The History and Poetry of the Scottish Border: Thier Main Features and Relations, Volumen11893 |
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... flat land . But any one who views the region from one of its higher hills will be struck with the VOL . I. Α predominating mountainous appearance of the country , and will almost THE BORDER COUNTRY GENERAL ASPECT GEOLOGY AND SCENERY,
... flat land . But any one who views the region from one of its higher hills will be struck with the VOL . I. Α predominating mountainous appearance of the country , and will almost THE BORDER COUNTRY GENERAL ASPECT GEOLOGY AND SCENERY,
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... hills , which stretches from Loch Ryan on the south - west to St Abb's Head on the north - east , cut across now and again by a water - course , but still fairly continuous from sea to sea . These occupy by themselves and their ...
... hills , which stretches from Loch Ryan on the south - west to St Abb's Head on the north - east , cut across now and again by a water - course , but still fairly continuous from sea to sea . These occupy by themselves and their ...
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... Silurian rocks of which these hills are composed consist of hard and much- 1 Nicolson's Leges Marchiarum , or Border Laws , 99 ( ed . 1705 ) . crumpled strata , and form the basis of the whole 4 BORDER HISTORY AND POETRY .
... Silurian rocks of which these hills are composed consist of hard and much- 1 Nicolson's Leges Marchiarum , or Border Laws , 99 ( ed . 1705 ) . crumpled strata , and form the basis of the whole 4 BORDER HISTORY AND POETRY .
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... hills to the plain be- low Melrose , and then flows through a rich well - wooded strath to the sea , it touches on rocks much younger than the Silurian strata of the hills . These are the Upper Old Red Sandstone and the subsequent ...
... hills to the plain be- low Melrose , and then flows through a rich well - wooded strath to the sea , it touches on rocks much younger than the Silurian strata of the hills . These are the Upper Old Red Sandstone and the subsequent ...
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... hills now catch the first glimmer of the early sun , the waves broke in foam , and sea - birds shrieked and flew ... hill to sea at the GEOLOGY AND SCENERY . 7 བ.
... hills now catch the first glimmer of the early sun , the waves broke in foam , and sea - birds shrieked and flew ... hill to sea at the GEOLOGY AND SCENERY . 7 བ.
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Abbey Aethelfrith Alexander ancient Angle Anglo-Saxon appears Arthur Arthurian ballad bard battle Bernicia Border boundary Britain Britons Brythonic burgh Burn Caer Carta Castle Catrail Celtic century charter Church Clyde Cornish Cumbria Cymric Damnonii Danes Danish David defence district ditch doubt Earl early east Edward England English Erceldoune Ettrick feet feudal Firth forest forts Gadeni Gaelic glen ground Guledig haugh hills Historia Britonum Ibid Jedburgh Kentigern king kingdom of Strathclyde land language later Liddel Loch Lord Lowlands of Scotland Malcolm Melrose Merlin monks Moreville mote mound Nennius northern Northumbria original passed Peebles Peeblesshire Peel Fell period Picts poems probably race regarded Rhymour Roman Roxburgh Roxburghshire Saxon Scandinavian Scots Scott Scottish seems Selkirkshire side Sir Simon Fraser Skene Solway southern stone stream Taliessin Teviot Thomas Traquair tribes Tweed Tweeddale valley Vortigern wall Water Welsh wild Wood of Caledon Yarrow
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Página 140 - And Dryden, in immortal strain, Had raised the Table Round again, But that a ribald King and Court Bade him toil on, to make them sport ; Demanded for their niggard pay, Fit for their souls, a looser lay, Licentious satire, song, and play ; The world defrauded of the high design, Profaned the God-given strength, and marr'd the lofty line.
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Página 225 - A deaden'd clang, — a huge dim form, Seen but, and heard, when gathering storm And night were closing round.
Página 239 - It made the laughter of an afternoon That Vivien should attempt the blameless King. And after that, she set herself to gain Him, the most famous man of all those times, Merlin, who knew the range of all their arts, Had built the King his havens, ships, and halls, Was also Bard, and knew the starry heavens...
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