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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... wife to any one in the same regiment with you , and under your eye ; but Major Ker of the dragoons has made me an ... wife or sister , if he found it convenient . " " It is an abominable system ! " exclaimed I , " and ought to be rep ...
... wife to any one in the same regiment with you , and under your eye ; but Major Ker of the dragoons has made me an ... wife or sister , if he found it convenient . " " It is an abominable system ! " exclaimed I , " and ought to be rep ...
Page 68
... wife's hidden treasure . He shook his head , and said he did not know what to make of it . From the time that she found herself mistress of this hogshead of brandy she never tasted meat ; and grew every day more intent on the spirits ...
... wife's hidden treasure . He shook his head , and said he did not know what to make of it . From the time that she found herself mistress of this hogshead of brandy she never tasted meat ; and grew every day more intent on the spirits ...
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... Wife of Lochmaben NOT many years ago , there lived in the ancient royal borough of Lochmaben , an amiable and good christian woman , the wife of a blacksmith , named James Neil , whose death gave rise to a singu- larly romantic story ...
... Wife of Lochmaben NOT many years ago , there lived in the ancient royal borough of Lochmaben , an amiable and good christian woman , the wife of a blacksmith , named James Neil , whose death gave rise to a singu- larly romantic story ...
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