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 55
... light through the smoke , not much stronger than the light of a glow - worm , mak- ing darkness scarcely visible , if I may use the expression . The woman , who was seated on a dry sod at the side of the fire , not more than a foot from ...
... light through the smoke , not much stronger than the light of a glow - worm , mak- ing darkness scarcely visible , if I may use the expression . The woman , who was seated on a dry sod at the side of the fire , not more than a foot from ...
Page 84
... light before me ; -I thought the wand in my hand was all on fire , and threw it away , but I perceived the light glide slowly by my right foot , and burn behind me ; -I was nothing afraid , and turned about to look at the light , and ...
... light before me ; -I thought the wand in my hand was all on fire , and threw it away , but I perceived the light glide slowly by my right foot , and burn behind me ; -I was nothing afraid , and turned about to look at the light , and ...
Page 555
... light the day of Judgement ; compare I Corinthians 4 . 5 , ' until the Lord come , who [ ... ] will bring to light the hidden things of darkness ' 79 ( a ) “ Pluris est oculatus testis unus quam auriti decem . ” ' one eye - witness is ...
... light the day of Judgement ; compare I Corinthians 4 . 5 , ' until the Lord come , who [ ... ] will bring to light the hidden things of darkness ' 79 ( a ) “ Pluris est oculatus testis unus quam auriti decem . ” ' one eye - witness is ...
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