Border EssaysW. Blackwood, 1896 - 246 páginas |
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... miles in length . Yet this vale in its short compass shows the varied elements of grandeur and beauty in a very rare degree . It impresses and subdues by mountain and crag ; it touches eye and heart with a symmetry of opposing yet ...
... miles in length . Yet this vale in its short compass shows the varied elements of grandeur and beauty in a very rare degree . It impresses and subdues by mountain and crag ; it touches eye and heart with a symmetry of opposing yet ...
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... mile . Into this the stream descends , and through it flows , winding in sweet links , gurgling , and lapping the bared sides of the moraines which here dot the glen , and cleaving and revealing the roots of old and extinct forests ...
... mile . Into this the stream descends , and through it flows , winding in sweet links , gurgling , and lapping the bared sides of the moraines which here dot the glen , and cleaving and revealing the roots of old and extinct forests ...
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... miles or more of leaps and falls and headlong plunge over boulder and between green and ferny banks : after two days ' rain its right - hand branch is an almost continuous waterfall of 1000 feet . In summer this impetuous burn is ...
... miles or more of leaps and falls and headlong plunge over boulder and between green and ferny banks : after two days ' rain its right - hand branch is an almost continuous waterfall of 1000 feet . In summer this impetuous burn is ...
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... mile the valley runs between steep hillsides , then gradually widens , still preserving its unique character of alternating hills sloping down on each side to the haugh , which is rich all along in greenery and wild flowers . The Water ...
... mile the valley runs between steep hillsides , then gradually widens , still preserving its unique character of alternating hills sloping down on each side to the haugh , which is rich all along in greenery and wild flowers . The Water ...
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... miles . The bairns in the town used to bother him , my mother told me , and he grew very angry , and used strong expressions . " He would , if he could , poor seeth- ing lead doun their throats , " and " he would cleave their harn ...
... miles . The bairns in the town used to bother him , my mother told me , and he grew very angry , and used strong expressions . " He would , if he could , poor seeth- ing lead doun their throats , " and " he would cleave their harn ...
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