Album of Scottish Scenery : a Series of Views, Illustrating Several Places of Interest Mentioned in Sir W. Scott's Poems and Novels (1860)
Tillotson, John · London : T.J. Allman · leaf 99
than the common-place objectof amassing a fortune and investing it in land. The lordliest vision of acreswould have had little charm for him, unless they were situated on Ettrick orYarrow. His enthusiasm for Scottish antiquity was seen in every part of hissplendid mansion, every roof and window… … ROSLIN AND HAWTHORNDEN. • These ruined shrines and towers, that seemThe relics of a splendid dream,Amid whose fairy lovelinessNought but the lapwings cry is heard,Nought seen but when the shadows flittingFast from the moon unsheath its gleam. The old Chapel of Roslin was founded in the middle of…
Scotland · Scott, Sir Walter, Bart, 1771-1832 · Drawings, Scottish
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