Observations made in a journey through the western counties of Scotland in the autumn of 1792, المجلد 1

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R. Morison junior, 1793

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الصفحة 23 - O wha is this has don this deid, This ill deid don to me, To send me out this time o' the yeir, To sail upon the se!
الصفحة 24 - O say na sae, my master deir, For I feir a deadlie storme. "Late late yestreen I saw the new moone Wi the auld moone in her arme, And I feir, I feir, my deir master, That we will cum to harme.
الصفحة 89 - Roman conveniences. In North America, travelling merchants from the Settlements have done and continue to do much more towards civilizing the Indian natives, than all the missionaries, papist or protestant, who have ever been sent among them.
الصفحة 24 - Wi the auld moone in hir arme, And I feir, I feir, my deir master, That we will cum to harme.' O our Scots nobles wer richt laith To weet their cork-heild schoone ; Bot lang owre a' the play wer playd, Thair hats they swam aboone.
الصفحة 91 - It is not more than twenty or thirty years since a young man going from any part of Scotland to England, of purpose to carry the pack, was considered as going to lead the life and acquire the fortune of a gentleman. When, after twenty years...
الصفحة 24 - Wi' thair gold kerns in their hair, Waiting for their ain deir lords, For they'll se thame na mair. 11 Have owre, have owre to Aberdour, It's fiftie fadom deip, And thair lies guid Sir Patrick Spence, Wi
الصفحة 25 - Wi thair fans into their hand, Or eir they se Sir Patrick Spence Cum sailing to the land. O lang, lang may the ladies stand, Wi thair gold kems in their hair, Waiting for thair ain deir lords, For they'll se thame na mair.
الصفحة 23 - Sat at the kings richt kne : Sir PATRICK SPENCE is the beft failor That fails upon the fe. The King has written a braid letter, And fignd it wi' his hand ; And fent it to Sir PATRICK SPENCE, Was walking on the fand.
الصفحة 283 - The patient is then thrice immerged in the sacred pool. After the immersion, he is bound hand and foot, and left for the night in a chapel which stands near. If the maniac is found loose in the morning, good hopes are conceived of his full recovery. If he is still bound, his cure remains doubtful. It sometimes happens that death relieves him, during his confinement, from the troubles of life.
الصفحة 91 - England, of purpofe to carry the pack, was confidered, as going to lead the life, and to acquire the fortune of a gentleman. When, after twenty years abfence, in that honourable line of employment, he returned, with his acquifitions to his native country, he was regarded as a gentleman to all intents and purpofes.

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