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... tree , have been found imbedded in laminated sand , several feet below the surface of the soil . At what period those floods were converted into dry land there is no re- cord to tell us ; but the Clyde had become so narrow and shallow ...
... tree , have been found imbedded in laminated sand , several feet below the surface of the soil . At what period those floods were converted into dry land there is no re- cord to tell us ; but the Clyde had become so narrow and shallow ...
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... trees and shrubs . The banks of the Kelvin are also fringed with trees , and Kelvin Grove House , situated amid foliage , on the very edge of the stream , is prettily mirrored in the Kelvin Water . In two conspicuous places are placed ...
... trees and shrubs . The banks of the Kelvin are also fringed with trees , and Kelvin Grove House , situated amid foliage , on the very edge of the stream , is prettily mirrored in the Kelvin Water . In two conspicuous places are placed ...
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... tree , a bird , a salmon , a ring , and a bell — which have mightily puzzled antiquaries , but are supposed to refer to miracles per- - * The Tron was a place for weighing merchandise , and the ground flat of the steeple was long used ...
... tree , a bird , a salmon , a ring , and a bell — which have mightily puzzled antiquaries , but are supposed to refer to miracles per- - * The Tron was a place for weighing merchandise , and the ground flat of the steeple was long used ...
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... tree- if it is not , as some say , an oak , or St. Serf's rod that blossomed into an apple tree t -- is emblematical of a frozen hazel bush which the saint miraculously set in a blaze once , when all the lamps in the monastery of ...
... tree- if it is not , as some say , an oak , or St. Serf's rod that blossomed into an apple tree t -- is emblematical of a frozen hazel bush which the saint miraculously set in a blaze once , when all the lamps in the monastery of ...
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... trees ; but , as compared with other parks , it is a somewhat barren tract , * and leaves much room for ornament and improvement . It is a park that might very easily be laid out to pic- torial advantage , and it is to be regretted that ...
... trees ; but , as compared with other parks , it is a somewhat barren tract , * and leaves much room for ornament and improvement . It is a park that might very easily be laid out to pic- torial advantage , and it is to be regretted that ...
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Abbotsford Achray admirable appear artist banks beautiful Ben Ledi Ben Lomond Ben Venue bridge building Burns called Castle Cathedral cave century church clan Clyde coach creel Douglas Drummond Edinburgh Ellen's Isle English erected feet fishwives Glasgow glen Greenock Hawthornden Highland Mary hills Hotel Inversnaid island James King Lady lake land legend Loch Achray Loch Katrine Loch Lomond London look Lord lovely Macgregors Mary's Melrose Abbey memory miles monument mountain Newhaven ornamental passed picture picturesque pillars piper poem poet poetical portion present Princes Street Queen railway river road Rob Roy Rob Roy's Robert rock Roslin Castle Roslin Chapel ruins says scene scenery Scotch Scotland Scots Scottish seen shore side Sir Walter Scott sketch spot stone stream Tartan-land tion Tom Purdie tomb tourists tower town trees Trosachs Venue walk woods words
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Page 224 - In all her length far winding lay, With promontory, creek, and bay, And islands that, empurpled bright, Floated amid the livelier light, And mountains, that like giants stand, To sentinel enchanted land.
Page 383 - LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
Page 350 - The moon on the east oriel shone, Through slender shafts of shapely stone, By foliaged tracery combined ; Thou wouldst 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.
Page 335 - Raby there was slain, Whose prowess did surmount. For Witherington needs must I wail As one in doleful dumps ; For when his legs were smitten off, He fought upon his stumps.
Page 204 - These trees, a veil just half withdrawn; This fall of water, that doth make A murmur near the silent lake...
Page 133 - Mary! dear departed shade! Where is thy place of blissful rest ? See'st thou thy lover lowly laid? Hear'st thou the groans that rend his breast?
Page 387 - There are twenty of Roslin's barons bold Lie buried within that proud chapelle , Each one the holy vault doth hold, But the sea holds lovely Rosabelle ! And each St.
Page 250 - THERE'S not a nook within this solemn Pass, But were an apt confessional for One Taught by his summer spent, his autumn gone, That Life is but a tale of morning grass Withered at eve.
Page 211 - Had you seen but these roads before they were made, You'd lift up your hands and bless Marshal Wade.
Page 417 - Thrice happy he, who by some shady grove, Far from the clamorous world, doth live his own ; Though solitary, who is not alone, But doth converse with that eternal Love.