Rocks and Rivers, Or, Highland Wanderings Over Craig and Correi, "flood and Fell"John Murray, 1849 - 185 pages |
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... seen . - Numerous varieties of sea - fowl.- Raven and peregrine . - Martyrs ' cells . - The look down . — A ponderous son of Vulcan floored . - A pithy smuggler . — Cliff- men . - Old Jack . - Canty Bay 94 101 116 120 CRAP - NA - GOWER ...
... seen . - Numerous varieties of sea - fowl.- Raven and peregrine . - Martyrs ' cells . - The look down . — A ponderous son of Vulcan floored . - A pithy smuggler . — Cliff- men . - Old Jack . - Canty Bay 94 101 116 120 CRAP - NA - GOWER ...
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... seen with every associated object . You cannot view the sea - cliff in perfection unless there is nothing before you but the boundless , fathomless ocean . An arm of the sea , or a firth , will not do ; their waves are never those ...
... seen with every associated object . You cannot view the sea - cliff in perfection unless there is nothing before you but the boundless , fathomless ocean . An arm of the sea , or a firth , will not do ; their waves are never those ...
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... seen and studied ; while from their tameness a nearer view may be obtained than at any other time . Few springs have passed without my enjoying either a marine or mountain treat , sometimes both , and the pleasure has then been ...
... seen and studied ; while from their tameness a nearer view may be obtained than at any other time . Few springs have passed without my enjoying either a marine or mountain treat , sometimes both , and the pleasure has then been ...
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... seen poising himself upon some still leafless patriarchal thorn , and partly through the environs of the forest , I arrived at the solitary little inn of Inveruran . The Forester's house was within a short distance , so I arranged with ...
... seen poising himself upon some still leafless patriarchal thorn , and partly through the environs of the forest , I arrived at the solitary little inn of Inveruran . The Forester's house was within a short distance , so I arranged with ...
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... seen ; the markings were perfect , and the plumage in the finest order . The sun had now risen high and clear , the surrounding mountains looked low , warm , and blue . I was now gay as Peter , and , while we tramped over moor and moss ...
... seen ; the markings were perfect , and the plumage in the finest order . The sun had now risen high and clear , the surrounding mountains looked low , warm , and blue . I was now gay as Peter , and , while we tramped over moor and moss ...
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