My heart's in the Highlands, by the author of 'The nut-brown maids'.Parker, Son, and Bourn, West Strand, 1861 - 434 sider |
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Side 48
... great haymaking on the green of Croclune , and a dance in the evening on the cropped sward , Mary grumbled and got ready , with her cousin Anne and her young brother Malcolm ,. HOW THE COMPANY SPENT THE MORNING CROCLUNE.
... great haymaking on the green of Croclune , and a dance in the evening on the cropped sward , Mary grumbled and got ready , with her cousin Anne and her young brother Malcolm ,. HOW THE COMPANY SPENT THE MORNING CROCLUNE.
Side 50
... like sitting down to sew by moonlight or a beacon signal , or attempting to dance to a clair- shach instead of the pipes . The fact was , Croclune owned the insuperable objection , ' This is no my 50 MY HEART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS .
... like sitting down to sew by moonlight or a beacon signal , or attempting to dance to a clair- shach instead of the pipes . The fact was , Croclune owned the insuperable objection , ' This is no my 50 MY HEART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS .
Side 57
... dance ; but in the morning , while they meant business , they retained their useful riding Josephs , but they tied them up with ribands and showed their quilted scarlet petticoats , and they had THE MORNING AT CROCLUNE . 57.
... dance ; but in the morning , while they meant business , they retained their useful riding Josephs , but they tied them up with ribands and showed their quilted scarlet petticoats , and they had THE MORNING AT CROCLUNE . 57.
Side 67
... dance with the rest while she was a prisoner in the best sleeping - room , lying down in the great bed with the tartan curtains which had held the bulk of many a prostrate laird , a victim to the might of claret and punch , or walking ...
... dance with the rest while she was a prisoner in the best sleeping - room , lying down in the great bed with the tartan curtains which had held the bulk of many a prostrate laird , a victim to the might of claret and punch , or walking ...
Side 68
... dance discontentedly , with a spiteful in- tent to wear out herself and her partners , and so have the sooner done ... dancing was then in the height of favour . Even in family circles , where a piper was preserved , and if there was no ...
... dance discontentedly , with a spiteful in- tent to wear out herself and her partners , and so have the sooner done ... dancing was then in the height of favour . Even in family circles , where a piper was preserved , and if there was no ...
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My Heart's in the Highlands, by the Author of 'The Nut-Brown Maids' Henrietta Keddie Ingen forhåndsvisning - 2016 |
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Anne Macdonald Anne's answered asked bear believe better cause Charlie child clear coming Country course cried Croclune cross dance dark daughter dear eyes face father fear feel fellow Finralia Flora fortune friends girl give glen half hand hard head hear heard heart Highland hills hold honour John Dunglas kind lady Laird laugh least leave less lived loch look Macdonnel Maclean Mary Aldour Mary's mean mind Miss Ussie morning mother mountains Nancy nature never night once person poor rest Robertson round side speak spirit standing stood strong summer sure sweet tell thing thought took true trust turned unless walk whole wife wild wish woman women wonder young
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Side 106 - Sweet is the breath of Morn, her rising sweet, With charm* of earliest birds; pleasant the Sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient* beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile Earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming-on Of grateful Evening mild...
Side 430 - Their van will be upon us Before the bridge goes down; And if they once may win the bridge, What hope to save the town ? ' Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the gate : 'To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late; And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his Gods...
Side 88 - She bestows her year's wages at next fair; and in choosing her garments, counts no bravery in the world like decency. The garden and beehive are all her physic and chirurgery, and she lives the longer for it.
Side 106 - With charm of earliest birds ; pleasant the sun When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew ; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers ; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening mild ; then silent night, With this her solemn bird, and this fair moon, And these the gems of heaven, her starry train...
Side 106 - Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower...
Side 12 - Bright are the chiefs of battle, in the armor of their fathers. Gloomy and dark their heroes follow, like the gathering of the rainy clouds behind the red meteors of heaven. The sounds of crashing arms ascend.
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Side 88 - Never was any of her sex born with better gifts of the mind, or who more improved them by reading and conversation. Yet her memory was not of the best, and was impaired in the latter years of her life. But I cannot call to mind that I ever once heard her make a wrong judgment of persons, books, or affairs.
Side 6 - He wore a pair of brogues, Tartan hose which came up only near to his knees, and left them bare, a purple camblet kilt, a black waistcoat, a short green cloth coat bound with gold cord, a yellowish bushy wig, a large blue bonnet with a gold thread button.