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Page 78 - But here, — above, around, below, On mountain or in glen, Nor tree, nor shrub, nor plant, nor flower, Nor aught of vegetative power, The weary eye may ken. For all is rocks at random thrown, Black waves, bare crags, and banks of stone...
Page 463 - And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud ; and their enemies beheld them.
Page 96 - When the broken arches are black in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers white; When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruined central tower; When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seem framed of ebon and ivory; When silver edges the imagery, And the scrolls that teach...
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Page 240 - The whole fabric hung, as it were, by a large tree, which reclined from the one end, all along the roof, to the other, and which gave it the name of the Cage...
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Page 235 - ... else except the vision, as long as it continues ; and then they appear pensive or jovial, according to the object which was represented to them.
Page 10 - Ercildoune, a person came running in, and told, with marks of fear and astonishment, that a hart and hind had left the neighbouring forest, and were, composedly and slowly, parading the street of the village. The prophet instantly arose, left his habitation, and followed the wonderful animals to the forest, whence he was never seen to return. According to the popular belief, he still "drees his weird" in Fairy Land, and is one day expected to revisit earth.
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| Title | The Scotsman's Library: Being a Collection of Anecdotes and Facts Illustrative of Scotland and Scotsmen |
| Author | James Mitchell |
| Publisher | J. Anderson, 1825 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 22 Mar 2007 |
| Length | 740 pages |
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