Nether Lochaber: The Natural History, Legends, and Folk-lore of the West HighlandsW. Paterson, 1883 - 417 páginas |
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... less gifted with the poetic mens divina , may infuse a moral meaning into his work , and a subtile beauty entirely independent of the mere manipulation of his subject - be it land- scape , seascape , or cloudscape - and his work may ...
... less gifted with the poetic mens divina , may infuse a moral meaning into his work , and a subtile beauty entirely independent of the mere manipulation of his subject - be it land- scape , seascape , or cloudscape - and his work may ...
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... less annoying to us in this instance from the fact that we had already been privileged to witness all the phases of a similar conjunction from first to last on the 12th November 1861. The next visible transit of Mercury does not take ...
... less annoying to us in this instance from the fact that we had already been privileged to witness all the phases of a similar conjunction from first to last on the 12th November 1861. The next visible transit of Mercury does not take ...
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... less of it was seen by the people at large than on some previous occasions . The weather with our Transatlantic cousins seems to have been all that could be desired , as it is stated that " astronomers and others were able to make very ...
... less of it was seen by the people at large than on some previous occasions . The weather with our Transatlantic cousins seems to have been all that could be desired , as it is stated that " astronomers and others were able to make very ...
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... less to be blamed than pitied . Even in winter we should say that this was the readiest , as well as the most pleasant , line of intercommunication between the north - western Highlands and the south . It were , finally , unpardonable ...
... less to be blamed than pitied . Even in winter we should say that this was the readiest , as well as the most pleasant , line of intercommunication between the north - western Highlands and the south . It were , finally , unpardonable ...
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... Less polished and less artistic than Aytoun's " Widow of Glencoe , " it is , nevertheless , the better poem , on such a subject , of the two . Its very ruggedness and stern headlong force are its chief charm , they best befit the theme ...
... Less polished and less artistic than Aytoun's " Widow of Glencoe , " it is , nevertheless , the better poem , on such a subject , of the two . Its very ruggedness and stern headlong force are its chief charm , they best befit the theme ...
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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