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 49
... relate a story which will not be believed . I cannot help it . If it was any optical illusion , let those account for it who can . I shall relate what I saw as nearly as I can recollect , and it was not a scene to be easily forgotten ...
... relate a story which will not be believed . I cannot help it . If it was any optical illusion , let those account for it who can . I shall relate what I saw as nearly as I can recollect , and it was not a scene to be easily forgotten ...
Page 376
... relate all the particular scenes of distress that occurred during this tremendous hurricane is impossible - a volume would not con- tain them . I shall , therefore , in order to give a true picture of the storm , merely relate what I ...
... relate all the particular scenes of distress that occurred during this tremendous hurricane is impossible - a volume would not con- tain them . I shall , therefore , in order to give a true picture of the storm , merely relate what I ...
Page 484
... relate to his associates this first failure of his grand enterprize ; on which the rest of the night , or rather ... relating other adven- tures of the like nature . Every man and woman in the world is en- gaged in the pursuit of ...
... relate to his associates this first failure of his grand enterprize ; on which the rest of the night , or rather ... relating other adven- tures of the like nature . Every man and woman in the world is en- gaged in the pursuit of ...
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