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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... memory . Yet what the 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 ...
... memory . Yet what the 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 ...
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... memory , to some important use , and referring it to very remote ages . I am inclined to suspect , that in lawless times , when the inhabitants of every mountain stole the cattle of their neighbour , these enclosures were used to secure ...
... memory , to some important use , and referring it to very remote ages . I am inclined to suspect , that in lawless times , when the inhabitants of every mountain stole the cattle of their neighbour , these enclosures were used to secure ...
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... memory , a col- lege of pipers , under the direction of Macrimmon , which is not quite extinct . There was another in Mull , superintended by Rankin , which expired about sixteen years ago . To these colleges , while the pipe retained ...
... memory , a col- lege of pipers , under the direction of Macrimmon , which is not quite extinct . There was another in Mull , superintended by Rankin , which expired about sixteen years ago . To these colleges , while the pipe retained ...
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... memory it was a precept annually given in one of the English almanacks , to kill hogs when the moon was increasing , and the bacon would prove the better in boiling . We should have had little claim to the praise of curiosity , if we ...
... memory it was a precept annually given in one of the English almanacks , to kill hogs when the moon was increasing , and the bacon would prove the better in boiling . We should have had little claim to the praise of curiosity , if we ...
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... memory once interrupted , is not to be recalled . Written learning is a fixed luminary , which , after the cloud that had hidden it has passed away , is again bright in its proper station . Tradition is but a me- teor , which , if once ...
... memory once interrupted , is not to be recalled . Written learning is a fixed luminary , which , after the cloud that had hidden it has passed away , is again bright in its proper station . Tradition is but a me- teor , which , if once ...
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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.