History of the Town and Castle of Dumbarton, from the Earliest Period Till the Present TimeE.D. Ogilvie, W. Conolly, and J. Neilson, 1847 - 150 Seiten |
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History of the Town and Castle of Dumbarton, from the Earliest Period Till ... John Glen Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2017 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Adomnan ages Alcluith Alexander amongst ancient appears Argyleshire arms army Atticotti balzeis banks battle beautiful boats Bonhill Britons Bruce burgesses Burgh of Dumbarton Burgh Records called century Charter children of Icolumbkill Christian clan Colquhoun Columba Covenanters Dermit Duke Dumbarton Castle Dunbertane Duntocher Earl of Lennox early period Edward English erected exemptions feet Firth of Clyde fleet fortress gentlemen Glasgow Greenock harbour Highland historian holy honour hundred inhabitants Iona islands James John King Haco King of Scotland kingdom kirk lake lands loch Lochlomond Lord Luss Macgregor Magistrates March merks monastery mountains noble Norway Norwegian parish church Parliament person Picts Provost reign Renfrew River Clyde river Leven rock Roman Royal Burgh rude Saint sall says schillingis Scots Scottish Parliament Shyre singular Smolet steamer sterling stones toun Town Council Trustees vessels vicinity wall Wallace whole yaim ye forsadis ye saidis
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 60 - Arcadian plain. Pure stream ! in whose transparent wave My youthful limbs I wont to lave ; No torrents stain thy limpid source ; No rocks impede thy dimpling course, That sweetly warbles o'er its bed, With white round polished pebbles spread...
Seite 39 - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself; * Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind.
Seite 146 - Comet" will receive information of the hours of sailing, by applying at Mr.
Seite 50 - Scots wha hae wi' Wallace bled, Scots wham Bruce has often led, Welcome to your gory bed, Or to glorious victory. "Now's the day, and now's the hour; See the front o' battle lour; See approach proud Edward's power — Edward!
Seite 60 - May numerous herds and flocks be seen : And lasses chanting o'er the pail, And shepherds piping in the dale ; And ancient faith that knows no guile, And industry embrown'd with toil ; And hearts resolved and hands prepared The blessings they enjoy to guard 1 [S
Seite 21 - I have seen the walls of Balclutha, but they were desolate. The fire had resounded in the halls: and the voice of the people is heard no more. The stream of Clutha was removed from its place, by the fall of the walls. The thistle shook there its lonely head: the moss whistled to the wind. The fox looked out from the windows, the rank grass of the wall waved round its head. Desolate is the dwelling of Moina, silence is in the house of her fathers.
Seite 60 - While, lightly poised, the scaly brood In myriads cleave thy crystal flood ; The springing trout in speckled pride ; The salmon, monarch of the tide; The ruthless pike, intent on war; The silver eel, and mottled par.
Seite 110 - ... steel of above half an ell in length screwed into the navel of it, on his left arm, a sturdy claymore by his .side, and a pistol or two, with a dirk and knife, in his belt."— Rae's History of the Rebellion, 4to, p.
Seite 67 - The lake, the bay, the waterfall; And Thee, the Spirit of them all!
Seite 100 - When the dew wets its leaves, unstained and pure As is the lily or the mountain snow. The modest virtues mingled in her eyes, Still on the ground dejected, darting all Their humid beams into the blooming flowers ; Or when the mournful tale her mother told Of what her faithless fortune promised once Thrilled in her thought, they, like the dewy star Of evening, shone in tears.