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 94
... seemed naturally of an amiable disposition , but was en- tirely ruled by her mother , who taught her to disdain her father , all his relations , and whomsoever he loved . On that same evening he came into the kitchen , where she then ...
... seemed naturally of an amiable disposition , but was en- tirely ruled by her mother , who taught her to disdain her father , all his relations , and whomsoever he loved . On that same evening he came into the kitchen , where she then ...
Page 292
... seemed as if he had lost sight of the ground . He appeared desirous of leav- ing some message , but he rode off without uttering another syllable , and instead of shaping his course homeward as was expected , he crossed the Meggat ...
... seemed as if he had lost sight of the ground . He appeared desirous of leav- ing some message , but he rode off without uttering another syllable , and instead of shaping his course homeward as was expected , he crossed the Meggat ...
Page 407
... seemed contagious ; for though I knew not one side from the other , yet was I running among the rest , and shouting as they did . A sort of half - animated murmur now began to spread , and gained ground every moment . A little gruff ...
... seemed contagious ; for though I knew not one side from the other , yet was I running among the rest , and shouting as they did . A sort of half - animated murmur now began to spread , and gained ground every moment . A little gruff ...
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