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... length 436 feet by 200 in breadth . In the space with- in the innermost rampart is a prętorium , of a rectangular form . The Brown Cather Thun is so called from the colour of its rampart , which is overgrown with heath . It approaches ...
... length 436 feet by 200 in breadth . In the space with- in the innermost rampart is a prętorium , of a rectangular form . The Brown Cather Thun is so called from the colour of its rampart , which is overgrown with heath . It approaches ...
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... length , and fifteen at its greatest breadth . The outward wall is in many places so low , as to be almost level with the rock , though in other places it rises to the height of two or three feet ; but even where it is lowest , the ...
... length , and fifteen at its greatest breadth . The outward wall is in many places so low , as to be almost level with the rock , though in other places it rises to the height of two or three feet ; but even where it is lowest , the ...
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... length , and thirty in breadth . It is rounded at each of the ends , like the outward wall . This inner wall is nearly of the same thickness with the outer one , and is of considerable height . There is some appearance that it had four ...
... length , and thirty in breadth . It is rounded at each of the ends , like the outward wall . This inner wall is nearly of the same thickness with the outer one , and is of considerable height . There is some appearance that it had four ...
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... length , and fifteen in breadth . It is smaller than any of the other two fortified hills ; but , from its situation and form , must have been , in the periods it was resorted to for defence , quite impregnable . The area on the summit ...
... length , and fifteen in breadth . It is smaller than any of the other two fortified hills ; but , from its situation and form , must have been , in the periods it was resorted to for defence , quite impregnable . The area on the summit ...
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... length , piled above each other , to the height of about four feet and breadth of three , with a symmetry more exact than could have been expected . This foundation formed a casing , within which were piled roundish stones , diminishing ...
... length , piled above each other , to the height of about four feet and breadth of three , with a symmetry more exact than could have been expected . This foundation formed a casing , within which were piled roundish stones , diminishing ...
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Page 39 - 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 44 - 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 156 - Where, through a shapeless breach, his stream resounds. As high in air the bursting torrents flow, As deep recoiling surges foam below, Prone down the rock the whitening sheet descends, And viewless echo's ear, astonish'd, rends. Dim-seen, through rising mists and ceaseless show'rs, The hoary cavern, wide-surrounding, low'rs. Still through the gap the struggling river toils, And still, below, the horrid cauldron boils — THE WHISTLE.
Page 39 - IF thou would'st view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moon-light; For the gay beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout, the ruins gray. 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...
Page 303 - ... labyrinth branching off into numerous apartments, in the mazes and windings of which they were completely bewildered and lost. " After various vain attempts to return, their lights were extinguished, their voices became hoarse and exhausted with frequent shouting...
Page 162 - From the windows the eye wanders over the sea that separates Scotland from Norway, and when the winds beat with violence must enjoy all the terrifick grandeur of the tempestuous ocean. I would not for my amusement...
Page 39 - 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.
Page 163 - We were enclosed by a natural wall, rising steep on every side to a height which produced the idea of insurmountable confinement. The interception of all lateral light caused a dismal gloom. Round us was a perpendicular rock, above us the distant sky, and below an unknown profundity of water. If I had any malice against a walking spirit, instead of laying him in the Red Sea, I would condemn him to reside in the Buller of Buchan.
Page 172 - The mind can hardly form an idea more magnificent than such a space, supported on each side by ranges of columns; and roofed by the bottoms of those, which have been...
Page 299 - ... and ran towards the surface ; the ore of these veins was much more valuable than the other, consequently the miners (who were paid by quality as well as quantity) pursued the smaller veins so near the surface, that the water broke through into the mine in such an overwhelming degree that an engine of thirty horse power could make no sensible impression on the inundation ; and thus a forcible stop was put to all further proceedings.