A Tour in England and Scotland, in 1785G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1788 - 367 pages |
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Page 228 - There is undoubted evidence, that from the izth to the 151)1 century, both inclufive, the Scots not only ufed, but, like their kindred Irifh, excelled in playing on the harp: a fpecies of mufic, in all probability, of Druidical origin. But, beyond all memory or tradition, the favourite inftrument of the Scotch muficianshas been the bagpipe, introduced into Scotland, at a very early period, by the Norwegians. The large bagpipe is the inftrument of the Highlanders for war, for marriage, for funeral'...
Page 229 - The pipes were ordered to play a favourite martial air. The Highlanders, the moment they heard the mu.sic, returned, and formed with alacrity in the rear. — In the late war in India, Sir Eyre Coote, after the battle of Porto Nuovo, being aware of the...
Page 82 - The powers of recollection remain fufpended, for a time, by this fudden fhock ; and it is not till after a Confiderable time, that you are enabled to contemplate the fublime horrors of this majeftic fcene.
Page 81 - At both thefe places, this great body of water, rufhing with horrid fury, feems to threaten deftruction to the folid rocks that enrage it by their refiftance. It boils up from the caverns which itfelf has formed, as if it were vomited out of the infernal regions. The horrid and inceflant din with which this is accompanied, unnerves and overcomes the : - F heart.
Page 230 - Highlanders to their ancient mufic, exprefled bis applaufe of their behaviour on that day, by giving them fifty pounds to buy a pair of bagpipes. ' So quick and powerful is the influence of moral caufes in the formation of the characters of nations and men, that the Highlanders have actually undergone greater alteration in the courfe of the prefent century, than for a thaufand years before.
Page 139 - Princes and lords may flourifh, or may fade ; A breath can make them, as a breath has made : But a bold peafantry, their country's pride, When once deftroy'd, can never be fupply'd.
Page 12 - Birmingham manufacturers in general, though there are, no doubt, some exceptions, as well as profligacy of manners. This may be owing in part, to their want of early education; for the moment that the children are fit for any kind of labour...
Page 110 - Safe o'er yon tow'ring hill's aspiring head. Attentive, then, to this informing lay, Read how he dictates, as he points the way. Trust not at first a quick advent'rous pace, Six miles its top points gradual from the base: Up the high rise with panting haste I pass'd, And gain'd the long laborious steep at last.
Page 84 - The rocks, on each fide of the river, are an hundred feet high, and covered with wood. It runs alfo over a bed of folid rock, in many places broken, and worn into large cavities by the violence of the water, which, from a variety of interruptions, affurnes a variety of directions, and in other places forms numberlefs inferior cafcades. The two principal falls, when the river is full, ( 85 ) full, are tremendous beyond defcription.
Page 229 - Sir,' answered he. with some warmth, ' you did very wrong in forbidding the pipes to play this morning : nothing encourages Highlanders so much in a day of action. Nay, even now they would be of use.