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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... head fly away I do not know how far ! I however kept a sharp look out from the corner of my eye , and just as his great stroke was descending , I gave my head a sudden jerk to the one side towards his feet , on which he struck his sword ...
... head fly away I do not know how far ! I however kept a sharp look out from the corner of my eye , and just as his great stroke was descending , I gave my head a sudden jerk to the one side towards his feet , on which he struck his sword ...
Page 216
... head o ' Annan war muckle men i ' the warld , an ' strang i ' gear ; but , for his part , he likit strength o ... head , who , having come from the head of Borthwick Water , did not speak with such a full Border accent as either her ...
... head o ' Annan war muckle men i ' the warld , an ' strang i ' gear ; but , for his part , he likit strength o ... head , who , having come from the head of Borthwick Water , did not speak with such a full Border accent as either her ...
Page 298
... head ; for when ready to mount , I found that I had mislaid my bonnet , or lost it some way , I do not know how ... head of his nobles , and by the side of his queen , with the old greasy slouched hat on his head . They were mightily ...
... head ; for when ready to mount , I found that I had mislaid my bonnet , or lost it some way , I do not know how ... head of his nobles , and by the side of his queen , with the old greasy slouched hat on his head . They were mightily ...
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