Nether Lochaber: The Natural History, Legends, and Folk-lore of the West HighlandsW. Paterson, 1883 - 417 páginas |
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... in which they first attracted attention , in the belief that any good that could result from a rewriting and reconstructing of them would be dearly purchased if it interfered , as it was almost certain to interfere ,
... in which they first attracted attention , in the belief that any good that could result from a rewriting and reconstructing of them would be dearly purchased if it interfered , as it was almost certain to interfere ,
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... attention was first directed to its sweet simplicity and tender beauty by one of our earliest and kindest friends , himself a poet of no mean order , the late Professor William Tennant , author of Anster Fair , in all its fantastical ...
... attention was first directed to its sweet simplicity and tender beauty by one of our earliest and kindest friends , himself a poet of no mean order , the late Professor William Tennant , author of Anster Fair , in all its fantastical ...
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... attention . Intelligence has reached our country from New York , however , that over that city , and over the States generally , the meteoric display of the morning of the 14th was very splendid indeed , though , owing to the morning ...
... attention . Intelligence has reached our country from New York , however , that over that city , and over the States generally , the meteoric display of the morning of the 14th was very splendid indeed , though , owing to the morning ...
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... attention by its beauty and suggestiveness as the merry trill of the skylark's ascending song . The poets of every country in which it is to be found have vied with each other in their praises of the only bird that sings as he soars ...
... attention by its beauty and suggestiveness as the merry trill of the skylark's ascending song . The poets of every country in which it is to be found have vied with each other in their praises of the only bird that sings as he soars ...
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... attention particularly called to the word in this passage that made Scott first ponder the absurdity of using a word of such volume and import on every trifling occasion , and caused him , possibly at a long sub- sequent date ( for ...
... attention particularly called to the word in this passage that made Scott first ponder the absurdity of using a word of such volume and import on every trifling occasion , and caused him , possibly at a long sub- sequent date ( for ...
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Términos y frases comunes
admirably amongst animal Appin Ardgour autumn Ballachulish beautiful believe Ben Nevis bird bright called Castle Stalker cave chaffinch CHAPTER cold colour common curious days ago delight district eating eggs evil fact fairy favourite fieldfare Fingalian fish flowers frequently Gaelic glen Glen Nevis Glenevis green hand hazel head heard Hebrides hedgehog hour interesting known labours land least less lively Loch Loch Leven Loch Linnhe Lochaber axe look matter mole moon morning Mortimer Collins mountain neighbourhood neighbouring nest Nether Lochaber never night observed occasion once otter ourselves Outer Hebrides perhaps plant poet potato present probably proper rain rare raven reader recollect round Scotland season seemed seen shores singing song specimen spot spotted crake storm summer superstition thing thistle truth watch water-vole weather West Highlands wild wild-birds wind wing winter wonder