Franklin's Letters to His Kinsfolk, Written During the Years 1818, '19 & '20, from Edinburgh, London, The Highlands of Scotland, and Ireland, Volume 1 |
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Page 21
A few years ago , a number of young men + rmed the infernal scheme of making
the reets of Edinburgh the scene of midnight decredations on New Year's Eve .
They knocked own anil robbed every respectable person iey met , killed several ...
A few years ago , a number of young men + rmed the infernal scheme of making
the reets of Edinburgh the scene of midnight decredations on New Year's Eve .
They knocked own anil robbed every respectable person iey met , killed several ...
Page 83
The scene in the Highlands , when Rob Roy appears just after the jeremiads for
his capture , is the most interesting . There was something very fine in the dumb
despair of his wife and people for his capture ; and this melancholy picture was ...
The scene in the Highlands , when Rob Roy appears just after the jeremiads for
his capture , is the most interesting . There was something very fine in the dumb
despair of his wife and people for his capture ; and this melancholy picture was ...
Page 95
ture of romance and beauty which renders interesting the scene through which
he was now passing — the field , which had been the scene of the tournaments
of old -- the rock from which the ladies beheld the contest , while each made
vows ...
ture of romance and beauty which renders interesting the scene through which
he was now passing — the field , which had been the scene of the tournaments
of old -- the rock from which the ladies beheld the contest , while each made
vows ...
Page 106
The water being low , the scene is now devested of that grandeur ; but still we
see much that is beautiful , and we hear that brawling noise , which produces in
some the voluptuous melancholy of love , in others the soft and romantic sadness
so ...
The water being low , the scene is now devested of that grandeur ; but still we
see much that is beautiful , and we hear that brawling noise , which produces in
some the voluptuous melancholy of love , in others the soft and romantic sadness
so ...
Page 143
My heart would sink , and my arm would shrink and wither like · fern in the frost , (
said Rob Roy , ) were I to lose sight of my native hills ; nor has the world a scene
that would console me for the loss of the rocks and cairns , wild as they are , that
...
My heart would sink , and my arm would shrink and wither like · fern in the frost , (
said Rob Roy , ) were I to lose sight of my native hills ; nor has the world a scene
that would console me for the loss of the rocks and cairns , wild as they are , that
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