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... and never can they gain that place in his heart , only to be occupied by his feudal chief of ages past . Our Queen better knew her northern people , when , upon her first memorable visit to this land of Catarans , she , like the ...
... and never can they gain that place in his heart , only to be occupied by his feudal chief of ages past . Our Queen better knew her northern people , when , upon her first memorable visit to this land of Catarans , she , like the ...
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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 rolling , booming surges , which impress ...
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 rolling , booming surges , which impress ...
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I knew it was now or never . Instantly , I caught sight of the bold flap of a giant wing , and the mighty bird soared majestically from the dizzy chasm . The shot was not difficult . I may say , that my aim was cool and determined .
I knew it was now or never . Instantly , I caught sight of the bold flap of a giant wing , and the mighty bird soared majestically from the dizzy chasm . The shot was not difficult . I may say , that my aim was cool and determined .
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No a rug , " as Sandy repeatedly said ; but he endeavoured , poor fellow , to keep up our spirits by telling a tale of every wood , hill , or rock we crept slowly past . " There's the badger's rock , sir ; he has never left it for the ...
No a rug , " as Sandy repeatedly said ; but he endeavoured , poor fellow , to keep up our spirits by telling a tale of every wood , hill , or rock we crept slowly past . " There's the badger's rock , sir ; he has never left it for the ...
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We never saw them eat grass or hay , and should as soon have thought of giving such food to a dog , as insulting them with it . What they call " badger's hay - making " is neither more nor less than the routing up the moss , which they ...
We never saw them eat grass or hay , and should as soon have thought of giving such food to a dog , as insulting them with it . What they call " badger's hay - making " is neither more nor less than the routing up the moss , which they ...
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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,