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... ruins , and partly removed for the supply of materials to the neighbouring fences . There is no appearance of cement hav- ing been used in constructing these ramparts , which in several parts are still so entire as to exhibit a regular ...
... ruins , and partly removed for the supply of materials to the neighbouring fences . There is no appearance of cement hav- ing been used in constructing these ramparts , which in several parts are still so entire as to exhibit a regular ...
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... ruin , which render it probable that it was connected with the fortress above , as an intrenchment or out - post , and afterwards selected as the sepulchre of those chiefs which may have fallen in battle . The circular intrenchment ...
... ruin , which render it probable that it was connected with the fortress above , as an intrenchment or out - post , and afterwards selected as the sepulchre of those chiefs which may have fallen in battle . The circular intrenchment ...
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... ruins , they bear the decided marks of human industry , and the burnt sub- stance appears to be a mixture of fusible with infusible substances . There is no appearance of pumice stone , nor have all the materials un- dergone a change by ...
... ruins , they bear the decided marks of human industry , and the burnt sub- stance appears to be a mixture of fusible with infusible substances . There is no appearance of pumice stone , nor have all the materials un- dergone a change by ...
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... ruins will confirm this view , and from the dis- covery made at the Castle - hill of Finhaven in Angus , it is almost certain that fire has been employed as an engine in the construction of these vitrified buildings . The enclosed space ...
... ruins will confirm this view , and from the dis- covery made at the Castle - hill of Finhaven in Angus , it is almost certain that fire has been employed as an engine in the construction of these vitrified buildings . The enclosed space ...
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... ruins of not an ordinary Roman station , but of a considerable town . In addi- tion , likewise , to all this , while some gentle- men of the vicinity , having made a purchase of the property , with a view of improving the harbour and ...
... ruins of not an ordinary Roman station , but of a considerable town . In addi- tion , likewise , to all this , while some gentle- men of the vicinity , having made a purchase of the property , with a view of improving the harbour and ...
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Página 39 - 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 thee to live and die...
Página 44 - 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. 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...
Página 156 - Where, through a shapeless breach, his stream resounds. As high in air the bursting torrents flow, As deep recoiling surges foam below, Prone down the rock the whitening sheet descends, And viewless echo's ear, astonish'd, rends. Dim-seen, through rising mists and ceaseless show'rs, The hoary cavern, wide-surrounding, low'rs. Still through the gap the struggling river toils, And still, below, the horrid cauldron boils — THE WHISTLE.
Página 39 - IF thou would'st view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moon-light; For the gay beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout, the ruins gray. 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 thee...
Página 303 - ... labyrinth branching off into numerous apartments, in the mazes and windings of which they were completely bewildered and lost. " After various vain attempts to return, their lights were extinguished, their voices became hoarse and exhausted with frequent shouting...
Página 162 - From the windows the eye wanders over the sea that separates Scotland from Norway, and when the winds beat with violence must enjoy all the terrifick grandeur of the tempestuous ocean. I would not for my amusement...
Página 39 - The moon on the east oriel shone Through slender shafts of shapely stone, By foliaged tracery combined : Thou wouldst have thought some fairy's hand 'Twixt poplars straight the osier wand In many a freakish knot had twined, Then framed a spell when the work was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone.
Página 163 - We were enclosed by a natural wall, rising steep on every side to a height which produced the idea of insurmountable confinement. The interception of all lateral light caused a dismal gloom. Round us was a perpendicular rock, above us the distant sky, and below an unknown profundity of water. If I had any malice against a walking spirit, instead of laying him in the Red Sea, I would condemn him to reside in the Buller of Buchan.
Página 172 - The mind can hardly form an idea more magnificent than such a space, supported on each side by ranges of columns; and roofed by the bottoms of those, which have been...
Página 299 - ... and ran towards the surface ; the ore of these veins was much more valuable than the other, consequently the miners (who were paid by quality as well as quantity) pursued the smaller veins so near the surface, that the water broke through into the mine in such an overwhelming degree that an engine of thirty horse power could make no sensible impression on the inundation ; and thus a forcible stop was put to all further proceedings.