Travels in Scotland, by an Unusual Route: With a Trip to the Orkneys and Hebrides. Containing Hints for Improvements in Agriculture and Commerce. With Characters and Anecdotes. Embellished with Views of Striking Objects, and a Map, Including the Caledonian Canal, Bind 1J. Johnson, 1807 |
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... Perth to Dundee ▸ Dundee Penbride · Aberbrothic . Achmithy Montrose · • • • From Montrose to Aberdeen Brichin · Stonehaven Aberdeen · From Aberdeen to Banff . Peterhead . Forgue Banff • .. . · From Banff to Fochabers . • · Portsoy ...
... Perth to Dundee ▸ Dundee Penbride · Aberbrothic . Achmithy Montrose · • • • From Montrose to Aberdeen Brichin · Stonehaven Aberdeen · From Aberdeen to Banff . Peterhead . Forgue Banff • .. . · From Banff to Fochabers . • · Portsoy ...
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... Perth into Athol and Bre- dalbane , to propagate their doctrines ; but they were only laughed at by the Highlanders , and told that they minded none of those things , which they considered as TRAVELS IN SCOTLAND . 13.
... Perth into Athol and Bre- dalbane , to propagate their doctrines ; but they were only laughed at by the Highlanders , and told that they minded none of those things , which they considered as TRAVELS IN SCOTLAND . 13.
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... Perth , Glasgow , and so on . There are several kinds of birds , too , of which though good for food , they will not taste . When they are asked a reason for this abstinence , they give no other than this , " that they are not good for ...
... Perth , Glasgow , and so on . There are several kinds of birds , too , of which though good for food , they will not taste . When they are asked a reason for this abstinence , they give no other than this , " that they are not good for ...
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... Perth , " where Charles , " says Mr. Hume , was little better than a prisoner , exposed to all the rudeness and pedantry of the ecclesiastics . The clergy never could esteem the king sufficiently regenerated ; and , by continual ...
... Perth , " where Charles , " says Mr. Hume , was little better than a prisoner , exposed to all the rudeness and pedantry of the ecclesiastics . The clergy never could esteem the king sufficiently regenerated ; and , by continual ...
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... Perth , have the grain , at his own price , on the condition of his sending a sloop for it , which he did . In the prosperous days of Crail , besides an immense number of boats fitted out and manned by the fisher- men , and others ...
... Perth , have the grain , at his own price , on the condition of his sending a sloop for it , which he did . In the prosperous days of Crail , besides an immense number of boats fitted out and manned by the fisher- men , and others ...
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Side 94 - The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field : which indeed is the least of all seeds ; but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in thq branches thereof.
Side 53 - Gallant knight, I thank you — you promise it me, then?' ' Certainly, Sir, most willingly,' answered the knight. He then gave his promise upon his knighthood. The King said, ' Thanks be to God! for I shall now die in peace, since I know that the most valiant knight of my kingdom will perform that for me which I am unable to do for myself.
Side 53 - You will not be sparing of expense — and provide yourself with such company and such things as may be suitable to your rank — and wherever you pass, you will let it be known, that you bear the heart of King Robert of Scotland, which you are carrying beyond seas by his command, since his body cannot go thither.
Side 161 - How sweet to stand, when tempests tear the main, On the firm cliff, and mark the seaman's toil ! Not that another's danger soothes the soul, But from such toil how sweet to feel secure...
Side 106 - Happy art thou, O Israel : who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency ! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee ; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
Side 205 - The burgess oath in some of the royal burghs of Scotland contains the following clause: " I profess and allow, with my heart, the true religion presently professed within this realm, and authorized by the laws thereof. I will abide and defend the same to my life's end, renouncing the Romish religion called Papistry.
Side 61 - I saw a number of savage -looking men and women gathering around me, demanding who and what I was ? In order to get the pamphlet, my hostess had set the bell through the town, offering a shilling for the book ; and as it represents them in a ludicrous point of view, and they think nobody reads it but with a view to laugh at them, they had determined to give me a drubbing. The truth is, I was obliged to stop, and it required all my address, as well as the aid of my purse, to get off with a whole head,...
Side 19 - ... of luxury, and debauch them from doing good: whereas the offices of these lesser governments extending only over a moderate number of people, will be duly executed, and many men have occasions put into their hands of doing good to their fellow citizens. So many different seats of government will highly tend to the improvement of all arts and sciences; and afford great variety of entertainment to all foreigners and others of a curious and inquisitive genius, as the ancient cities of Greece did.
Side 53 - ... me; and I will most willingly do all that you command me with the utmost loyalty in my power; never doubt it, however I may feel myself unworthy of such a high distinction.
Side 52 - David, and obey him and crown him king when he was of a proper age, and to marry him with a lady suitable to his station. " He after that called to him the gallant lord James Douglas...