Rocks and Rivers, Or, Highland Wanderings Over Craig and Correi, "flood and Fell"John Murray, 1849 - 185 pages |
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... opposite the Gled's nest . - Johnnie's government grievances . - The mur- dered Tinker's Cairn . - His savage wife . - Well meant endeavours to set Johnnie and the government at one again . — Logical reason- ing to that effect . - Adieu ...
... opposite the Gled's nest . - Johnnie's government grievances . - The mur- dered Tinker's Cairn . - His savage wife . - Well meant endeavours to set Johnnie and the government at one again . — Logical reason- ing to that effect . - Adieu ...
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... opposite mountains seemed formed to call up feelings and recollections long gone by . Our citizen , however , returned vastly delighted at having rather called up so good an appetite for dinner . After having satisfied his craving , he ...
... opposite mountains seemed formed to call up feelings and recollections long gone by . Our citizen , however , returned vastly delighted at having rather called up so good an appetite for dinner . After having satisfied his craving , he ...
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... friend was safe on the opposite shore , and my poor rods lying within tide - water mark ! The landlord of the Argyle Arms , however , obligingly offered to send the ferry - boat and forward them next morning by the A PLEA FOR THE WASTES .
... friend was safe on the opposite shore , and my poor rods lying within tide - water mark ! The landlord of the Argyle Arms , however , obligingly offered to send the ferry - boat and forward them next morning by the A PLEA FOR THE WASTES .
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... opposite mountain . Was he a buzzard ? No , small as he appears , that determined flight , and free flap of the wing , can belong to no bird but the eagle . Peter looked carelessly at him . " Yon's the cock , he'll be for the opposite ...
... opposite mountain . Was he a buzzard ? No , small as he appears , that determined flight , and free flap of the wing , can belong to no bird but the eagle . Peter looked carelessly at him . " Yon's the cock , he'll be for the opposite ...
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... opposite side to that where the noble bird was sitting in perfect security and peace . Peter now climbed slowly up , continuing his stories to most inattentive ears . I had some faint recollection , afterwards , of a curious bird with ...
... opposite side to that where the noble bird was sitting in perfect security and peace . Peter now climbed slowly up , continuing his stories to most inattentive ears . I had some faint recollection , afterwards , of a curious bird with ...
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Page 1 - Fortunately for mankind, as some counterbalance to that wretched love of novelty which originates in selfishness, shallowness, and conceit, and which especially characterizes all vulgar minds, there is set in the deeper places of the heart such affection for the signs of age that the eye is delighted even by injuries which are the work of time...
Page i - THE MOOR AND THE LOCH. Containing Minute Instructions in all Highland Sports, with Wanderings over Crag and Correi, Flood and Fell. By JOHN COLQUHOUN, Esq. Third Edition. 8vo, with Illustrations, 12s. 6d. SALMON-CASTS AND STRAY SHOTS: Being Fly-Leaves from the Note-Book of JOHN COLQUHOUN, Esq., Author of * The Moor and the Loch,