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... colours displayed along the slopes of this ro- mantic hill . An Italian sky , or a South American forest , the wonders and glories of the tropic zones , may glow in the descriptive page of the traveller as unparalleled elsewhere , and ...
... colours displayed along the slopes of this ro- mantic hill . An Italian sky , or a South American forest , the wonders and glories of the tropic zones , may glow in the descriptive page of the traveller as unparalleled elsewhere , and ...
Page 9
... coloured freestone of the fine spires and build- ings ; not however without a long intervening or middle distance , in which the Calton Hill monu- ments , and other picturesque objects , appear with admirable atmospheric effects . On ...
... coloured freestone of the fine spires and build- ings ; not however without a long intervening or middle distance , in which the Calton Hill monu- ments , and other picturesque objects , appear with admirable atmospheric effects . On ...
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... colour to the modern assumption of their having maintained amongst them the symbolic signs of free masonry . If so , they paid a fearful penalty for the preservation of their secrets of association . It is in- deed not a little ...
... colour to the modern assumption of their having maintained amongst them the symbolic signs of free masonry . If so , they paid a fearful penalty for the preservation of their secrets of association . It is in- deed not a little ...
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... coloured signal lights worked by the engine , by means of a shade , so as to indicate whether the vessel was going fast or slow - to starboard or larboard . The society re- ported upon this system of coloured signal lights , since ...
... coloured signal lights worked by the engine , by means of a shade , so as to indicate whether the vessel was going fast or slow - to starboard or larboard . The society re- ported upon this system of coloured signal lights , since ...
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... coloured hemispherical fleshy substance , exactly like half a cherry , may thus be frequently met with . These are the Actinia · living animal flowers . The animal flowers , or He- lianthoids , are named , as expressive of form and 66 ...
... coloured hemispherical fleshy substance , exactly like half a cherry , may thus be frequently met with . These are the Actinia · living animal flowers . The animal flowers , or He- lianthoids , are named , as expressive of form and 66 ...
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Abercorn Actinia Agnes of Dunbar amongst ancient animal appear Barnbougle beautiful betwixt birds boat Borrowstounness burgh burgh of regality Cargill Carmelites charter church coast colour common Craig Cramond Cramond Island crustacea Dalmeny dark daughter Dundas Castle Dunfermline Earl Cairnie Edinburgh Edinburgh market English feet ferry fish frequently Frith garden green Grizzel ground gude head Hopetoun House Inchcolm inches Inchgarvie inscription Inverkeithing island James King land larvæ Linlithgow Lord Malcolm Caen-mohr Margaret Marion Stein Marrow miles minister monastery monks Mons Hill Mowbray numbers parish park passage probably Queens Queensferry Paper remarkable rock Roman Rosythe Castle royal royal burgh salmon schip Scotland Scottish seat shells shore side Sir John Sir Walter South Queensferry species specimens spot stone taken Templars thou tion town trees village wall whilst witch witchcraft wood ye minister young zoophytes
Popular passages
Page 24 - Lord of the boundless realm of air! In thy imperial name, The hearts of the bold and ardent dare, The dangerous path, of fame Beneath the shade of thy golden wings, The Roman legions bore, From the river of Egypt's cloudy springs, Their pride, to the polar shore.
Page 296 - Thence up he flew, and on the tree of life, The middle tree and highest there that grew, Sat like a cormorant...
Page 282 - The present Lord Murray hath now in his possession a picture of his ancestor naked and covered with wounds, which had been carried about, according to the custom of that age, in order to inflame the populace to revenge his death. If this picture did not flatter, he well deserved the name of the BONNY EARL, for he is there represented as a tall and comely personage.
Page 288 - This Elizabeth Steward, who had now become Mrs. Robert Cromwell, was, say the genealogists, ' indubitably descended from the Royal Stuart Family of Scotland ;' and could still count kindred with them. 'From one Walter Steward, who had accompanied Prince James of Scotland,' when our inhospitable politic Henry IV. detained the poor Prince, driven in by stress of weather to him here. Walter did not return with the Prince to Scotland ; having 'fought tournaments,' — having made an advantageous marriage-settlement...
Page 279 - Tis fifty fathoms deep; And there lies gude Sir Patrick Spens, Wi
Page 135 - The tear forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the breast: Theirs buxom health, of rosy hue, Wild wit, invention ever new, And lively cheer, of vigour born, The thoughtless day, the easy night, The spirits pure, the slumbers light That fly th
Page 24 - And then a deluge of wrath it came, And the nations shook with dread ; And it swept the earth till its fields were flame, And piled with the mingled dead. Kings were rolled in the wasteful flood, With the low and crouching slave ; And together lay, in a shroud of blood, The coward and the brave.
Page 128 - You have the Pyrrhic dance as yet, Where is the Pyrrhic phalanx gone? Of two such lessons, why forget The nobler and the manlier one?
Page 53 - And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel : because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband. 22 And she said, The glory is departed from Israel : for the ark of. God is taken.
Page 281 - In December 1591, Francis Stewart, Earl of Bothwell, had made an attempt to seize on the person of his sovereign James VI. but being disappointed, had retired towards the north. The king unadvisedly gave a commission to George Gordon Earl of Huntley, to pursue Bothwell and his followers with fire and sword. Huntley, under cover of executing that commission, took occasion to revenge a private quarrel he had against James Stewart Earl of Murray, a relation of Bothwell's.