The Land We Live in: Scotland, Ireland and the Devonshire coastWilliam S. Orr & Company, 1856 |
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... whole families , men , women , and children , emigrated from every remote district of Gaul , to seek their fortunes in England . To the people on the other side of the Channel , this land was like a land newly discovered , to which the ...
... whole families , men , women , and children , emigrated from every remote district of Gaul , to seek their fortunes in England . To the people on the other side of the Channel , this land was like a land newly discovered , to which the ...
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... whole clothing district ; nor , on the other hand , to treat of manufacturing industry in a systematic way ; it may be well at once to settle what it does propose as its object . Leeds being by far the largest and most important town in ...
... whole clothing district ; nor , on the other hand , to treat of manufacturing industry in a systematic way ; it may be well at once to settle what it does propose as its object . Leeds being by far the largest and most important town in ...
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... whole county ; 3 forges for the making of iron , and stone enough for the same : and within the same limits as much sport and pleasure for hunting , hawk- ing , fishing , and fowling , as in any place of England besides . " This is ...
... whole county ; 3 forges for the making of iron , and stone enough for the same : and within the same limits as much sport and pleasure for hunting , hawk- ing , fishing , and fowling , as in any place of England besides . " This is ...
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... whole . It is one of the largest , if not the largest room in England , its dimensions exceeding the great St. George's Hall , Liverpool , the Birmingham Town Hall , and other large buildings . At each side of the large hall , there are ...
... whole . It is one of the largest , if not the largest room in England , its dimensions exceeding the great St. George's Hall , Liverpool , the Birmingham Town Hall , and other large buildings . At each side of the large hall , there are ...
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... whole . The middle sort demean themselves with that sobriety and account given by Thoresby of the Briggate , at the time temperance , that there may be no more occasion to he wrote ( about 1726 ) , is curious : - " In this spacious ...
... whole . The middle sort demean themselves with that sobriety and account given by Thoresby of the Briggate , at the time temperance , that there may be no more occasion to he wrote ( about 1726 ) , is curious : - " In this spacious ...
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Page 222 - O'erhung with wild woods, thick'ning green ; The fragrant birch, and hawthorn hoar, Twin'd am'rous round the raptured scene; The flowers sprang wanton to be prest, The birds sang love on every spray — Till too, too soon, the glowing west Proclaim'd the speed of winged day. Still o'er these scenes my mem'ry wakes, And fondly broods with miser care ! Time but th' impression stronger makes, As streams their channels deeper wear.
Page 222 - YE banks and braes and streams around The castle o' Montgomery, Green be your woods, and fair your flowers. Your waters never drumlie! There simmer first unfauld her robes, And there the langest tarry; For there I took the last fareweel O
Page 152 - When a piece of scenery so beautiful, yet so varied, — so exciting by its intricacy, and yet so sublime, — is lighted up by the tints of morning or of evening, and displays all that variety of shadowy depth, exchanged with partial brilliancy, which gives character even to the tamest of landscapes, the effect approaches near to enchantment. This path used to be my favourite evening and morning resort, when engaged with a favourite author, or new subject of study.
Page 223 - Farewell, old Coila's hills and dales, Her heathy moors and winding vales ; The scenes where wretched fancy roves, Pursuing past, unhappy loves ! Farewell, my friends ! Farewell, my foes ! My peace with these, my love with those — The bursting tears my heart declare ; Farewell, the bonnie banks of Ayr 1 THE FAREWELL.
Page 222 - Mary ! dear departed shade ! Where is thy place of blissful rest ? See'st thou thy lover lowly laid ? Hear'st thou the groans that rend his breast? That sacred hour 'can I forget, Can I forget the hallow'd grove, Where by the winding Ayr we met, To live one day of parting love?
Page 262 - THERE is not in the wide world a valley so sweet, As that vale in whose bosom the bright waters meet; Oh ! the last rays of feeling and life must depart, Ere the bloom of that valley shall fade from my heart.
Page 10 - Allatson, shall take nine of each sort, to be cut as aforesaid, and to be taken on your backs and carried to the town of Whitby, and to be there before nine of the clock the same day before mentioned.
Page 222 - O' my sweet Highland Mary. How sweetly bloom'd the gay green birk, How rich the hawthorn's blossom, As underneath their fragrant shade I clasp'd her to my bosom ! The golden hours on angel wings Flew o'er me and my dearie ; For dear to me as light and life Was my sweet Highland Mary. Wi' mony a vow and lock'd embrace Our parting was fu...
Page 223 - By early winter's ravage torn; Across her placid, azure sky, She sees the scowling tempest fly: Chill runs my blood to hear it rave — I think upon the stormy wave, Where many a danger I must dare, Far from the bonnie banks of Ayr. 'Tis not the surging billow's roar, Tis not that fatal, deadly shore; Tho' death in ev'ry shape appear, The wretched have no more to fear!
Page 324 - A better band of music was also procured, and the former subscription of one guinea was raised to two. Harrison had three guineas a week for the room and candles...