The Wild HebridesLongman, [and others], 1859 - 97 ページ |
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... ruined keep peep out from its secluded cave on the left ; and yonder is the pier of Ardrishaig , and above it is the basin of the Crinan Canal . There lies a little ark waiting to glide with us across the mountain to the bosom of the ...
... ruined keep peep out from its secluded cave on the left ; and yonder is the pier of Ardrishaig , and above it is the basin of the Crinan Canal . There lies a little ark waiting to glide with us across the mountain to the bosom of the ...
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... ruins of Duntroon , the fine domain of Poltal- loch , and the mountains of Lorn . And there , on the bosom of the Atlantic , lies a nest of Cyclades of varied hues and forms , the Sudereys , or Southern Hebrides . There is inspiration ...
... ruins of Duntroon , the fine domain of Poltal- loch , and the mountains of Lorn . And there , on the bosom of the Atlantic , lies a nest of Cyclades of varied hues and forms , the Sudereys , or Southern Hebrides . There is inspiration ...
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... a geologic harlequin , fantastically laced with veins of quartz and schist . There is a beacon - hill on it 320 feet high . Martin and Pennant allude to ruins of churches , crosses , cairns , forts , and Danish mounds , 8 THE HEBRIDES .
... a geologic harlequin , fantastically laced with veins of quartz and schist . There is a beacon - hill on it 320 feet high . Martin and Pennant allude to ruins of churches , crosses , cairns , forts , and Danish mounds , 8 THE HEBRIDES .
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... it was dependent . Cormac , the acolyte of Columba , had here a chapel and a cell . There were an altar and a sculptured coffin , slab , a sarcophagus , and two ruined crosses , one carved with the crucifixion , and surrounded GIGHA .
... it was dependent . Cormac , the acolyte of Columba , had here a chapel and a cell . There were an altar and a sculptured coffin , slab , a sarcophagus , and two ruined crosses , one carved with the crucifixion , and surrounded GIGHA .
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... ruins of their high court were on the islet in Loch Finelagan , or Gairm ; and Martin even de- scribes " a big stone of seven feet square , in which there was a deep impression to receive the feet of Mc Donald ; " and here he stood and ...
... ruins of their high court were on the islet in Loch Finelagan , or Gairm ; and Martin even de- scribes " a big stone of seven feet square , in which there was a deep impression to receive the feet of Mc Donald ; " and here he stood and ...
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Argyl ascend Atlantic basalt beauty beneath Blaven blocks boat bosom Broadford Brochel brow Cailleach cairn callit Canna Carsaig Castle causeway Cave cavern chapel cliffs Coll Colonsay Columba columnar cone Corrie Corrievrechan Craignish Crashinish cross Cuchullins Danish dark Dean deep deer display Duart Duin Duntulm eccentric Erische Erraid Erse Etive feet high Fladda floating Gigha gillean Glamaig Glen green grey Hebrides Highland hills holy Icolmkill Inimore Iona islet iyle Kerrera kings lake land legend Loch Coruisk Loch Etive Lord Lorn lying MacLean magnificent majestic Martin McDonald McLeod Mhor mighty miles long moored Morvern mound mountain Mull northern ocean once Pennant Portree purple quaint quartz quhilk Quiraig Raasa relics rich ridge rising rock rolling round ruined sand Scarba Scavig scene schist Scuir shadows shore Skye Sleat Sligachan solemn Somerled southern Staffa stone Storr Taisch ther tomb Treshinish Uist Ulva vassals wild wildest yonder
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90 ページ - Placed far amid the melancholy main, (Whether it be lone fancy him beguiles ; Or that aerial beings sometimes deign To stand embodied, to our senses plain) Sees on the naked hill, or valley low, The whilst in ocean Phoebus dips his wain, A vast assembly moving to and fro: Then all at once in air dissolves the wondrous show.
33 ページ - Where, as to shame the temples deck'd By skill of earthly architect, Nature herself, it seem'd, would raise A Minster to her Maker's praise ! Not for a meaner use ascend Her columns, or her arches bend ; Nor of a theme less solemn tells That mighty surge that ebbs and swells, And still, between each awful pause, From the high vault an answer draws, In varied tone prolonged and high, That mocks the organ's melody.
62 ページ - The moon is up, and yet it is not night — Sunset divides the sky with her — a sea Of glory streams along the Alpine height Of blue Friuli's mountains; heaven is free From clouds, but of all colours seems to be Melted to one vast Iris of the West, Where the day joins the past Eternity; While, on the other hand, meek Dian's crest Floats through the azure air...
31 ページ - Romance does not often exhibit a scene that strikes the imagination more than this little desert, in these depths of western obscurity, occupied not by a gross herdsman, or amphibious fisherman, but by a gentleman and two ladies, of high birth, polished manners, and elegant conversation...
16 ページ - Fitz-Eustace' heart felt closely pent ; As if to give his rapture vent, The spur he to his charger lent, And raised his bridle hand, And, making demi-volte in air, Cried, " Where's the coward that would not dare To fight for such a land !" The Lindesay smiled his joy to see; Nor Marmion's frown repress'd his glee.
45 ページ - Or thither where beneath the show'ry west The mighty kings of three fair realms are laid : Once foes, perhaps, together now they rest. No slaves revere them, and no wars invade : Yet frequent now, at midnight's solemn hour...
43 ページ - Erishe cronickells, that Coelus king of Norroway commandit his nobils to take his bodey and burey it in Colmkill, if it chancit him to die in the iles...
42 ページ - Within this ile of Colmkill, there is ane sanctuary also, or kirkzaird, callit in Erische Religoran, quhilk is a very fair kirkzaird, and weill biggit about with staine and...
42 ページ - Colmkill, there is ane sanctuary also, or kirkzaird, callit in Erische Religoran, quhilk is a very fair kirkzaird, and weill biggit about with staine and lyme. Into this sanctuary ther is three tombes of staine, formit like little chapels, with ane braid gray marble or quhin staine in the gavill of ilk ane of the tombes. In the staine of the ane tombe there is wretten in Latin letters, Tumulus Begum Scotia, that is, The tombe ore grave of the Scotts Kinges.
92 ページ - ... own handeywark, within this kirk the ancients of that countrey of the Lewis says, that the said Pigmies has been eirdit thair. Maney men of divers countreys has delvit upe dieplie the flure of the litle kirke, and i myselve amanges the leave, and hes found in it, deepe under the erthe, certain banes and round heads of wonderfull little quantity, allegit to be the banes of the said Pigmies, quhilk may be lykely, according to sundry historys that we reid of the Pigmies : but i leave this far of...