Tait's Edinburgh magazine, Volume 161849 |
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Page 11
... seen in any county , and the Highland runners did not seem to us peculiarly agile ; but the race to the top of the Charter Chest cannot be imitated everywhere , because a similar hill does not enter into every land- scape . The The ...
... seen in any county , and the Highland runners did not seem to us peculiarly agile ; but the race to the top of the Charter Chest cannot be imitated everywhere , because a similar hill does not enter into every land- scape . The The ...
Page 17
... seen great havoc made amongst a nation of ants by a gig wheel , while the poor insects were employed in dragging their winter's provender over one of those nice smooth roads for which the Highlands are cele- brated . These calamities ...
... seen great havoc made amongst a nation of ants by a gig wheel , while the poor insects were employed in dragging their winter's provender over one of those nice smooth roads for which the Highlands are cele- brated . These calamities ...
Page 25
... seen the misery , ignorance , and degradation of that terrible mob , debased and trampled on by violence and power , || had neither wondered nor blamed their taking their hour of revenge . They came from the Faubourgs St. Marceau ...
... seen the misery , ignorance , and degradation of that terrible mob , debased and trampled on by violence and power , || had neither wondered nor blamed their taking their hour of revenge . They came from the Faubourgs St. Marceau ...
Page 37
... seen an English gar- den , and could scarcely be deemed a competent witness . At Ratisbon he lay for a considerable time while the country around was being devas- tated by contending armies . He was detained in that city until October ...
... seen an English gar- den , and could scarcely be deemed a competent witness . At Ratisbon he lay for a considerable time while the country around was being devas- tated by contending armies . He was detained in that city until October ...
Page 40
... seen the worthy family of Lothian House ; and , imme- diately on receipt of your lordship's letter , communi- cated to them the agreeable news of your young one's being recovered . Nothing could be so agreeable to me as to embrace your ...
... seen the worthy family of Lothian House ; and , imme- diately on receipt of your lordship's letter , communi- cated to them the agreeable news of your young one's being recovered . Nothing could be so agreeable to me as to embrace your ...
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