Pocket Guide to Abbotsford, Melrose and the Scottish Border1855 - 88 ページ |
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... beautiful vale of Melrose , with the far re- nowned towers and treasures of Abbotsford , form scenes and subjects which every traveller in Scotland must of necessity make themselves acquainted with . In the following pages , every ...
... beautiful vale of Melrose , with the far re- nowned towers and treasures of Abbotsford , form scenes and subjects which every traveller in Scotland must of necessity make themselves acquainted with . In the following pages , every ...
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... beautiful river Esk . It is environed with several of the largest and finest trees in Scotland - particularly a spreading beech of enormous girth and umbrage . The fine books and illuminated MSS . of the monks , are to some extent still ...
... beautiful river Esk . It is environed with several of the largest and finest trees in Scotland - particularly a spreading beech of enormous girth and umbrage . The fine books and illuminated MSS . of the monks , are to some extent still ...
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... beautiful valley of the Gore . At some distance , on the right , is passed Arniston House , the seat of a very distinguished branch of the Dundas family . The South Esk flows picturesquely through the domain ; betwixt Gorebridge and ...
... beautiful valley of the Gore . At some distance , on the right , is passed Arniston House , the seat of a very distinguished branch of the Dundas family . The South Esk flows picturesquely through the domain ; betwixt Gorebridge and ...
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... beautiful view of the valleys of the Tweed and the Ettrick , with the pass of the Gala , is found to have been strongly defended by a rampart of stone , a deep fosse , and a large earthen bulwark , at all assailable points . From ...
... beautiful view of the valleys of the Tweed and the Ettrick , with the pass of the Gala , is found to have been strongly defended by a rampart of stone , a deep fosse , and a large earthen bulwark , at all assailable points . From ...
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... beautiful suburb of Gattonside , a region of gardens and orchards , is connected with Melrose by an iron bridge . MELROSE ABBEY , independently of all the poetry and romance with which it has become associated , is one of the finest of ...
... beautiful suburb of Gattonside , a region of gardens and orchards , is connected with Melrose by an iron bridge . MELROSE ABBEY , independently of all the poetry and romance with which it has become associated , is one of the finest of ...
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abbot Abbotsford aisle ancient arches bank Bass beautiful beautifully Berwick-upon-Tweed border Borthwick Bridge burgh Callander Calton Hill Cathedral Chapel church CLAN coloured contains Crichton cross Dirleton Dressing-Cases Dryburgh Abbey Dunbar Earl east elegant English Engraved Fast Castle feet Four Plates Gala water Galashiels Glasgow Glasgow Cathedral Gothic Granton Hall Hawick Holyrood Holyrood Palace House Illustrated James Jedburgh Abbey John Kelso Kilchurn Castle King Loch Katrine Loch Lomond lofty Lord magnificent mansion Melrose Abbey MENZIES miles Milne's monks Monument Mounted on Cloth nave niches North Berwick North British opposite ornamented Palace passes picturesque POCKET GUIDE Price Prince's Street Proprietor Railway river rock Roslin Roxburgh ruins SCENERY Scotland Scottish sculptured seat side Sir Walter Scott situated St Boswell's STATION Stirling stone style surmounted Tantallon Tartan Tartan Silk TEMPERANCE HOTEL Teviot Thomson tourist tower town tracery transept Trosachs Tweed Tweedmouth viaduct VIEWS OF EDINBURGH village wall window woods
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12 ページ - Life of Andrew Melville. Containing Illustrations of the Ecclesiastical and Literary History of Scotland in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. Crown 8vo, 6s.
12 ページ - Lives of the Queens of Scotland, and English Princesses connected with the Regal Succession of Great Britain.
27 ページ - The moon on the east oriel shone, Through slender shafts of shapely stone, By foliaged tracery combined ; Thou would'st have thought some fairy's hand, "Twixt poplars straight, the osier wand, In many a freakish knot, had twined ; Then framed a spell, when the work was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone.
62 ページ - And sudden, as he spoke, From the sharp ridges of the hill, All downward to the banks of Till, Was wreathed in sable smoke. Volumed and vast, and rolling far, The cloud enveloped Scotland's war As down the hill they broke ; Nor martial shout, nor minstrel tone, Announced their march ; their tread alone, At times one warning trumpet blown, At times a stifled hum, Told England, from his mountain-throne King James did rushing come. Scarce could they hear or see their foes Until at weapon-point they...
12 ページ - Every step in Scotland Is historical; the shades of the dead arise on every side; the very rocks breathe. Miss Strickland's talents as a writer, and turn of mind as an individual, in a peculiar manner fit her for painting a historical gallery of the most illustrious or dignified female characters in that land of chivalry and song."— Mtackwwid'e Mayasiite.
13 ページ - Edition, 5s. ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE LYRIC POETRY AND MUSIC OF SCOTLAND. By WILLIAM STENHOUSE. Originally compiled to accompany the ' Scots Musical Museum,' and now published separately, with Additional Notes and Illustrations.
54 ページ - Bosomed in woods where mighty rivers run, Kelso's fair vale expands before the sun : Its rising downs in vernal beauty swell, And, fringed with hazel, winds each flowery dell ; Green spangled plains to dimpling lawns succeed, And Tempe* rises on the banks of Tweed ; Blue o'er the river Kelso's shadow lies, And copse-clad isles amid the waters rise...
50 ページ - ... deranged in her understanding; and by the vulgar, with some degree of terror. The cause of her adopting this extraordinary mode of life she would never explain. It was, however, believed to have been occasioned by a vow, that, during the absence of a man to whom she was attached, she would never look upon the sun. Her lover never returned: he fell during the civil war of 1745-6, and she never more would behold the light of day.
18 ページ - There's a silver shower on the alders dank, And the drooping willows that wave on the bank. I see the Abbey, both turret and tower, It is all astir for the vesper hour; The monks for the chapel are leaving each cell, But where's Father Philip, should toll the bell ? III.
13 ページ - OF THE DEER FOREST; With Sketches of Olden and Modern Deer-Hunting, Traits of Natural History in the Forest, Traditions of the Clans, and Miscellaneous Notes. By JOHN SOBJESKI and CHARLES EDWARD STUART. 2 vols. poet 8vo, 21s. SUBALTERN. By the Author of