| George Finlay - 1844 - 592 pages
...we cordially greet thee in thy new dress, thou genial and hearty old man, whose ' Ambrosian nighU ' have so often in imagination transported us from solitude...to the social circle, and whose vivid pictures of fl«od and fell, of loch and glen, have carried us in thought from the smoke, din, and pent-up opulence... | |
| James Grant - 1850 - 372 pages
...Welcome, right welcome, Christopher North; we cordially greet thee in thy new dress, Thou genial and hearty old man, whose * Ambrosian nights' have so...of London, to the rushing stream, or tranquil tarn, or those mountain ranges/' &c.—Times. By the same Author, LIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF SCOTTISH LIFE. Price... | |
| Archibald Alison - 1850 - 696 pages
...North ; we cordially greet thee in thy new dress, thou genial nnd hearty old man, whose ' Ambrosinn nights ' have so often in imagination transported...of London, to the rushing stream, or tranquil tarn, or those mountain ranges," &c, — Timet. JOURNAL OF A SUBALTERN DURING THE CAMPAIGN IN THE PUNJAUB,... | |
| John Galt - 1850 - 442 pages
...greet thee in thy new dreM, thou genial and hearty old man, whose ' Ambrosian ntghu' lmvt> sO olten in Imagination transported us from solitude to the social circle, and whose viTid pictures of flood and fell, of loch and glen, have carried us in thought from the smoke, din,... | |
| sir Henry Yule - 1851 - 282 pages
...Welcome, right welcome, Christopher North ; we cordially greet thee in thy new dress, thou genial and hearty old man, whose ' Ambrosian nights ' have so...of London, to the rushing stream, or tranquil tarn, or those mountain ranges," dec. — Times. " Delightful volumes — full of fun and fervour, power... | |
| David Macbeth Moir - 1851 - 398 pages
..."Welcome, right welcome, Christopher North; we cordially greet thee in thy new dress, thou genial and hearty old man , whose ' Ambrosian nights ' have so...of London, to the rushing stream, or tranquil tarn, or those mountain ranges," &c.— Times. " Delightful volumes — full of fun and fervour, power and... | |
| Herbert Mayo - 1851 - 288 pages
...Welcome, right welcome, Christopher North ; we cordially greet thee in thy new dress, thou genial and hearty old man , whose ' Ambrosian nights ' have so...of London, to the rushing stream, or tranquil tarn, or those mountain ranges," «fcc. — Times. " Delightful volumes — full of fun and fervour, power... | |
| Adam and Charles Black, Adam and Charles Black (Firm) - 1851 - 284 pages
...North; -we cordially greet theein thy new dress, thou genial and hearty old man, whose ' Ambrosias nights' have so often in imagination transported us...smoke, din, and pent-up opulence of London, to the rushbig stream, or tranquil tarn, or those mountain ranges," &c. — Times. LAYS of the SCOTTISH CAVALIERS,... | |
| James Finlay Weir Johnston - 1851 - 468 pages
...Welcome, right welcome, Christopher North ; we cordially greet thee in thy new dress, thou genial and hearty old man, whose ' Ambrosian nights ' have so...of loch and glen, have carried us in thought from ttie smoke, din, and pent-up opulence of London, to the rushing stream, or tranquil tarn, or those... | |
| David Macbeth Moir - 1852 - 414 pages
...Welcome, right welcome, Christopher North ; we cordially greet thee in thy new dress, thou genial and hearty old man , whose ' Ambrosian nights ' have so...of London, to the rushing stream, or tranquil tarn, or those mountain ranges," &c. — Timor. " Delightful volumes — full of fun and fervour, power and... | |
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