Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 18W. Blackwood & Sons, 1825 - Scotland |
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... native county , its sce- nery , its manners , its airs , its men and women ; his propensity " by himself to wander Adown some trotting burn's meander , An ' no think lang ; " his intense observation of nature and human life ; his ...
... native county , its sce- nery , its manners , its airs , its men and women ; his propensity " by himself to wander Adown some trotting burn's meander , An ' no think lang ; " his intense observation of nature and human life ; his ...
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... native place , I mentioned his name no more . the next day Mr M'Millan says to me , " Were you not saying that Ja- cob Cloud was an acquaintance of yours ? " I answered in the affirma- tive , when he added , " Very well , I will invite ...
... native place , I mentioned his name no more . the next day Mr M'Millan says to me , " Were you not saying that Ja- cob Cloud was an acquaintance of yours ? " I answered in the affirma- tive , when he added , " Very well , I will invite ...
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... natives themselves would say , which ( as they would not say , ) is quite refreshing . The stories , even as told here , are as old as the hills — in their original ex- istence , as old as the mountains of the first formation . It is ...
... natives themselves would say , which ( as they would not say , ) is quite refreshing . The stories , even as told here , are as old as the hills — in their original ex- istence , as old as the mountains of the first formation . It is ...
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... native valley , Through every changeful season dear , In summer , when larks carol gaily , gaily , In winter , when snows hide the pastures drear : Each tree , rock , and landmark , recalls to me Thoughts that should forgotten be ...
... native valley , Through every changeful season dear , In summer , when larks carol gaily , gaily , In winter , when snows hide the pastures drear : Each tree , rock , and landmark , recalls to me Thoughts that should forgotten be ...
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... natives of this country . Two motives have guided me in this . In the first place , it is , now - a - days , known to all who are likely to peruse what I write , that the inhabitants of those provinces , which lie at the immediate base ...
... natives of this country . Two motives have guided me in this . In the first place , it is , now - a - days , known to all who are likely to peruse what I write , that the inhabitants of those provinces , which lie at the immediate base ...
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Page 125 - The youthful world's grey fathers in one knot, Did with intentive looks watch every hour For thy new light, and trembled at each shower...
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