Rocks and Rivers, Or, Highland Wanderings Over Craig and Correi, "flood and Fell"John Murray, 1849 - 185 pages |
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... side . An eyrie of the golden eagle is placed on a shelf of rock half - way up , and I have enjoyed the rare luxury of seeing both eyries at the same moment , and both queens in un- disturbed possession of their throne . Seldom any ...
... side . An eyrie of the golden eagle is placed on a shelf of rock half - way up , and I have enjoyed the rare luxury of seeing both eyries at the same moment , and both queens in un- disturbed possession of their throne . Seldom any ...
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... side of the hill at a tortoise pace , we rattled down the other at a gallop , by way of a change . A very small steamboat plies between St. Catrine's and Inverary , and I was in the act of superintending the embarkation of my chattels ...
... side of the hill at a tortoise pace , we rattled down the other at a gallop , by way of a change . A very small steamboat plies between St. Catrine's and Inverary , and I was in the act of superintending the embarkation of my chattels ...
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... side of a house from top to bottom . For the first time I felt a slight misgiving , lest the shot might be crank and difficult , when the bird flew out of such a rugged mass . What if I should miss ! However , I banished these craven ...
... side of a house from top to bottom . For the first time I felt a slight misgiving , lest the shot might be crank and difficult , when the bird flew out of such a rugged mass . What if I should miss ! However , I banished these craven ...
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... side o ' yon bushes in the face o ' the craig . " " Twas easy enough to see them , they seemed " moored " not " in the rifted " but solid " rock . " When I at length detected the eyrie , it appeared no bigger than a rook's nest , and ...
... side o ' yon bushes in the face o ' the craig . " " Twas easy enough to see them , they seemed " moored " not " in the rifted " but solid " rock . " When I at length detected the eyrie , it appeared no bigger than a rook's nest , and ...
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... 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 ...
... 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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