A Journey to the Western Islands of ScotlandR. Gordon, 1795 - 235 ページ |
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... rock covered with a thin layer of earth , not wholly bare of grafs , and very fertile of thistles . A fmall herd of cows grazes annually upon it in the fummer . It seems never to have afforded to man or beast a perma- nent habitation ...
... rock covered with a thin layer of earth , not wholly bare of grafs , and very fertile of thistles . A fmall herd of cows grazes annually upon it in the fummer . It seems never to have afforded to man or beast a perma- nent habitation ...
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... rock , the foot of which is beaten by the waves . To walk round the houfe feemed im- practicable . From the window , the eye wanders . over the fea that feparates Scotland from Nor- . way , and when the winds beat with violence muft ...
... rock , the foot of which is beaten by the waves . To walk round the houfe feemed im- practicable . From the window , the eye wanders . over the fea that feparates Scotland from Nor- . way , and when the winds beat with violence muft ...
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... rock has , as we were told , its body not larger than a duck's , and yet lays eggs as large as those of a goofe . This bird is by the inhabitants named a Coot . That which is called Coot in England , is here a Cooter . Upon these rocks ...
... rock has , as we were told , its body not larger than a duck's , and yet lays eggs as large as those of a goofe . This bird is by the inhabitants named a Coot . That which is called Coot in England , is here a Cooter . Upon these rocks ...
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... rock , above us the distant sky , and below an unknown profundity of water . If I had any malice against a walking spi- rit , instead of laying him in the Red - sea , I would condemn him to refide in the Buller of Buchan . But terror ...
... rock , above us the distant sky , and below an unknown profundity of water . If I had any malice against a walking spi- rit , instead of laying him in the Red - sea , I would condemn him to refide in the Buller of Buchan . But terror ...
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... rock so high and steep , that I think it was once not acceffible , but by the help of ladders , or a bridge . Over against it , on another hill , was a fort built by Cromwell , now totally demolished ; for no faction of Scotland loved ...
... rock so high and steep , that I think it was once not acceffible , but by the help of ladders , or a bridge . Over against it , on another hill , was a fort built by Cromwell , now totally demolished ; for no faction of Scotland loved ...
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