Select views of Glasgow and its envirous, engr. by J. Swan from drawings by J. Fleming and J. Knox, with historical & descriptive illustrations by J.M. Leighton

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1829 - 40 pages
 

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Page 57 - Not Chaos, not The darkest pit of lowest Erebus, Nor aught of blinder vacancy scooped out By help of dreams, can breed such fear and awe As fall upon us often when we look Into our minds—into the mind of man.
Page 3 - I'll view the manners of the town, ' Peruse the traders, gaze upon the buildings, • And wander up and down to view the city.
Page 193 - The zenith spreads The canopy of sapphire, but the west Has a magnificent array of clouds ; And, as the breeze plays on them, they assume The forms of mountains, castled cliffs, hills, Deep rifted glens, and groves, and beetling rocks ; And some that seem far off are voyaging Their sun.bright path in folds of silver;—some In golden
Page 86 - openly. And sicklyk cast down the altaris, and purge the kirk of all " kynd of monuments of idolatrye. And this ze fail not to do, as ze " will do us singular emplesur; and so commitis you to the protection
Page 180 - In the year 1767, Lord Frederick Campbell, then member for the city, moved the House of Commons for leave to bring in a bill for making a ditch canal
Page 109 - however, though not the most dignified, yet the most useful part of the University, although it suffered, survived the storm; but in so shattered a condition, that in a charter of Queen Mary it is said, that it " appearit rather to be the decay of ane University, nor ony ways to be reckonit ane established foundation.
Page 36 - are celebrated for cudbear of the finest quality, made from lichens gathered in great quantities in Sardinia, Sweden, and Norway; his crystals and prussiate of potassa are unrivalled for their beauty and purity, and his Prussian blue cannot be excelled. The chemical works of Messrs. Turnbull
Page 171 - with iron bolts within the wall thereof, that the great boards of ice in time of thaw, may not offend it ; and it is so large that a regiment of horse may be exercised thereupon.
Page 111 - of the Restoration ; at which time it had, besides a principal, eight professors, a librarian with a tolerable library, the number of its bursars increased, and a great addition of students of all ranks. The buildings too, which had become ruinous, were begun to be rebuilt in a more enlarged and elegant manner, than they had formerly been. The re-establishment of Episcopal government
Page 193 - and others have Edgings of burning crimson. Isles are seen All lovely, set within an emerald sea; And there are dyes in the rich heavens,—-such

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