 | James Hall (of Walthamstow.) - 1807 - 360 Seiten
...would, as he had it not himself, pay him well if he could get me a sight of it. I heard no more qf it till about an hour after, when, as I was mounting...Loch Levin, empties itself into Largo Bay. It is a cleanlittle town, and apparently in a thriving situation. There is a salmon fishery here not inconsiderable,... | |
 | Mary Acworth Orr - 1807 - 746 Seiten
...laugh at them, they had determined to give me a drubbing. The truth is, I was obliged to stop, antf it required all my address, as well as the aid of...Bay. It is a clean little town, and apparently in a thrivir,-- situation. There is a salmon fishery here not inconsiderable, and a good deal of trade in... | |
 | James Mitchell - 1825 - 798 Seiten
...pamphlet, my hostess had set the bell through the town, offering a shilling for the hoolc; and a» it represents them in a ludicrous point of view, and...their children, and giving them plenty of porter. VALIANT QUAKER. David Barclay, of Mathers, the Apologist's father, served, as a colonel, under the... | |
 | Alexander Hislop (publisher) - 1874 - 786 Seiten
...more of it till an hour after, when, as 1 was mounting my horse, I saw a number of savage -looking men and women gathering around me, demanding who and...their children, and giving them plenty of porter. — Hall. A HIGHLAND BEDLAM. There is a harbour on the south side of the island Borera; the entry seems... | |
 | Alexander Hislop (publisher) - 1875 - 378 Seiten
...more of it till an hour after, when, as I was mounting my horse, I saw a number of savage -looking men and women gathering around me, demanding who and...their children, and giving them plenty of porter. — Hall. A HIGHLAND BEDLAM. There is a harbour on the south side of the island Borera; the entry seems... | |
 | Rev. James W. Taylor - 1875 - 420 Seiten
...is, I was obliged to stop ; and it required all my address, as well as the aid of my purse, to get of with a whole head, which I at length effected by distributing...their children, and giving them plenty of porter." One who was a young alumnus of the College, —for he was born within its walls,—supplies this account... | |
 | Scottish Mountaineering Club - 1913 - 518 Seiten
...intrusion caused a great stir, and he was almost in for a drubbing. " It required all my address and the aid of my purse to get off with a whole head, which I ultimately effected by distributing money amongst their children and giving them plenty of porter."... | |
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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... 