The New Statistical Account of Scotland: PerthW. Blackwood and Sons, 1845 |
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Aberfeldy Abernethy acres agricultural amount ancient annual appears Atholl Auchterarder average number banks barley beautiful belonging Bishop Bishop of Dunkeld Blairgowrie bolls bridge Bridge of Earn built burgh called Carse Carse of Gowrie Castle cattle chapel chiefly considerable Crieff crop cultivated distance district Dundee Dunkeld Earl east Edinburgh erected extent farms feet former Gaelic glebe glen Glenquaich ground heritors Highland hill improvement inches inhabitants James John kirk-session land late Loch Logierait Lord Luncarty manse Methven miles minister Moncrieffe Moneydie Muthill nearly neighbourhood ordained parish parish church parochial pasture Perth Perthshire planted poor population potatoes presbytery present proprietors quarry quoad sacra Redgorton rent residence rish river river Tay road rock sandstone Scotland Scots session sheep side situated soil Statistical Account Stirling stone Strathearn Strowan tion town upwards village whole wood
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Seite 269 - In this still place, where murmurs on But one meek streamlet, only one : He sang of battles, and the breath Of stormy war, and violent death ; And should, methinks, when all was past, Have rightfully been laid at last Where rocks were rudely heaped, and rent As by a spirit turbulent ; Where sights were rough, and sounds were wild, And...
Seite 268 - Narrow is thy dwelling now ! dark the place of thine abode! With three steps I compass thy grave, O thou who wast so great before. Four stones with their heads of moss are the only memorial of thee. A tree with scarce a leaf, long grass which whistles in the wind, mark to the hunter's eye the grave of the mighty Morar.
Seite 271 - To th' instruments divine respondence meet: The silver sounding instruments did meet With the base murmure of the waters fall : The waters fall with difference discreet, Now soft, now loud, unto the wind did call : The gentle warbling wind low answered to all.
Seite 269 - Whose fancy in this lonely spot Was moved ; and in such way expressed Their notion of its perfect rest. A convent, even a hermit's cell, Would break the silence of this dell : It is not quiet, is not ease ; But something deeper far than these : The separation that is here Is of the grave ; and of austere Yet happy feelings of the dead : And, therefore, was it rightly said That Ossian, last of all his race ! Lies buried in this lonely place.
Seite 33 - Edward was desirous to remove everything which could remind the Scots of their original independence is proved by his carrying to London, not only the crown and sceptre surrendered by Baliol, but even the sacred stone on which the Scottish monarchs were placed when they received the royal inauguration. He presented these trophies to the Cathedral of Westminster.
Seite 651 - OH last and best of Scots ! who didst maintain Thy country's freedom from a foreign reign ; New people fill the land now thou art gone, New gods the temples, and new kings the throne.
Seite 651 - Irish forces as you sent us before especially of horse and dragoons and you will crown our beginnings with a complete success and yourself with an entire possession of your ancient hereditary Kingdom of Scotland.
Seite 650 - SIR : It has pleased God to give your forces a great victory over the rebels, in which three-fourths of them are fallen under the weight of our swords. I might say much of the action, if I had not the honour to command in it ; but of 5000...
Seite 651 - I dare be bold to say, there were scarce ever such strokes given in Europe as were given that day by the Highlanders. Many of General Mackay's officers and soldiers were cut down through the skull and neck to the very...
Seite 483 - Ocean, the first thing which strikes us is, that, the north-east and south-east monsoons, which are found the one on the north and the other on...