A Journey to the Western Islands of ScotlandW. Strahan, 1775 - 384 ページ |
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... covered with a thin layer of earth , not wholly bare of grafs , and very fertile of thiftles . A fmall herd of cows grazes annually upon it in the fummer . It feems never to have afforded to man or beast a permanent habitation . We ...
... covered with a thin layer of earth , not wholly bare of grafs , and very fertile of thiftles . A fmall herd of cows grazes annually upon it in the fummer . It feems never to have afforded to man or beast a permanent habitation . We ...
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... covered with fern or heath . On the right the limpid waters of Lough Nefs were beating their bank , and waving their surface by a gentle agitation . Beyond them were rocks fometimes covered with verdure , and fometimes towering in ...
... covered with fern or heath . On the right the limpid waters of Lough Nefs were beating their bank , and waving their surface by a gentle agitation . Beyond them were rocks fometimes covered with verdure , and fometimes towering in ...
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... covered with ice . In difcuffing these exceptions from the course of nature , the firft question is , whether the fact be justly stated . That which is strange is delightful , and a pleas ing error is not willingly detected . Accuracy ...
... covered with ice . In difcuffing these exceptions from the course of nature , the firft question is , whether the fact be justly stated . That which is strange is delightful , and a pleas ing error is not willingly detected . Accuracy ...
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... covered with heath , which makes a ftrong and warm thatch , kept from flying off by ropes of twisted heath , of which the ends , reach- ing from the centre of the thatch to the top of the wall , are held firm by the weight of a large ...
... covered with heath , which makes a ftrong and warm thatch , kept from flying off by ropes of twisted heath , of which the ends , reach- ing from the centre of the thatch to the top of the wall , are held firm by the weight of a large ...
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... covered with trees , rife at once on the left hand and in the front . We defired our guides to fhew us the Fall , and difmounting , clambered over very rugged crags , till I began to wish that our curiofity might have been gratified ...
... covered with trees , rife at once on the left hand and in the front . We defired our guides to fhew us the Fall , and difmounting , clambered over very rugged crags , till I began to wish that our curiofity might have been gratified ...
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