| Ossian - 1805 - 648 pages
...chapter of Isaiah, where the prophet foretells the destruction of Babylon. MACPUERSOÎÎ, Istedit. The fire had resounded in the halls: and the voice of the people is heard no more. The stream of Cliitha was removed from its place by the fall of the walls. The thistle shook, there, its lonely head... | |
| Hugh Blair - English language - 1805 - 280 pages
..." had refounded within the halls ; and the voice o£ " the people is now heard no more. The ftream of " Clutha was removed from its place by the fall of *' the walls ; the thiftle fhook. there its lonely head ; " the mofs whittled to the wind. The fox looked *' out of the... | |
| 1805 - 538 pages
...nettles I • " I have leen the walls of Balclutha, but they were deli.late. The fire h»d n ..m il ii in the halls; and the voice of the people is heard no more. The thillle (book, there, its lonely head) the mois whittled to the wind. The fox looked out from the window,... | |
| Thomas Love Peacock - Puritans - 1806 - 168 pages
...with the fair of MORVEN, the sun-beams of other days, and the delight of heroes of old. I have seen the walls of BALCLUTHA, but they were desolate. The fire had resounded in the halls : the voice of the people was heard no more. The stream of CLUTHA was removed from its place, by the... | |
| Hugh Blair - English language - 1808 - 330 pages
...and is remarkable for touching the heart. He thus pourtrays the ruins of Balclutha : " I have seen the walls " of Balclutha ; but they were desolate. The fire <! had resounded within the halls ; and the voice of " the people is now heard no more. The stream of " Clutha was removed... | |
| Bards and bardism - 1810 - 364 pages
...have seen the walls of " Balclutha, but they were desolate. The. fire had re" sounded in the balls; and the voice of the people is " heard no more. The...from its place by the fall of the walls. The thistle Kaim,, in hit Element* of CriticisM, T«l. iii. chap. 21, of narration and dct cription. " shook there... | |
| Hugh Blair - English literature - 1811 - 400 pages
...they w«re desolate. The " fire had resounded within the halls ; and the " voice of the people is now heard no more. The " stream of Clutha was removed...walls; the thistle shook there its " lonely head; the mass whistled to the wimd. The " fox looked out at the window; the rank grass " waved round his head.... | |
| Scottish Gaelic poetry - 1812 - 282 pages
...the young prince Cormac, in the same book ; and the ruins of Balclutha in Carthon. " I have seen " the walls of Balclutha, but they were desolate. "...of the walls. The thistle shook there " its lonely heud : The moss whistled to the wind. '• The fox looked out from the windows ; the •• rank grnxs... | |
| Missions - 1847 - 760 pages
..." I have seen the walls of Balclutha, but they were desolate. The flames had resounded in the hall, and the voice of the people is heard no more. The stream of Clutha is removed from its place, by the fall of the walls. The thistle shook its lonely head. The moss whistled... | |
| William Hargrove - York (England) - 1818 - 462 pages
...— LIST of PLATES, and ERRATA to Vol. I. of THE E^LRJLIEST TO THE PRESENT TIME. " I have seen (he walls of Balclutha — but they were desolate ! The...fire had resounded in the halls, and the voice of the warrior is heard no more." Ossian. SECTION I. Situation — Antiquity — Etymology, Similarity to... | |
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