The British Tourist's, Or, Traveller's Pocket Companion, Through England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland: Comprehending the Most Celebrated Modern Tours in the British Islands, and Several Originals, Volume 2R. Phillips, 1809 - Great Britain |
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... Roman character , with nicety and beauty , which , as the art of print- ing has made them no longer necessary , are not now to be found . This was one of the latest perfor mances of the transcribers , for Aretinus died but about twenty ...
... Roman character , with nicety and beauty , which , as the art of print- ing has made them no longer necessary , are not now to be found . This was one of the latest perfor mances of the transcribers , for Aretinus died but about twenty ...
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... Romans did to other nations was in a great degree done by Cromwell to the Scots ; he civilized them by conquest , and introduced , by useful violence , the arts of peace . I told at Aberdeen , that the people learned from Crom- well's ...
... Romans did to other nations was in a great degree done by Cromwell to the Scots ; he civilized them by conquest , and introduced , by useful violence , the arts of peace . I told at Aberdeen , that the people learned from Crom- well's ...
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... Roman legion . The country is totally denuded of its wood , but the stumps both of oaks and firs , which are still found , shew that it has been once a forest of large timber . I do not remember that we saw any animals , but we were ...
... Roman legion . The country is totally denuded of its wood , but the stumps both of oaks and firs , which are still found , shew that it has been once a forest of large timber . I do not remember that we saw any animals , but we were ...
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... Romans always laid aside the gown when they had any thing to do . It was a dress so unsuitable to war , that the same word which signified a gown signified peace . The chief use of a plaid seems to be this , that they could commodiously ...
... Romans always laid aside the gown when they had any thing to do . It was a dress so unsuitable to war , that the same word which signified a gown signified peace . The chief use of a plaid seems to be this , that they could commodiously ...
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... Roman , being part of a circle ; that of the additional building is pointed , and therefore Gothic , or Saracenical ; the tower is firm , and wants only to be floored and covered . Of the chambers or cells belonging to the monks , there ...
... Roman , being part of a circle ; that of the additional building is pointed , and therefore Gothic , or Saracenical ; the tower is firm , and wants only to be floored and covered . Of the chambers or cells belonging to the monks , there ...
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Abbey acres Ambleside ancient antiquity appears beautiful Boethius bridge building built called castle Castle Oliver cattle church clan cross cultivated distance Duke Earl elegant eminence English erected Erse expence extent feet Fort Augustus front Furness Fell gentleman ground hall handsome Hebrides Highland hill honour houses of York hundred improvement Inch Kenneth inhabitants inscription Inverness island Keswick labour lady laird lake land Leaving live lofty Lord Lord Shelburne Maclean Macleod magnificent mansion miles monuments mountains Mull Nantwich never noble passed Pennant Penrith perhaps petrifactions picturesque proceeded Raasay remains remarkable rent residence rise river river Eden road rock Roman ruins says scene Scotland seat shew side Sir Allan situation Skiddaw Skie Slane Castle spot square stands stone supposed tain Tideswell tion tomb tower town travelled trees vale vicinity village visited wall whole wind wood Young
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Page 133 - ... Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among...
Page 98 - By pretension to Second Sight, no profit was ever sought or gained. It is an involuntary affection, in which neither hope nor fear are known to have any part. Those who profess to feel it do not boast of it as a privilege, nor. are considered by others as advantageously distinguished. They have no temptation to feign ; and their hearers have no motive to encourage the imposture.
Page 132 - We were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were possible.
Page 106 - The editor, or author, never could shew the original ; nor can it be shewn by any other. To revenge reasonable incredulity, by refusing evidence, is a degree of insolence, with which the world is not yet acquainted ; and stubborn audacity is the last refuge of guilt.
Page 33 - I presented her with a book, which I happened to have about me, and should not be pleased to think that she forgets me. In the evening the...
Page 36 - The phantoms which haunt a desert are want, and misery, and danger; the evils of dereliction rush upon the thoughts; man is made unwillingly acquainted with his own weakness, and meditation shews him only how little he can sustain, and how little he can perform.
Page 54 - The clans retain little now of their original character ; their ferocity of temper is softened, their military ardour is extinguished, their dignity of independence is depressed, their contempt of government subdued, and their reverence for their chiefs abated. Of what they had before the late conquest of their country, there remain only their language and their poverty.
Page 54 - Their language is attacked on every side. Schools are erected, in which English only is taught, and there were lately some who thought it reasonable to refuse them a version of the holy scriptures, that they might have no monument of their mother tongue.
Page 36 - I sat down on a bank, such as a writer of Romance might have delighted to feign. I had indeed no trees to whisper over my head, but a clear rivulet streamed at my feet. The day was calm, the air soft, and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude.
Page 45 - Out of one of the beds on which we were to repose started up, at our entrance, a man black as a Cyclops from the forge.