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 196
... rest hurra'd , and approved of John's plan ; but I said it was impossi- ble to do that , as it might give the young lady offence . " Offence ! " said he , " Domm thee , gouk , dost thou think that a woman wul be offendit at a chap for ...
... rest hurra'd , and approved of John's plan ; but I said it was impossi- ble to do that , as it might give the young lady offence . " Offence ! " said he , " Domm thee , gouk , dost thou think that a woman wul be offendit at a chap for ...
Page 269
... rest had cast it . Polmood was then proclaimed the victor with loud and reit- erated shouts . His heart was a prey to every passion in its fiercest extreme . If he was affronted before , he was no less overwhelmed with pleasure when ...
... rest had cast it . Polmood was then proclaimed the victor with loud and reit- erated shouts . His heart was a prey to every passion in its fiercest extreme . If he was affronted before , he was no less overwhelmed with pleasure when ...
Page 381
... rest were jammed against a brae . We knew not what to do for spades to dig them out ; but , to our agreeable astonishment , when those before were removed , they had been so close pent together as to be all touching one an- other , and ...
... rest were jammed against a brae . We knew not what to do for spades to dig them out ; but , to our agreeable astonishment , when those before were removed , they had been so close pent together as to be all touching one an- other , and ...
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