Passages from the Auto-biography of a "Man of Kent" [i.e. Robert Cowtan]Whittingham and Wilkins, 1866 - 407 страници |
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... glen to Roslin . The distance is only three miles , and the scenery so beautiful that you will be well repaid for undertaking the walk . Lasswade , it will be remembered , is a little village , said to have derived its name from a ...
... glen to Roslin . The distance is only three miles , and the scenery so beautiful that you will be well repaid for undertaking the walk . Lasswade , it will be remembered , is a little village , said to have derived its name from a ...
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... Glen Ogle , a wild and picturesque walk to Killin . This latter place is very beautiful , and to an artist would afford some fine sketches ; but as neither of us possessed this accomplish- ment , we lingered at Killin , and took into ...
... Glen Ogle , a wild and picturesque walk to Killin . This latter place is very beautiful , and to an artist would afford some fine sketches ; but as neither of us possessed this accomplish- ment , we lingered at Killin , and took into ...
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... Glen Rannoch , and so concluded a very pleasant day . We had a great desire to see Glen Tilt ; but the Duke of Athole had shut up that picturesque and romantic spot to tourists , and conse- quently we could not gain admission . On my ...
... Glen Rannoch , and so concluded a very pleasant day . We had a great desire to see Glen Tilt ; but the Duke of Athole had shut up that picturesque and romantic spot to tourists , and conse- quently we could not gain admission . On my ...
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... Glen- croe . To avoid a couple of miles needless walking we hired a boat at Loch Long , and crossed to the Glencroe road . The boat leaked so in the stern that it was as much as our surgical friend and myself could do to ladle out the ...
... Glen- croe . To avoid a couple of miles needless walking we hired a boat at Loch Long , and crossed to the Glencroe road . The boat leaked so in the stern that it was as much as our surgical friend and myself could do to ladle out the ...
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... glen that the stone is found bearing the inscription , " Rest , and be thankful ; " words inscribed on it by the soldiers who made the fine road , with the date , " 1748 , " and an addition by a succeeding party , " Repaired by the 23rd ...
... glen that the stone is found bearing the inscription , " Rest , and be thankful ; " words inscribed on it by the soldiers who made the fine road , with the date , " 1748 , " and an addition by a succeeding party , " Repaired by the 23rd ...
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Страница 345 - But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
Страница 389 - Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon; The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide. They, hand in hand, with wandering steps and slow, Through Eden took their solitary way.
Страница 115 - Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds.
Страница 179 - He who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death is fled, The first dark day of nothingness, The last of danger and distress...
Страница 286 - He looks abroad into the varied field Of nature, and, though poor perhaps compared With those whose mansions glitter in his sight, Calls the delightful scenery all his own. His are the mountains, and the valleys his, And the resplendent rivers. His to enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who, with filial confidence inspired, Can lift to Heaven an unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say —
Страница 128 - The fountains mingle with the river And the rivers with the Ocean, The winds of Heaven mix for ever With a sweet emotion; Nothing in the world is single; All things by a law divine In one another's being mingle.
Страница 90 - Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils : for wherein is he to be accounted of?
Страница 122 - God be thanked for books ! They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages. Books are the true levellers. They give to all who will faithfully use them, the society, the spiritual presence of the best and greatest of our race.
Страница 345 - Then they that gladly received his word were baptized ; and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls ; and they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
Страница 3 - My boast is not, that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the Earth ; But higher far my proud pretensions rise — The son of parents passed into the skies.