Letters from a Gentleman in the North of Scotland to His Friend in London, Količina 1Gale, Curtis and Fenner, 1815 - 321 strani |
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Stran 15 - Out of one of the beds on which we were to repose started up, at our entrance, a man black as a Cyclops from the forge.
Stran 129 - You may guess by the introduction, at the contents of the volume. Few go away sober at any time ; and for the greatest part of his guests, in the conclusion, they cannot go at all.
Stran 4 - The Highlands are but little known even to the inhabitants of the low country of Scotland, for they have ever dreaded the difficulties and dangers of travelling among the mountains; and when some extraordinary occasion has obliged any one of them to such a progress, he has, generally speaking, made his testament before he set out, as though he were entering upon a long and dangerous sea voyage, wherein it was very doubtful if he should ever return.
Stran 106 - The Fishermen would not be mentioned, but for their remarkable Laziness ; for they might find a Sale for much more Sea-Fish than they do, but so long as any Money remains of the last Marketing, and until they are driven out by the last Necessity, they will not meddle with Salt Water. At low Ebb, when their Boats lie off at a considerable Distance from the Shore, for Want of Depth of Water, the Women tuck up their Garments to an indecent Height, and wade to the Vessels, where they receive their loads...
Stran 130 - I might do it without reproach. As the company are disabled one after another, two servants, who are all the while in waiting, take up the invalids with short poles in their chairs, as they sit, (if not fallen down,) and carry them to their beds ; and still the hero holds out.
Stran 46 - Papcn, 118. the manners of the people, added the following to his budget : — "•When any ship in these parts is bound for the West Indies, to be sure, a neighbouring chief, of whom none dares openly to complain, has several thieves to send prisoners to town. " It has been whispered their crimes were only asking their dues, and suchlike offences ; and I have been well assured they have been threatened with hanging, or at least perpetual imprisonment, to intimidate and force them to sign a contract...
Stran xiii - The phantoms which haunt a desert are want, and misery, and danger ; the evils of dereliction rush upon the thoughts; man is made unwillingly acquainted with his own weakness, and meditation shows him only how little he can sustain, and how little he can perform.
Stran 14 - I came to examine my cates, there were two or three of the pigeons lay mangled in the pot, and behind were the furrows, in the butter, of those fingers that had raked them out of it, and the butter itself needed no close application to discover its quality. " My disgust at this sight was so great, and being a brand-new traveller in this country, I ate a crust of bread, and drank about a pint of good claret...
Stran 50 - Town-Hall is a plain Building of Rubble ; and there is one Room in it, where the Magistrates meet upon the Town Business, •which would be tolerably handsome, but the Walls are rough, not white-washed, or so much as plastered ; and no Furniture in it but a Table, some bad Chairs, and altogether immoderately dirty.