Travels in Scotland, by an Unusual Route: With a Trip to the Orkneys and Hebrides. Containing Hints for Improvements in Agriculture and Commerce. With Characters and Anecdotes. Embellished with Views of Striking Objects, and a Map, Including the Caledonian Canal, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1807 - Scotland |
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... appearance of the graves where the men , who fell in the battle , were buried , I saw nothing worth notice ; therefore , returning almost to Stirling Bridge , and then eastward , I made the best of my way through the Carse of ...
... appearance of the graves where the men , who fell in the battle , were buried , I saw nothing worth notice ; therefore , returning almost to Stirling Bridge , and then eastward , I made the best of my way through the Carse of ...
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... appearance in the evening to pick up and destroy what , during the day , has escaped . Sparrows , and many other little birds , no doubt eat our grain and spoil our fruit , but then in return they pick up and destroy millions 24 TRAVELS ...
... appearance in the evening to pick up and destroy what , during the day , has escaped . Sparrows , and many other little birds , no doubt eat our grain and spoil our fruit , but then in return they pick up and destroy millions 24 TRAVELS ...
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... appearance of pit - coal ; and I have been informed , that if you take a log of wood , burn it to charcoal , and then put weights upon it , and suffer it to continue in that state for years , it becomes impossible for an experienced col ...
... appearance of pit - coal ; and I have been informed , that if you take a log of wood , burn it to charcoal , and then put weights upon it , and suffer it to continue in that state for years , it becomes impossible for an experienced col ...
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... appearance of a small tower about forty feet high ; in the inside of which small tower there runs , through pumps , a stream of water to a cistern on the top , being conveyed hither below ground from an elevation about a mile distant ...
... appearance of a small tower about forty feet high ; in the inside of which small tower there runs , through pumps , a stream of water to a cistern on the top , being conveyed hither below ground from an elevation about a mile distant ...
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... appearance of a sword , but is so long , thick , and heavy , that I am apt to think , strong as Sir John , no doubt , was , this would have been an unwieldy weapon even in his hands . It is absurd to argue as they do here , that ...
... appearance of a sword , but is so long , thick , and heavy , that I am apt to think , strong as Sir John , no doubt , was , this would have been an unwieldy weapon even in his hands . It is absurd to argue as they do here , that ...
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