Highland Lassies: Or, The Roua PassSmith, Elder and Company, 1862 - 316 страници |
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... river , rushing ceaselessly , with many a fall from the glens beyond , towards the large loch of Nightach . On the brink of the stream stood a detached shedding of tarred wood , the habitation of forty dogs and twenty gillies . They ...
... river , rushing ceaselessly , with many a fall from the glens beyond , towards the large loch of Nightach . On the brink of the stream stood a detached shedding of tarred wood , the habitation of forty dogs and twenty gillies . They ...
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... rivers to ford ere I get home - there , " she added , pointing to a mountain range about five miles off . " Allow me to fetch your pony . " " Thank you . It may be in the sheep fank behind that peat stack ; if you follow that track you ...
... rivers to ford ere I get home - there , " she added , pointing to a mountain range about five miles off . " Allow me to fetch your pony . " " Thank you . It may be in the sheep fank behind that peat stack ; if you follow that track you ...
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... river soon soothed me to sleep . Florh , I dreamt that my sister Norah and I were lying in our own little boat , which was moored to the trunk of the old cherry - tree at the garden bank . She was sleeping . A dreamy feeling pervaded ...
... river soon soothed me to sleep . Florh , I dreamt that my sister Norah and I were lying in our own little boat , which was moored to the trunk of the old cherry - tree at the garden bank . She was sleeping . A dreamy feeling pervaded ...
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... river towards the tarred shedding where the dogs and gillies dwelt together , and whence human sounds pro- ceeded : the strains of a Gaelic song , in its shrill minor key , arose from one part of the building , while a deep baying of ...
... river towards the tarred shedding where the dogs and gillies dwelt together , and whence human sounds pro- ceeded : the strains of a Gaelic song , in its shrill minor key , arose from one part of the building , while a deep baying of ...
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... river edge . " What did he say ? " asked Harold , turning to March- moram . " Is that Scotch independence ? " " That some of the Highland pride I have told you about . He's off to his own fireside again ; probably to starve on pota ...
... river edge . " What did he say ? " asked Harold , turning to March- moram . " Is that Scotch independence ? " " That some of the Highland pride I have told you about . He's off to his own fireside again ; probably to starve on pota ...
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amongst Arduashien asked Auber bank beautiful beneath birch bog-myrtle bright brow Colonel Sternbotham colour cottage dance dark deer door dress Dreumah Dual Ghu English Esmé and Ishbel Esmé's Ewen Mackenzie Ewen's exclaimed eyes face father feel fire Florh frae Gaelic gaze gillies girls Glenbenrough Gupini hair hand Harold head heard heart heather Highland hills hour Huistan Jeanie Cameron Kelpie kilted knew Lady Ida Lady Mac Neil laird lassie laugh lips loch Lochandhu looked Marchmoram marriage Miss Christy Miss Esmé Miss Mac Neil morning never night Norah pale party Phee plaid pony quiet replied river rock Roua Pass round sassenach seated Seatoune smile spoke stood Strathshielie strong tartan tell Thistlebank Thorold thought told turned valet voice walked weel whisky whispered wild ye're young
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Страница 12 - But bring a Scotsman frae his hill, Clap in his cheek a Highland gill, Say, such is royal George's will, An' there's the foe, He has nae thought but how to kill Twa at a blow.
Страница 280 - Where the howlet mourns in her ivy bower, And tells the midnight moon her care. The winds were laid, the air was still, The stars they shot alang the sky ; The fox was howling on the hill, And the distant echoing glens reply.
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Страница 49 - And though you be weary, we'll make your heart cheery, And welcome our Charlie and his loyal train. We'll bring down the track deer, we'll bring down the black steer, The lamb from the...