Nether Lochaber: The Natural History, Legends, and Folk-lore of the West HighlandsW. Paterson, 1883 - 417 páginas |
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... lively , with an occasional admixture of humour and double entendre that is very amusing , while its allusions to the manners and customs and superstitious observances of a past age render it , to our think- ing , extremely interesting ...
... lively , with an occasional admixture of humour and double entendre that is very amusing , while its allusions to the manners and customs and superstitious observances of a past age render it , to our think- ing , extremely interesting ...
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... lively cousins to aid and abet , challenged the verdict , and forced us to acknowledge his exquisite mastery in song - an admis- sion made , however , only to be retracted again almost as soon as made , for in our walk on the evening of ...
... lively cousins to aid and abet , challenged the verdict , and forced us to acknowledge his exquisite mastery in song - an admis- sion made , however , only to be retracted again almost as soon as made , for in our walk on the evening of ...
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... lively " brindled " as if he loved it , " there , sir , is a bonny ane ! no troot that ever swam could resist having a dash at that in a brown and swollen stream . " In answer to our questions , he told us that the brindled colour of ...
... lively " brindled " as if he loved it , " there , sir , is a bonny ane ! no troot that ever swam could resist having a dash at that in a brown and swollen stream . " In answer to our questions , he told us that the brindled colour of ...
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... lively somersaultings and incessant gambollings . These whales a shoal of some five or six hundred , we should say - were a very interesting sight as they gambolled about within a hundred yards of us , blowing loudly the while and ...
... lively somersaultings and incessant gambollings . These whales a shoal of some five or six hundred , we should say - were a very interesting sight as they gambolled about within a hundred yards of us , blowing loudly the while and ...
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... lively as possible , on a window pane in Ardvulin Cottage , Ardgour . How beautiful , by the way , and how suggestive of spring and vernal delights in a land of plenitude and peace , is the following from the Song of Solomon : - " For ...
... lively as possible , on a window pane in Ardvulin Cottage , Ardgour . How beautiful , by the way , and how suggestive of spring and vernal delights in a land of plenitude and peace , is the following from the Song of Solomon : - " 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 eggs evil fact fairy favourite fieldfare Fingalian fish flowers frequently frost 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
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Página 124 - Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deafning clamours in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly," death itself awakes ? Can'st thou, O partial sleep ! give thy repose To the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude ; And in the calmest and most stillest night, With all appliances and means to boot, Deny it to a king? Then, happy low, lie down ! Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Página 286 - 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 126 - 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 228 - 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.
Página 64 - 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 78 - 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 43 - ... while the Earth remaineth seed-time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
Página 108 - The raven himself is hoarse That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan Under my battlements. Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full Of direst cruelty ! make thick my blood ; Stop up...
Página 406 - 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. The bounding steed you pompously bestride, Shares with his lord the pleasure and the pride. Is thine alone the seed that strews the plain? The birds of heav'n shall vindicate their grain.
Página 29 - La gentille aloiiette, avec son tirelire, Tirelire a lire, et tireliran tire, Vers la voute du ciel, puis son vol vers ce lieu, Vire et desire dire adieu Dieu, adieu Dieu.