A huge sea of verdure, with crossing and intersecting promontories of massive and tufted groves, was tenanted by numberless flocks and herds, which seemed to wander unrestrained and unbounded through the rich pastures. The Thames, here turreted with villas,... The heart of Mid-Lothian - Page 292by Sir Walter Scott - 1818 - 375 pagesFull view - About this book
| Sir Walter Scott - 1830 - 422 pages
...wander unrestrained and unbounded through the rich pastures. The Thames, here turreted with villas, aud there garlanded with forests, moved on slowly and...and skiffs, whose white sails and gaily fluttering pennons gave life to the whole. The Duke of Argyle was, of course, familiar with this scene ; but to... | |
| Thomas Allen - Surrey (England) - 1831 - 564 pages
...which seemed to wander unrestrained and unbounded through the rich pastures. The Thames, here turreted with villas, and there garlanded with forests, moved...the scene, to whom all its other beauties were but accessaries, and bore on his bosom a hundred barks and skiffs, whose white sails and gaily fluttering... | |
| Edward Jesse - Animal behavior - 1835 - 352 pages
...terrace the prospect is most striking, the river presenting itself in three different places, moving on slowly and placidly, ' like the mighty monarch of ' the scene, to whom all its other beauties are but ' accessories,' while the surrounding country forms one vast amphitheatre of wood and verdure.... | |
| Walter Scott - 1836 - 676 pages
...presented. A huge sea of verdure, with crossing and intersecting promontories of massive and tufted groves, was tenanted by numberless flocks and herds,...and skiffs, whose white sails and gaily fluttering pennons gave life to the whole. The Duke of Argyle was, of course, familiar with this scene ; but to... | |
| Walter Scott - Historical fiction, Scottish - 1843 - 710 pages
...which seemed to wander unrestrained and unbounded through the rich pastures. The Thames, here turreted with villas, and there garlanded with forests, moved...its other beauties were but accessories, and bore on its bosom an hundred barks and skiffs, whose white sails, and gaily fluttering pennons gave life to... | |
| Walter Scott - 1843 - 728 pages
...which seemed to wander unrestrained and unbounded through the rich pastures. The Thames, here turreted with villas, and there garlanded with forests, moved...its other beauties were but accessories, and bore on its bosom an hundred barks and skiffs, whose white sails, and gaily fluttering pennons gave life to... | |
| British empire - 1847 - 812 pages
...which seemed to wander unrestrained and unbounded through the rich pastures. The Thames, here turreted with villas and there garlanded with forests, moved...and skiffs, whose white sails and gaily fluttering pennons gave life to the whole. " The Duke of Argyle was, of course, familiar with this scene ; but... | |
| Walter Scott - 1848 - 754 pages
...which seemed to wander unrestrained and unbounded through the rich pastures. The Thames, here turreted with villas, and there garlanded with forests, moved...its other beauties were but accessories, and bore on its bosom an hundred barks and skiffs, whose white sails and gaily fluttering pennons gave life to... | |
| Walter Scott - 1849 - 732 pages
...which seemed to wandei unrest rained andunbounded through the rich pastures. The Thames, here turreted @+ 5 1 : sa'.ii and gaily fluttering pennons gave life to the whole. The Duke of Argyle was. of course, familiar... | |
| John Fisher Murray - Thames River - 1849 - 388 pages
...which seemed to wander unrestrained and unbounded through the rich pastures. The Tfiames, here turreted with villas, and there garlanded with forests, moved on slowly and placidly, lihe the mighty monarch of the scene, to whom all its other beauties were but accessories, and bore... | |
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