The British Tourist's, Or, Traveller's Pocket Companion, Through England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland: Comprehending the Most Celebrated Modern Tours in the British Islands, and Several Originals, 2. kötetR. Phillips, 1809 |
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2. oldal
... covered with a thin layer of earth , not wholly bare of grass , and very fertile of thistles . A small herd of cows grazes annually upon it in the summer . It seems never to have afforded to man or beast a permanent ha- bitation . We ...
... covered with a thin layer of earth , not wholly bare of grass , and very fertile of thistles . A small herd of cows grazes annually upon it in the summer . It seems never to have afforded to man or beast a permanent ha- bitation . We ...
26. oldal
... covered with fern or heath . On the right , the limpid waters of Lough Ness were beating their bank , and waving their surface by a gentle agitation . Beyond them were rocks , sometimes covered with verdure , and sometimes towering in ...
... covered with fern or heath . On the right , the limpid waters of Lough Ness were beating their bank , and waving their surface by a gentle agitation . Beyond them were rocks , sometimes covered with verdure , and sometimes towering in ...
27. oldal
... covered . In discussing these ex- ceptions from the course of nature , the first ques- tion is , whether the fact be justly stated . That which is strange is delightful , and a pleasing error is not willingly detected . Accuracy of ...
... covered . In discussing these ex- ceptions from the course of nature , the first ques- tion is , whether the fact be justly stated . That which is strange is delightful , and a pleasing error is not willingly detected . Accuracy of ...
29. oldal
... covered with trees , rise at once on the left hand and in the front . We desired our guides to shew us the fall , and dismounting , clambered over very rugged craggs , till I began to wish that our curiosity might have been gra- tified ...
... covered with trees , rise at once on the left hand and in the front . We desired our guides to shew us the fall , and dismounting , clambered over very rugged craggs , till I began to wish that our curiosity might have been gra- tified ...
35. oldal
... covered with dark heath , and even that seems to be checked in its growth . What is not heath is nakedness , a little diversified , by now and then a stream rushing down the steep . An eye , accustomed to flowery pastures and wav- ing ...
... covered with dark heath , and even that seems to be checked in its growth . What is not heath is nakedness , a little diversified , by now and then a stream rushing down the steep . An eye , accustomed to flowery pastures and wav- ing ...
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Abbey acres Ambleside ancient antiquity appears beautiful Boethius bridge building built called castle Castle Oliver cattle church clan cross cultivated distance Duke Earl elegant eminence English erected Erse expence extent feet Fort Augustus front Furness Fell gentleman ground hall handsome Hebrides Highland hill honour houses of York hundred improvement Inch Kenneth inhabitants inscription Inverness island Keswick labour lady laird lake land Leaving live lofty Lord Lord Shelburne Maclean Macleod magnificent mansion miles monuments mountains Mull Nantwich never noble passed Pennant Penrith perhaps petrifactions picturesque proceeded Raasay remains remarkable rent residence rise river river Eden road rock Roman ruins says scene Scotland seat shew side Sir Allan situation Skiddaw Skie Slane Castle spot square stands stone supposed tain Tideswell tion tomb tower town travelled trees vale vicinity village visited wall whole wind wood Young
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133. oldal - ... 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 of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among...
98. oldal - By pretension to Second Sight, no profit was ever sought or gained. It is an involuntary affection, in which neither hope nor fear are known to have any part. Those who profess to feel it do not boast of it as a privilege, nor. are considered by others as advantageously distinguished. They have no temptation to feign ; and their hearers have no motive to encourage the imposture.
132. oldal - 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.
106. oldal - The editor, or author, never could shew the original ; nor can it be shewn by any other. To revenge reasonable incredulity, by refusing evidence, is a degree of insolence, with which the world is not yet acquainted ; and stubborn audacity is the last refuge of guilt.
33. oldal - I presented her with a book, which I happened to have about me, and should not be pleased to think that she forgets me. In the evening the...
36. oldal - The phantoms which haunt a desert are want, and misery, and danger; the evils of dereliction rush upon the thoughts; man is made unwillingly acquainted with his own weakness, and meditation shews him only how little he can sustain, and how little he can perform.
54. oldal - The clans retain little now of their original character ; their ferocity of temper is softened, their military ardour is extinguished, their dignity of independence is depressed, their contempt of government subdued, and their reverence for their chiefs abated. Of what they had before the late conquest of their country, there remain only their language and their poverty.
54. oldal - Their language is attacked on every side. Schools are erected, in which English only is taught, and there were lately some who thought it reasonable to refuse them a version of the holy scriptures, that they might have no monument of their mother tongue.
36. oldal - I sat down on a bank, such as a writer of Romance might have delighted to feign. I had indeed no trees to whisper over my head, but a clear rivulet streamed at my feet. The day was calm, the air soft, and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude.
45. oldal - Out of one of the beds on which we were to repose started up, at our entrance, a man black as a Cyclops from the forge.