 It may be pertinacity," said he, at length ; " but to my eye these grey hills and all this wild border country have beauties peculiar to themselves. I like the very nakedness of the land; it has something bold, and stern, and solitary about it. When I...  A Study in Nationality - Page 148by John Vyrnwy Morgan - 1911 - 524 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Washington Irving - Abbotsford - 1835 - 262 pages
...eye these grey hills and all this wild border country have beauties peculiar to themselves. I like the very nakedness of the land; it has something bold,...if I did not see the heather at least once a year, / think I should die!" The last words were said with an honest warmth, accompanied by a thump on the... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - Great Britain - 1835 - 838 pages
...eyes, these grey hills, and all this wild Border country, have beauties peculiar to themselves. I like the very nakedness of the land ; it has something...; and, if I did not see the heather at least once a-year, / think I should die .'" The last words were said with an honest warmth, accompanied with a... | |
 | 1835 - 550 pages
...eye, these grey hills and all this wild border country have beauties peculiar to themselves. I like the very nakedness of the land ; it has something...stern, and solitary about it. When I have been for gome time in the rich scenery about Edinburgh, which is like ornamented garden land, I begin to wish... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - Authors, Scottish - 1837 - 428 pages
...eye, these grey hills, and all this wild border country, have beauties peculiar to themselves. I like the very nakedness of the land; it has something bold,...; and if I did not see the heather, at least once a-year, / think I should die I' The last words were said with an honest warmth, accompamed by a thump... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 294 pages
...eye, these gray hills, and all this wild border country, have beauties peculiar to themselves. I like the very nakedness of the land ; it has something...begin to wish myself back again among my own honest gray hills ; and if I did not see the heather, at least once a year, / think I should die ! ' The last... | |
 | Literature - 1837 - 598 pages
...eye, these gray hills, and all this wild border country, have beauties peculiar to themselves. I like the very nakedness of the land; it has something bold,...begin to wish myself back again among my own honest gray hills; and if I did not see the heather, at least once a year, / think I should die!' The last... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - Authors, Scottish - 1839 - 428 pages
...eye, these grey hills, and all this wild border country, have beauties peculiar to themselves. I like the very nakedness of the land ; it has something...; and if I did not see the heather, at least once a-year, I think I should die/' The last words were said with an honest warmth, accompanied by a thump... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 434 pages
...eye, these grey hills, and all this wild border country, have beauties peculiar to themselves. I like the very nakedness of the land; it has something bold,...; and if I did not see the heather, at least once a-year, I think I should die f ' The last words were said with an honest warmth, accompanied by a thump... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - Authors, Scottish - 1839 - 436 pages
...eye, these grey hills, and all this wild border country, have beauties peculiar to themselves. I like the very nakedness of the land ; it has something bold, and stern, and solitary about if. When I have been for some time in the rich scenery about Edinburgh, which is like ornamented garden... | |
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