Handbook for travellers in ScotlandJohn Murray, 1873 - 464 pages |
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... tains graptolites . St Abb's Head : Contorted strata . Goat Fell : Granites , Skye : Greenstone of oolitic age ; hypersthene of the Coollins . Staffa and Skye : Basaltic rocks . Cambrian rocks of Loch Torridon . Parallel roads of ...
... tains graptolites . St Abb's Head : Contorted strata . Goat Fell : Granites , Skye : Greenstone of oolitic age ; hypersthene of the Coollins . Staffa and Skye : Basaltic rocks . Cambrian rocks of Loch Torridon . Parallel roads of ...
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... tains a fine old ch . of the 15th some modern mansion ( Bryce , archt . ) , centy . in good repair . Ninewells and Langton House ( Lady Elizabeth House was the family residence of Pringle ) ( also by Bryce ) , begun by Hume the ...
... tains a fine old ch . of the 15th some modern mansion ( Bryce , archt . ) , centy . in good repair . Ninewells and Langton House ( Lady Elizabeth House was the family residence of Pringle ) ( also by Bryce ) , begun by Hume the ...
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... tains a population of 208,353 , and has been since. Cricket Grounds Fettes College Goods Sta F omery Str 2 Road C Lochend Loch Br . of North British Railway D Stewarts Hosp Watsores at Gardens Regent Ter Regent Road Bans Mon New Bun Gal ...
... tains a population of 208,353 , and has been since. Cricket Grounds Fettes College Goods Sta F omery Str 2 Road C Lochend Loch Br . of North British Railway D Stewarts Hosp Watsores at Gardens Regent Ter Regent Road Bans Mon New Bun Gal ...
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John Murray (publishers.) tains a population of 208,353 , and has been since the days of James I. the capital of Scotland . No one will deny to Edinburgh the praise of ex- through Edinburgh will embrace the principal objects of interest ...
John Murray (publishers.) tains a population of 208,353 , and has been since the days of James I. the capital of Scotland . No one will deny to Edinburgh the praise of ex- through Edinburgh will embrace the principal objects of interest ...
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... tains some relics of Burns . Scott and his dog , by Steell , a first. On 1 stands the Prison , a castellated building in a prominent situation , overhanging the North British Rail- way . Waterloo Place extends to the foot of the Calton ...
... tains some relics of Burns . Scott and his dog , by Steell , a first. On 1 stands the Prison , a castellated building in a prominent situation , overhanging the North British Rail- way . Waterloo Place extends to the foot of the Calton ...
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Abbey Aberdeen arches ascend bank beautiful Berwick branch Bridge Bruce building built burgh Burn Cairn called Castle centy chapel Church cliffs Clyde coach coast cross district Douglas Duke Dumfries Earl Edinburgh Eildon Hills Ettrick excursion Ferry Firth Gairloch Galashiels Glasgow Glen ground head height Highland hills Hotel House Inverness Iona island James Jedburgh Junct junction Kelso Kirk lake land Loch Awe Loch Earn Loch Goil Loch Katrine Loch Lomond Loch Long Loch Maree Lord Moffat monument mountains Mull narrow Oban passing pedestrian Peebles Perth picturesque pier Portree Queen rail Railway rises river road rocks ROUTE ruins runs scenery Scotch Scotland Scott Scottish seat shore side Sir Walter Skye Sligachan stands Stat steamer Stirling stone stream street tains Thurso tourist tower town transept Tweed Ullapool valley village walk wall woods
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Page 216 - We were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish, if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity...
Page 159 - Here eglantine embalmed the air, Hawthorn and hazel mingled there; The primrose pale, and violet flower, Found in each...
Page 75 - Thou know'st it well, — nor fen, nor sedge, Pollute the pure lake's crystal edge; Abrupt and sheer, the mountains sink At once upon the level brink; And just a trace of silver sand Marks where the water meets the land.
Page 375 - I sat down on a bank, such as a writer of romance might have delighted to feign. I had indeed no trees to whisper over my head, but a clear rivulet streamed at my feet. The day was calm, the air was soft, and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude.
Page 124 - Is it so?" reflecting on the alliance which had placed the Stewart family on the throne; "then God's will be done. It came with a lass, and it will go with a lass.
Page 93 - Auld Vandal, ye but show your little mense, Just much about it wi' your scanty sense ; Will your poor, narrow foot-path of a street, Where twa wheel-barrows tremble when they meet, Your ruin'd, formless bulk o...
Page 216 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future, predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me, and from my friends, be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us, indifferent and unmoved, over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among...
Page 207 - ... is no cloud in the sky, the impression made by the landscape is sad and awful. The path lies along a stream which issues from the most sullen and gloomy of mountain pools. Huge precipices of naked stone frown on both sides. Even in July the streaks of snow may often be discerned in the rifts near the summits. All down the sides of the crags heaps of ruin mark the headlong paths of the torrents.
Page 11 - Ten of them were sheathed in steel, With belted sword, and spur on heel: They quitted not their harness bright, Neither by day, nor yet by night: They lay down to rest, With corslet laced...
Page 16 - The moon on the east oriel shone Through slender shafts of shapely stone, By foliaged tracery combined; Thou wouldst have thought some fairy's hand 'Twixt poplars straight the osier wand In many a freakish knot had twined; Then framed a spell, when the work was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone.