Winter Evening Tales: Collected Among the Cottagers in the South of ScotlandEdinburgh University Press, 2002 - 601 pages "Hogg left a written record of three of his many journeys to the Highlands, those of 1802, 1803 and 1804, and in Highland Journeys he offers a thoughtful and deeply-felt response to the Highland Clearances. He gives vivid pictures of his experiences, including a narrow escape from a Navy press-gang, and a Sacrament day with one minister preaching in English and another in Gaelic. Hogg also explains aspects of Gaelic culture such as the waulking songs, and he describes the trade in kelp, lucrative to the landowners but back-breaking and ill-paid for the workers. Highland Journeys makes a refreshing contribution to our understanding of early nineteenth-century travel writing"--Publisher description. |
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Page 78
... body with one of the great coats- took up the other , and departed ; M'Millan returned quietly to his chamber without awakening any of the family . His pains were gone ; but his mind was shocked and exceedingly perturbed ; and after de ...
... body with one of the great coats- took up the other , and departed ; M'Millan returned quietly to his chamber without awakening any of the family . His pains were gone ; but his mind was shocked and exceedingly perturbed ; and after de ...
Page 447
... body ; and , at the same time , there appeared like a lambent flame burning within him . The valuator of books made toward the door as fast as his loos- ened and yielding joints could carry him ; he even succeeded in open- ing it ; but ...
... body ; and , at the same time , there appeared like a lambent flame burning within him . The valuator of books made toward the door as fast as his loos- ened and yielding joints could carry him ; he even succeeded in open- ing it ; but ...
Page 481
... body's - mad - body's - mad - body's- mad - hout - hout - hout - out - out - out . Never - do - never - do - never - do- never - do - no - no - no - no - no - no . " " What , did you mean to tumble down there , sir ? The man has not the ...
... body's - mad - body's - mad - body's- mad - hout - hout - hout - out - out - out . Never - do - never - do - never - do- never - do - no - no - no - no - no - no . " " What , did you mean to tumble down there , sir ? The man has not the ...
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