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... Appearance , Soil , Products , Population , & c ... Town of Ayr ... The Two Bridges , Old and New ... Water of Ayr ... Alloway Kirk ... Burns ' Monument ... Description of its Architecture and Contents ... Tam o ' Shanter , and Souter ...
... Appearance , Soil , Products , Population , & c ... Town of Ayr ... The Two Bridges , Old and New ... Water of Ayr ... Alloway Kirk ... Burns ' Monument ... Description of its Architecture and Contents ... Tam o ' Shanter , and Souter ...
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... appeared under the name and sanction of men who are themselves prominent features in her history , that little , it may be supposed , remains for their successors in a field so industriously gleaned . But , without waiting to ...
... appeared under the name and sanction of men who are themselves prominent features in her history , that little , it may be supposed , remains for their successors in a field so industriously gleaned . But , without waiting to ...
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... appearance as if each were the fixed residence of the proprietor . The second district , that of LAUDERDALE , is less extensive and less productive than the former - which is the natural granary of the county - but more variegated ...
... appearance as if each were the fixed residence of the proprietor . The second district , that of LAUDERDALE , is less extensive and less productive than the former - which is the natural granary of the county - but more variegated ...
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... appearance and produce , and became themselves the founders of Border aristocracy . But at that early period , the art of agriculture was little understood , and limited to a very inconsiderable portion of the land now under tillage ...
... appearance and produce , and became themselves the founders of Border aristocracy . But at that early period , the art of agriculture was little understood , and limited to a very inconsiderable portion of the land now under tillage ...
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... appeared so desirable to many as a guarantee for the independence of Scotland . † About a mile north of the village is an ancient cross , consisting of a column inserted through a base or pedestal into the earth , but without date or ...
... appeared so desirable to many as a guarantee for the independence of Scotland . † About a mile north of the village is an ancient cross , consisting of a column inserted through a base or pedestal into the earth , but without date or ...
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Page 80 - By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we bound him, . .', But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him.
Page 44 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air. Shew scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; and yon...
Page 62 - They threw down their arms that they might run with more speed, thus depriving themselves by their fears of the only means of arresting the vengeance of the Highlanders. Of so many men in a condition, from their numbers, to preserve order in their retreat, not one thought of defending himself. Terror had taken entire possession of their minds.
Page 78 - Traced like a map, the landscape lies In cultured beauty stretching wide ; There, Pentland's green acclivities ; There, Ocean, with its azure tide ; There, Arthur's seat ; and gleaming through Thy southern wing, Dunedin blue ! While, in the orient, Lammer's daughters, A distant giant range are seen, — North Berwick Law, with cone of green, And Bass amid the waters.
Page 138 - His Majesty well knows how many difficulties have been smoothed, and how much has been effected by your unremitting activity, by your knowledge of your countrymen, and by the just estimation in which they hold you. " The King wishes to make you the channel of conveying to the Highland chiefs and their followers, who have given to the varied scene which we have witnessed so peculiar and romantic a character, his particular thanks for their attendance, and his warm approbation of their uniform deportment.
Page 114 - WALY waly up the bank, And waly waly down the brae, And waly waly yon...
Page 147 - ... also increased the delays of the young King, who was in hopes Angus might be defeated before his brother could come up. Douglas, perceiving this, addressed the King in language which James never forgot nor forgave ; — " Your Grace need not think to escape us...
Page 67 - Prone on the lowly grave of the dear man She drops ; whilst busy meddling memory, In barbarous succession, musters up The past endearments of their softer hours, Tenacious of its theme. Still, still she thinks She sees him, and indulging the fond thought, Clings yet more closely to the senseless turf, Nor heeds the passenger who looks that way.
Page 88 - The prospect, in its general outline, commands a close-built, highpiled city, stretching itself out beneath in a form, which, to a romantic imagination, may be supposed to represent that of a dragon; now, a noble arm of the sea, with its rocks, isles, distant shores, and a boundary of mountains; and now, a fair and fertile champaign country, varied with hill, dale, and rock, and skirted by the picturesque ridge of the Pentland Mountains.