 | William Beattie - 1838 - 336 pages
...the lake of Loch-lomond, from the margin of which rises in awful majesty the cloud-capt Ben-lomond. Looking up the Clyde, the prospect, as far as Glasgow,...while the view down the river is no less striking for its extent, than for the irregular mountain outline of Argyll, which closes in the perspective.... | |
 | 1839 - 324 pages
...awful majesty, the magnificent BenLomond, surrounded by many other mountains of inferior elevation. Looking up the Clyde, the prospect, as far as Glasgow,...extent, and the irregular mountain outline of Argyle and provements made in navigation since the reign of that monarch, when lie and his nobles set sail for... | |
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... western pinnacle, which is thirty feet higher than the eastern, is exquisitely grand. On the north are seen the smiling vale and silver meanderings of the classic Leven — Smollett's " Leven." Beyond, is the lake of Loch-lomond, from the margin of... 