The Vale of Strathmore: Its Scenes and LegendsW. Paterson, 1875 - 524 oldal |
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vii. oldal
... feet above the level of the sea , and ex- tending from Kinnoul Hill , on the north bank of the Tay in Perthshire , to Redhead , a promontory on the east coast of Forfarsbire , and to Stonehaven in Kincar- dineshire . At the Hill of ...
... feet above the level of the sea , and ex- tending from Kinnoul Hill , on the north bank of the Tay in Perthshire , to Redhead , a promontory on the east coast of Forfarsbire , and to Stonehaven in Kincar- dineshire . At the Hill of ...
10. oldal
... feet high , with its round - roofed vaults , narrow orifices , and great , thick , massy walls , is nearly of the earliest period of castellated masonry . The rich cluster of cone - topped turrets , again , with the spiral staircase in ...
... feet high , with its round - roofed vaults , narrow orifices , and great , thick , massy walls , is nearly of the earliest period of castellated masonry . The rich cluster of cone - topped turrets , again , with the spiral staircase in ...
21. oldal
... feet . The principal entrance is in the base of a massive square tower , at the south - east angle of the building . The front of the building to the west of the tower is most effectively treated , by being divided into two gabled pro ...
... feet . The principal entrance is in the base of a massive square tower , at the south - east angle of the building . The front of the building to the west of the tower is most effectively treated , by being divided into two gabled pro ...
23. oldal
... feet above the level of the sea , adds greatly to the beauty of the parish . The view from the top is extensive , and very beautiful . This hill is one of the detached Sidlaw Hills , and is also sometimes called the Hill of Brigton ...
... feet above the level of the sea , adds greatly to the beauty of the parish . The view from the top is extensive , and very beautiful . This hill is one of the detached Sidlaw Hills , and is also sometimes called the Hill of Brigton ...
34. oldal
... feet in thickness , is carried obliquely round the Hill , encircling a space of 340 or 350 yards in circumference . Within this semi - circular and extensive rampart , there are scattered vestiges of the foundations of an immense castel ...
... feet in thickness , is carried obliquely round the Hill , encircling a space of 340 or 350 yards in circumference . Within this semi - circular and extensive rampart , there are scattered vestiges of the foundations of an immense castel ...
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Abbey Aberlemno Airlie Airlie Castle Airniefoul Alyth ancient Angus Annie auld barony beautiful bright Brigton burn Careston Carnegie Castle CHAPTER church cottage Cupar dark daughter dear death Den of Airlie Dominie dream Dundee Earl Earl of Southesk erected father favourite feeling feet Forfar gazed gently Glamis Glen of Ogilvy golden Guthrie hand happy Hayston heart holy Hunter Hill James Jeanie Kerbet King Kinnaird Kinnettles Kirriemuir Ladye Jean Laird lands Lindsay Loch Lord Lucy Lyon maiden Maister Malcolm II Meigle Miller mind minister morning mountain mysterious never night o'er once parish passed replied Sabbath scene Scotland seated Sidlaw Sidlaw Hills silence sing Sir James Carnegie softly solemn song sorrow soul sound Southesk St Fergus stone strange stranger Strathmore sweet thee thou thought tower village voice wild wood young youth
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421. oldal - Death by force, though pale and faint. Mine, as whom wash'd from spot of child-bed taint Purification in the Old Law did save, And such as yet once more I trust to have Full sight of her in Heaven without restraint, Came vested all in white, pure as her mind. Her face was...
119. oldal - Iron sharpeneth iron ; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
210. oldal - For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song: and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
362. oldal - Behold, I shew you a mystery ; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump ; for the trumpet shall sound ; and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
393. oldal - Within its crimson folds. Now from the town Buried in smoke, and sleep, and noisome damps, Oft let me wander o'er the dewy fields, Where freshness breathes, and dash the trembling drops From the bent bush, as through the verdant maze Of sweet-briar hedges I pursue my walk...
192. oldal - The night has been unruly : where we lay, Our chimneys were blown down : and, as they say, Lamentings heard i' the air ; strange screams of death: And, prophesying with accents terrible Of dire combustion and confused events, New hatch'd to the woeful time, The obscure bird clamour'd the live-long night : Some say the earth was feverous, and did shake.
99. oldal - Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
99. oldal - I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia : for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. 7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
384. oldal - E'en while with us thy footsteps trod, His seal was on thy brow. Dust to its narrow house beneath ! Soul to its place on high ! They that have seen thy look in death, No more may fear to die.
419. oldal - It is interesting to notice how some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage, and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.