAL. 243 " Situated in a populous and considerable town," says Scott, " this solemn and massive pile has the appearance of the most sequestered...solitude. High walls divide it from the buildings on one side ; on the other, it is boundad by a ravine, through the depth of which, and invisible to... | |
 | Leitch Ritchie - 1835 - 356 pages
...massive pile has the appearance of the most sequestered solitude. High walls divide it from the buildings on one side; on the other, it is bounded by a ravine, through the depth of which, and invisible to the eye, murmurs a wandering rivulet, adding by its rushing... | |
 | John Alonzo Clark - 1840 - 588 pages
...view was awful and solemn in the extreme. " Situated in a populous and considerable town, this solemn and massive pile has the appearance of the most sequestered...one side ; on the other it is bounded by a ravine, through the depth of which, and invisible to the eye, murmurs a wandering rivulet, adding, by its rushing... | |
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Situated in a populous and considerable town, this ancient and massive pile has the appearance of the most sequestered solitude. High walls divide it from the buildings of the city on one side ; on the other, it is bounded by a ravine, vat the bottom... 
