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 |
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... rising on the world ; but ages , so long accustomed to darkness , were too much dazzled with its light , to see any thing distinctly . The contemporaries of Boethius thought it sufficient to know what the ancients had delivered . The ...
... rising on the world ; but ages , so long accustomed to darkness , were too much dazzled with its light , to see any thing distinctly . The contemporaries of Boethius thought it sufficient to know what the ancients had delivered . The ...
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... rising steep to a great height , above the main sca . The top is open , from which may be seen a dark . gulph of water which flows into the cavity , through a breach made in the lower part of the inclosing rock . It has the ap- pearance ...
... rising steep to a great height , above the main sca . The top is open , from which may be seen a dark . gulph of water which flows into the cavity , through a breach made in the lower part of the inclosing rock . It has the ap- pearance ...
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... rise at once on the left hand and in the front . We desired our guides to shew us the fall , and dismounting , clambered over very rugged craggs , till I began to wish that our curiosity might have been gra- tified with less trouble and ...
... rise at once on the left hand and in the front . We desired our guides to shew us the fall , and dismounting , clambered over very rugged craggs , till I began to wish that our curiosity might have been gra- tified with less trouble and ...
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... rising in their way , and at last discharging all their violence of waters by a sudden fall through the horrid chasm . The way now grew less easy , descending by an uneven declivity , but without either dirt or danger . We did not ...
... rising in their way , and at last discharging all their violence of waters by a sudden fall through the horrid chasm . The way now grew less easy , descending by an uneven declivity , but without either dirt or danger . We did not ...
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... rise , staggered a little , and I called in haste to the Highlander to hold him . This was the only moment of my journey in which I thought myself endangered . Having surmounted the hill at last , we were told that , at Glenelg , on the ...
... rise , staggered a little , and I called in haste to the Highlander to hold him . This was the only moment of my journey in which I thought myself endangered . Having surmounted the hill at last , we were told that , at Glenelg , on the ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
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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Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.