Letters from a Gentleman in the North of Scotland to His Friend in London, Volume 2

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Gale, Curtis and Fenner, 1815
 

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Pagina 152 - Earl's (who had been from his early days accustomed to such sights) addressing her thus: ' Do you observe that stag who is foremost of the herd ? there is danger from that stag ; for if either fear or rage should force him from the ridge of that hill, let every one look to himself, for none of us will be out of the way of harm ; for the rest will follow this one, and having1 thrown us under foot, they will open a passage to this hill behind us.
Pagina 192 - Sight is an Impression made either by the Mind upon the Eye, or by the Eye upon the Mind, by which Things distant or future are perceived, and seen as if they were present.
Pagina 10 - But of all the views, I think the most horrid is, to look at the hills from east to west, or vice versa, for then the eye penetrates far among them, and sees more particularly their stupendous bulk, frightful irregularity, and horrid gloom, made yet more sombrous by the shades and faint reflections they communicate one to another.
Pagina 171 - There was perhaps never any change of national manners so quick, so great, and so general, as that which has operated in the Highlands', by the last conquest, and the subsequent laws. We came thither too late to see what we expected, a people of peculiar appearance, and a system of antiquated life.
Pagina 10 - ... aerial perspective, and the whole of a dismal gloomy brown, drawing upon a dirty purple ; and most of all disagreeable when the heath is in bloom.
Pagina 173 - ... breeches as they are in the short petticoat, that it would be greatly incommodious to those who are frequently to wade through waters to wear breeches, which must be taken off upon every such occurrence, or would not only gall the wearer, but render it very unhealthful and dangerous to their limbs to be constantly wet in that part of the body, especially in winter-time when they might be frozen; and with respect to the plaid in particular, the distance between one place of shelter and another...
Pagina 84 - The ordinary Highlanders esteem it the most sublime degree of virtue to love their chief, and pay him a blind obedience, although it be in opposition to the government, the laws of the kingdom, or even to the law of God. He is their idol; and as they profess to know no king but him (I was going further) so will they say they ought to do whatever he commands, without inquiry.
Pagina 133 - Highlanders, though they cannot spare for grass one inch of land that will bear corn ; or if they could, it would be a much more expensive way of grazing their cattle than letting them run, as they do, in the hills; but enclosures, simply as such, do not better the soil, or, if they might be supposed to be an advantage to it, where is the Highland tenant that can lay out ten shillings for that purpose ? and what would he be gainer by it in the end, but to have his rent raised, or his farm divided...
Pagina 86 - This power of the chiefs is not supported by interest ' as they are landlords, but as lineally descended from the ' old patriarchs, or fathers of the families...
Pagina 114 - ... this purpose the drovers purchase ropes, which are cut at the length of three feet, having a noose at one end ; this noose is put round the under-jaw of every cow, taking care to leave the tongue free, that the animal may be able to keep the salt water from going down its throat ; they are then led into the water until they are afloat, which puts an end to their resistance. One cow is then tied to the tail of another, and a man in the stern of the boat having hold of the foremost, the boat is...

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