Franklin's Letters to His Kinsfolk, Written During the Years 1818, '19 & '20, from Edinburgh, London, The Highlands of Scotland, and Ireland, Volume 1J. Maxwell, 1822 - England |
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... Loch Tay - Callander , -XX . - Stewart's house - Loch Vennachar - The Tro- sachs - Loch Katrine - Goblins ' Cave - Ellen's Isle - Alps of Arrochar , XXI . - Loch Lomond - Ben Lomond - Reveries of a Solitary Wanderer , 706 113 1.9 ETTER ...
... Loch Tay - Callander , -XX . - Stewart's house - Loch Vennachar - The Tro- sachs - Loch Katrine - Goblins ' Cave - Ellen's Isle - Alps of Arrochar , XXI . - Loch Lomond - Ben Lomond - Reveries of a Solitary Wanderer , 706 113 1.9 ETTER ...
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... Loch , in a dark night , my imagination sometimes trans- ports me into those gloomy forests described in the Arabian Tales , and the lofty edifices at a distance , give me the idea of those fairy en- chanted palaces , which spring up ...
... Loch , in a dark night , my imagination sometimes trans- ports me into those gloomy forests described in the Arabian Tales , and the lofty edifices at a distance , give me the idea of those fairy en- chanted palaces , which spring up ...
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... Loch was drained , and the mud removed . At present it has the appear- ance of a valley , in which there are a few scat- tered buildings . A mound and a bridge com- municate between the Old and New Town , and stretch over the Loch . The ...
... Loch was drained , and the mud removed . At present it has the appear- ance of a valley , in which there are a few scat- tered buildings . A mound and a bridge com- municate between the Old and New Town , and stretch over the Loch . The ...
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... Loch , is Princes street , which is the em- porium of fashion and elegance . The buildings are all new , constructed of a beautiful gray stone , and arranged with the utmost symme- try . The shops are not inferior to the most splendid ...
... Loch , is Princes street , which is the em- porium of fashion and elegance . The buildings are all new , constructed of a beautiful gray stone , and arranged with the utmost symme- try . The shops are not inferior to the most splendid ...
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... Loch , urmounted with its aerial bridge . Nothing can present a more striking picture of the decay of human grandeur , and of the in- stability of worldly greatness than a view of Holyrood . The picture gallery into which I was first ...
... Loch , urmounted with its aerial bridge . Nothing can present a more striking picture of the decay of human grandeur , and of the in- stability of worldly greatness than a view of Holyrood . The picture gallery into which I was first ...
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