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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... summer within her recol- lection . But then Mary was a hardy mountain maiden , as active as most boys , and there was one towering summit - the shoulder of the pass , the Ben Falloch of the neighbourhood - which Mary only secretly ...
... summer within her recol- lection . But then Mary was a hardy mountain maiden , as active as most boys , and there was one towering summit - the shoulder of the pass , the Ben Falloch of the neighbourhood - which Mary only secretly ...
Side 4
... summer shealings , bothies , milking stations , hay grounds , with every article of foreign origin — that is , what was not sown , and grown , and ground , and brewed , and baked , and tanned , and moulded , and spun , and woven in ...
... summer shealings , bothies , milking stations , hay grounds , with every article of foreign origin — that is , what was not sown , and grown , and ground , and brewed , and baked , and tanned , and moulded , and spun , and woven in ...
Side 14
... summer fulfilled the hopes of her spring . The result was pending , whether the bloom of her mind and heart would fade and fall away , or whether it would ripen into autumn fruit . Whether her disposition would wax hard and coarse , or ...
... summer fulfilled the hopes of her spring . The result was pending , whether the bloom of her mind and heart would fade and fall away , or whether it would ripen into autumn fruit . Whether her disposition would wax hard and coarse , or ...
Side 52
... summer from the rich Lothians to the black Hebrides - ' the gowan's in the glen ' mating the westlan winds , ' and ' the bonny birken trees ' feathered on every spray . C Mary was particularly fond of haymaking in Aldour , when to store ...
... summer from the rich Lothians to the black Hebrides - ' the gowan's in the glen ' mating the westlan winds , ' and ' the bonny birken trees ' feathered on every spray . C Mary was particularly fond of haymaking in Aldour , when to store ...
Side 60
... ; sitting there under that summer sun among the russet hay , looking round on the unrivalled picturesqueness of the wood , and water , and tossed rocks of Croclune , she recalled the last 60 MY HEART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS .
... ; sitting there under that summer sun among the russet hay , looking round on the unrivalled picturesqueness of the wood , and water , and tossed rocks of Croclune , she recalled the last 60 MY HEART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS .
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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.