| William Morgan Kinsey - Portugal - 1828 - 648 pages
...Fingal to Clessammor, of the deserted habitation of Moina : — " We have seen the walls of Balclutha, but they were desolate. The fire had resounded in...and the voice of the people is heard no more. The thistle shook there its lonely head ; the moss whistled to the wind ; the fox looked out from the windows,... | |
| William Morgan Kinsey - Portugal - 1828 - 630 pages
...to Clessammor, of the deserted habitation of Moina : — • " We have seen the walls of Balclutha, but they were desolate. The fire had resounded in...and the voice of the people is heard no more. The thistle shook there its lonely head ; the moss whistled to the wind ; the fox looked out from the windows,... | |
| Theology - 1828 - 682 pages
...canvass. As the following : — " I have seen the wallsofBalclutha, but they were desolate. The flames had resounded in the halls, 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 there its lonely head : the... | |
| Hugh Blair - English language - 1830 - 388 pages
...resounded \vithin the halls , « and the voice of the people is now heard no more. « The stream of Elutha was removed from its place by « the fall of the walls ; the thistle shook there its lonely « head; themoss whistled to thewind. Thefoxlooked « out of the window; the rank grass waved round his « head.... | |
| Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1831 - 328 pages
...they shake themselves to pieces. I have seen the walls of Balclutha, but they were desolate. The flame had resounded in the halls ; and the voice of the...thistle shook there its lonely head : the moss whistled to the wind. The fox looked out from the windows : and the rank grass of the wall waved round his head.... | |
| 1831 - 62 pages
...thus beautifully described by Carthon, its owner: " I have seen the walls of Balclutha, but they are desolate. The fire had resounded in the halls, and...from its place by the fall of the walls. The thistle shakes there its lonely head. The fox looks out from the windows, the rank grass of the wall waves... | |
| Hugh Blair - English language - 1831 - 284 pages
...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 from...thistle shook there its lonely head ; the moss whistled to the wind. The fox looked out of the window ; the rank grass waved round his head. Desolate is the... | |
| Hugh Blair, Abraham Mills - English language - 1832 - 378 pages
...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 from...thistle shook there its lonely head ; the moss whistled to the wind. The fox looked out of the window ; the rank grass waived round his head. Desolate is the... | |
| Hugh Blair - Rhetoric - 1832 - 242 pages
...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 from...walls; the thistle shook there its lonely head; the mosa whistled to the wind. The fox looked out of .the window; the rank grass waved round his head.... | |
| Samuel Wilderspin - Child development - 1832 - 292 pages
...! It is supposed by some to be the Balclutha of Ossian : — " I have seen the walls of Balclutha, but they were desolate. The fire had resounded in...voice of the people is heard no more. The stream of the Clutha was removed from its place by the fall of the walls. The thistle shook here its lonely head... | |
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