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Page 7
... caftle , in which the archbishop anciently refided . It was never very large , and was built with more attention to fecurity than pleasure . Cardinal Beatoun is faid to have had B 4 had workmen employed in improving its fortifications ...
... caftle , in which the archbishop anciently refided . It was never very large , and was built with more attention to fecurity than pleasure . Cardinal Beatoun is faid to have had B 4 had workmen employed in improving its fortifications ...
Page 36
... Caftle , built upon the margin of the sea , fo that the walls of one of the towers feem only a continuation of a perpendicular rock , the foot of which is beaten by the To walk round the house seemed impracticable , From the windows the ...
... Caftle , built upon the margin of the sea , fo that the walls of one of the towers feem only a continuation of a perpendicular rock , the foot of which is beaten by the To walk round the house seemed impracticable , From the windows the ...
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... Caftle , of which we had now leisure to recount the grandeur and the elegance ; for our way afforded us few topics of con- verfation . The ground was neither uncul- tivated nor unfruitful ; but it was ftill all arable . Of flocks or ...
... Caftle , of which we had now leisure to recount the grandeur and the elegance ; for our way afforded us few topics of con- verfation . The ground was neither uncul- tivated nor unfruitful ; but it was ftill all arable . Of flocks or ...
Page 51
... house of Mr. Macaulay , the minifter who published an account of St. Kilda , and by his di- rection vifited Calder Caftle , from which Macbeth E 2 1 Macbeth drew his fecond title . It has been WESTERN ISLANDS , & c . 51.
... house of Mr. Macaulay , the minifter who published an account of St. Kilda , and by his di- rection vifited Calder Caftle , from which Macbeth E 2 1 Macbeth drew his fecond title . It has been WESTERN ISLANDS , & c . 51.
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... caftle , with a letter to one of the officers at Fort George , which being the most regular fortification in the island , well deserves the notice of a traveller , who has never travelled before . We went thi- ther next day , found a ...
... caftle , with a letter to one of the officers at Fort George , which being the most regular fortification in the island , well deserves the notice of a traveller , who has never travelled before . We went thi- ther next day , found a ...
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againſt almoſt anceſtors ancient becauſe Boethius Bofwell caftle cattle cauſe chief clan coaft confequence confiderable confidered converfation curiofity defire diſtance Dunvegan Earfe eaſily eaſy elegance English fafe faid fame fecurity feems feen feven fhelter fhew fide firft firſt fmall fome fometimes foon ftanding ftill ftock ftones ftranger fuch fuffered fufficient fupplied fuppofed ground Hebrides Highlands himſelf horfes horſes houfe houſe Inch Kenneth increaſe inhabitants Inverness Iſlands labour lady laft Laird land laſt leaſt lefs leſs live Macdonald Maclean Macleod meaſure miles Minifter moſt mountains muft Mull muſt neceffary nefs never obferved ourſelves paffage paffed paſs perhaps pleaſed pleaſure preferved preſent queftion Raafay raiſed reaſon refided reft rock Scotland Second Sight ſeems ſeen ſhould Sir Allan ſmall ſome ſtate ſtone ſuppoſed tenants thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion told travelled Ulva univerfally uſe uſeleſs vifit whofe whoſe