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... highest . 5. The celebrated Grampians stretch across the whole island , from the rugged shores of Argyllshire , washed by the waves of the Atlantic , to Aberdeenshire , on the German Ocean , and , with its spurs , occupies nearly the ...
... highest . 5. The celebrated Grampians stretch across the whole island , from the rugged shores of Argyllshire , washed by the waves of the Atlantic , to Aberdeenshire , on the German Ocean , and , with its spurs , occupies nearly the ...
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... highest mountain in Great Britain , is separated from the main chain by a desolate region called the Moor of Rannoch . Ben Lawers is 3,984 feet , and Ben More 3,843 feet . We are in a region of clouds , which are SCOTLAND .
... highest mountain in Great Britain , is separated from the main chain by a desolate region called the Moor of Rannoch . Ben Lawers is 3,984 feet , and Ben More 3,843 feet . We are in a region of clouds , which are SCOTLAND .
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... highest mountain in southern Scotland - Mount Broad Law ( 2,761 feet ) . 7. Besides the great Vale of Strathmore and the Carse of Gowrie , which may be considered a continuation of it , the level tracts of country in the Lowlands are ...
... highest mountain in southern Scotland - Mount Broad Law ( 2,761 feet ) . 7. Besides the great Vale of Strathmore and the Carse of Gowrie , which may be considered a continuation of it , the level tracts of country in the Lowlands are ...
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... highest of which - Ben Cruachan - rises to a height of 3,667 feet . It is about twenty - four miles long , and two miles wide . At its eastern end there are numerous wooded islands , and the sloping banks are also well clothed with wood ...
... highest of which - Ben Cruachan - rises to a height of 3,667 feet . It is about twenty - four miles long , and two miles wide . At its eastern end there are numerous wooded islands , and the sloping banks are also well clothed with wood ...
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... highest peak to their base ; it may glitter on the still surface of the lake , and illumine every herb which grows upon its margin ; the sky above may be one vault of cloudless blue ; but neither glory of sun nor calm of sky can take ...
... highest peak to their base ; it may glitter on the still surface of the lake , and illumine every herb which grows upon its margin ; the sky above may be one vault of cloudless blue ; but neither glory of sun nor calm of sky can take ...
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Page 83 - Hundreds of devotees came thither every month to die — for it was believed that a peculiarly happy fate awaited the man who should pass from the sacred city into the sacred river.
Page 83 - It was commonly believed that half a million of human beings was crowded into that labyrinth of lofty alleys, rich with shrines, and minarets, and balconies, and carved oriels, to which the sacred apes clung by hundreds. The traveller could scarcely make his way through the press of holy mendicants, and not less holy bulls.
Page 153 - ... of which we speak. In winter, a dazzling surface of purest snow; in early summer, a vast expanse of grass and pale pink roses; in autumn too often a wild sea of raging fire. No ocean of water in the world can vie with its gorgeous sunsets; no solitude can equal the loneliness of a night-shadowed prairie: one feels the stillness, and hears the silence, the wail of the prowling wolf makes the voice of solitude audible, the stars look down through infinite silence upon a silence almost as intense.
Page 83 - The traveller could scarcely make his way through the press of holy mendicants and not less holy bulls. The broad and stately flights of steps which descended from these swarming haunts to the...
Page 158 - Autumn, in honor of this high holiday, had collected together all the past glories of the year, adding them to her own; she borrows the gay colors that have been lying during the summer months among the flowers, in the fruits, upon the plumage of the bird, on the wings of the butterfly, and working them together in broad and glowing masses, she throws them over the forest to grace her triumph.
Page 127 - It is beautifully situated— as regards the water, just at the point where the river becomes sea. It has quays and wharves, at which vessels of small tonnage can lie, in the very heart of the town. Vessels of any tonnage can lie a mile out from its streets. It is surrounded by hills and mountains, from which views can be had which would make the fortune of any district in Europe.