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Robert Chambers. PREFACE . vii possible in any way to inspire it with the least general interest . I have avoided , with almost equal solicitude , details of historical facts , in cases where these did not possess the merit of a fame ...
Robert Chambers. PREFACE . vii possible in any way to inspire it with the least general interest . I have avoided , with almost equal solicitude , details of historical facts , in cases where these did not possess the merit of a fame ...
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... least give the chance of success . has been his wish from earliest boyhood , in the words of Burns , Some usefu ' plan or book to make , For puir auld Scotland's cherished sake . It He has already done more than perhaps his years would ...
... least give the chance of success . has been his wish from earliest boyhood , in the words of Burns , Some usefu ' plan or book to make , For puir auld Scotland's cherished sake . It He has already done more than perhaps his years would ...
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... least of the common order , -are the comparatively pure and unmixed descendants of the aboriginal Celts , who , having lived for centuries in a secluded and mountain- ous territory , beyond the reach of both the laws and manners of the ...
... least of the common order , -are the comparatively pure and unmixed descendants of the aboriginal Celts , who , having lived for centuries in a secluded and mountain- ous territory , beyond the reach of both the laws and manners of the ...
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... least appears to be the conviction of the natives of Northumberland , Cumberland , and Durham , who have long assumed the appellation of Bastard Scotch . And that the Teviotdale people look upon them as the reverse of aliens , is ...
... least appears to be the conviction of the natives of Northumberland , Cumberland , and Durham , who have long assumed the appellation of Bastard Scotch . And that the Teviotdale people look upon them as the reverse of aliens , is ...
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... least equal to their native graces . The art of the toilette has here been carried to a height rare in this quarter of the island , or indeed out of the metropolis , on account , it is said , of the facility with which the belles of the ...
... least equal to their native graces . The art of the toilette has here been carried to a height rare in this quarter of the island , or indeed out of the metropolis , on account , it is said , of the facility with which the belles of the ...
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Abbey ancient appearance Ayrshire bank baronial beautiful Berwick Bothwell bridge building built burgh Burns called Castle celebrated century character church church-yard Clyde cross curious distance district Drumelzier Dumfries Dumfriesshire Dunse Earl Earlstoun edifice Edinburgh eminence erected Ettrick feet formed former formerly fortress Galashiels Galloway Glasgow ground Hawick hills inhabitants James James Blaikie Jedburgh king Kirk Kirkcudbright lady laird Lammermuir Lanark land Liddisdale Loch Lochmaben Lord Maybole Melrose Merse miles mountain Neidpath Castle neighbourhood neighbouring object occasion parish Peebles Peeblesshire person poet possession present remarkable residence river road Roxburghshire royal burgh ruins scene scenery Scot Scotland Scottish seat seems seen Selkirk Selkirkshire side singular situated spot St Mary's Loch stands stone stranger stream street THOMAS THE RHYMER tion tower town tradition trees Tweed vale village whole Wigton wild wood worthy Yarrow
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Page 122 - When the broken arches are black in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers white ; When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruined central tower ; When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seem framed of ebon and ivory ; When silver edges the imagery, And the scrolls that teach thee to live and die...
Page 158 - But thou, that didst appear so fair To fond imagination, Dost rival in the light of day Her delicate creation. Meek loveliness is round thee spread — A softness still and holy, The grace of forest charms decayed, And pastoral melancholy.
Page 157 - O that some Minstrel's harp were near, To utter notes of gladness, And chase this silence from the air, That fills my heart with sadness...
Page 122 - When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruined central tower; When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seem framed of ebon and ivory ; When silver edges the imagery, And the scrolls that teach thee to live and die ; When distant Tweed is heard to rave, And the owlet to hoot o'er the dead man's grave, Then go— but go alone the while — Then view St. David's ruined pile ; And, home' returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair ! II.
Page 158 - Fair scenes for childhood's opening bloom, For sportive youth to stray in ; For manhood to enjoy his strength ; And age to wear away in...
Page viii - I have no dearer aim than to have it in my power, unplagued with the routine of business, for which heaven knows I am unfit enough, to make leisurely pilgrimages through Caledonia ; to sit on the fields of her battles ; to wander on the romantic banks of her rivers ; and to muse by the stately towers or venerable ruins, once the honoured abodes of her heroes.
Page 121 - IF thou would'st view fair Melrose aright,* Go visit it by the pale moonlight : For the gay beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout, the rums gray.
Page 159 - The sober hills thus deck their brows To meet the wintry season. I see — but not by sight alone, Loved Yarrow, have I won thee; A ray of Fancy still survives — Her sunshine plays upon thee...
Page 82 - SWEET TEVIOT ! on thy silver tide The glaring bale-fires blaze no more ; No longer steel-clad warriors ride Along thy wild and willowed shore ; Where'er thou wind'st, by dale or hill, All, all is peaceful, all is still, As if thy waves, since Time was born, Since first they rolled upon the Tweed, Had only heard the shepherd's reed, Nor started at the bugle-horn.
Page 98 - Lylliard lies under this stane, Little was her stature, but great was her fame ; Upon the English louns she laid mony thumps, And when her legs were cutted off, she fought upon her stumps.