Nether Lochaber: The Natural History, Legends, and Folk-lore of the West HighlandsW. Paterson, 1883 - 417 páginas |
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... thoughts , however - second thoughts , besides , approved of by many literary and scientific friends , in whose judgment and good taste the Author has the utmost confidence - it was resolved to let them retain very much the form in ...
... thoughts , however - second thoughts , besides , approved of by many literary and scientific friends , in whose judgment and good taste the Author has the utmost confidence - it was resolved to let them retain very much the form in ...
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... thought that Solomon could be outwitted , and she resolved to have the glory of puzzling and outwitting one so wise . To this end she one day presented herself before the King , bearing in one of her hands a wreath of natural flowers ...
... thought that Solomon could be outwitted , and she resolved to have the glory of puzzling and outwitting one so wise . To this end she one day presented herself before the King , bearing in one of her hands a wreath of natural flowers ...
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... thought , be sure , of Guy Fawkes or the Gunpowder Plot , intent only on witnessing , if we might be so fortunate , the transit of Mercury over the solar disc . The phenomenon in question we have seen referred to as an " eclipse " of ...
... thought , be sure , of Guy Fawkes or the Gunpowder Plot , intent only on witnessing , if we might be so fortunate , the transit of Mercury over the solar disc . The phenomenon in question we have seen referred to as an " eclipse " of ...
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... thought of depriving landowners of the sea - shore privileges hitherto enjoyed by them ; had it been in winter , the idea , it strikes us , would have withered in the bud ; they would have fled the very sight of the dark and dreary ...
... thought of depriving landowners of the sea - shore privileges hitherto enjoyed by them ; had it been in winter , the idea , it strikes us , would have withered in the bud ; they would have fled the very sight of the dark and dreary ...
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... thought . For upwards of an hour did this splendid auroral arch continue to span the heavens from horizon to horizon , and undergoing little or no change , until its final disappearance , by what seemed a process of gradual contraction ...
... thought . For upwards of an hour did this splendid auroral arch continue to span the heavens from horizon to horizon , and undergoing little or no change , until its final disappearance , by what seemed a process of gradual contraction ...
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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