Nether Lochaber: The Natural History, Legends, and Folk-lore of the West HighlandW. Paterson, 1883 - 417 páginas |
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... round as the moon , Of oaten cakes he sent her ten , With a kindly message , " Come when you may For curds and whey in the good old way . " He sent her withal , ' tis right you should know , A braw new kilt for her fatherless oe . 19 ...
... round as the moon , Of oaten cakes he sent her ten , With a kindly message , " Come when you may For curds and whey in the good old way . " He sent her withal , ' tis right you should know , A braw new kilt for her fatherless oe . 19 ...
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... tinkle of the seed - shelling finch's rich and rapid song ; the liquid and mellifluous warblings of the soft - billed tribes ; or the soul - entrancing , round , rich , flute - like For piping of the throstle , song - thrush ,
... tinkle of the seed - shelling finch's rich and rapid song ; the liquid and mellifluous warblings of the soft - billed tribes ; or the soul - entrancing , round , rich , flute - like For piping of the throstle , song - thrush ,
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... round ; And while you frolic light as they , Too short shall seem the summer day . " On her rich roll of worthies , Scotland has but few names of whom she has more reason to be proud than that of Walter Scott . If we had even said not ...
... round ; And while you frolic light as they , Too short shall seem the summer day . " On her rich roll of worthies , Scotland has but few names of whom she has more reason to be proud than that of Walter Scott . If we had even said not ...
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... round the hollow dividing the whorl at the smaller end of the shell , and the other round the furrow at its larger circum- ference near the lip . The loop of the string was then thrown over the hook , and thus suspended , the shell was ...
... round the hollow dividing the whorl at the smaller end of the shell , and the other round the furrow at its larger circum- ference near the lip . The loop of the string was then thrown over the hook , and thus suspended , the shell was ...
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... round the moon . We noticed that a cow , happening to come the way while we were examining another of these fairy rings , ate them all with evident relish , browsing so steadily along and around , that when she completed the circle she ...
... round the moon . We noticed that a cow , happening to come the way while we were examining another of these fairy rings , ate them all with evident relish , browsing so steadily along and around , that when she completed the circle she ...
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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
Pasajes populares
Página 288 - Pope. Friend to my life, (which did not you prolong, The world had wanted many an idle song) What drop or nostrum can this plague remove?
Página 128 - My beloved spake, and said unto me, rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away ; for lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone : the flowers appear on the earth ; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land. The fig-tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Página 80 - I have found out a gift for my fair; I have found where the wood-pigeons breed; But let me that plunder forbear, She will say 'twas a barbarous deed...
Página 81 - When forced the fair nymph to forego. What anguish I felt at my heart: Yet I thought — but it might not be so — Twas with pain that she saw me depart. She gazed as I slowly withdrew, My path I could hardly discern; So sweetly she bade me adieu, I thought that she bade me return.
Página 66 - And now, my race of terror run, Mine be the eve of tropic Sun ! No pale gradations quench his ray, No twilight dews his wrath allay ; With disk like battle-target red, He rushes to his burning bed, Dyes the wide wave with bloody light, Then sinks at once — and all is night.
Página 88 - Holland fleet, who, tired and done, Stretch'd on their decks like weary oxen lie : Faint sweats all down their mighty members run ; Vast bulks which little souls but ill supply. In dreams they fearful precipices tread : Or, shipwreck'd, labour to some distant shore : Or in dark churches walk among the dead ; They wake with horror, and dare sleep no more.
Página 55 - I'll place the lily there; The daisy's for simplicity and unaffected air, And a' to be a Posie to my ain dear May. The hawthorn I will pu', wi...
Página 196 - E'en then a wish (I mind its power) A wish, that to my latest hour Shall strongly heave my breast ; That I for poor auld Scotland's sake, Some usefu' plan, or book could make, Or sing a sang at least.
Página 408 - Is it for thee the lark ascends and sings? Joy tunes his voice, joy elevates his wings. Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat? Loves of his own and raptures swell the note.
Página 230 - Verse sweetens toil, however rude the sound. All at her work the village maiden sings; Nor, while she turns the giddy wheel around, Revolves the sad vicissitude of things.