 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1822 - 272 pages
...desolate. -The fire had resounded within the halls ; and the voice of the people is now heard no more. The stream of Clutha was removed from its place by the fall of the walls : the thistle shook there ils lonely head ; the moss whistled to the wind. The fox looked out of the window; Ihe rank grass waved... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1821 - 386 pages
...peindre au cœur. Cette description des ruines de Balclutha est une des plus belles de l'ouvrage : « I have seen the walls of Balclutha , but they were « desolate. The fire had resounded within the halls ; « and the voice of the people is now heard no more. « The stream... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1822 - 320 pages
...strong colours, and is remarkable for touching the heart. He thus portrays the ruins of Balclutha ; " I have seen the walls of Balclutha; but they were desolate. — The fire had resounded within the halls ; and the voice of the people is now heard no more. The stream... | |
 | Joseph Tinker Buckingham - American literature - 1824 - 264 pages
...whole reminded the admirer of Ossian, of his happy description of the ruins of the dwelling of Morna. " I have seen the walls of Balclutha, but they were desolate. The fire had resounded within the walls, and the voice of the people is now heard no more. The stream of... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1830 - 388 pages
...resounded \vithin the halls , « and the voice of the people is now heard no more. « The stream of Elutha was removed from its place by « the fall of the walls ; the thistle shook there its lonely « head; themoss whistled to thewind. Thefoxlooked « out of the window; the rank grass waved round his « head.... | |
 | 1831 - 62 pages
...they are desolate. The fire had resounded in the halls, and the voice of the people is heard no more. The stream of Clutha was removed from its place by the fall of the walls. The thistle shakes there its lonely head. The fox looks out from the windows, the rank grass of the wall waves... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1831 - 284 pages
...strong colours, and is remarkable for touching the heart. He thus portrays the ruins of Balclutha : " I have seen the walls of Balclutha ; but they were desolate. The fire had resounded within the halls ; and the voice of the people is now heard no more. The stream... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1831 - 328 pages
...Half of them dare not shake the snow from off their cassocks, lest they shake themselves to pieces. I have seen the walls of Balclutha, but they were desolate. The flame had resounded in the halls ; and the voice of the people is heard no more. The stream of Clutha... | |
 | Hugh Blair - Rhetoric - 1832 - 242 pages
...desolate. The fire had resounded within the halls; and the voice of the people is now heard no more. The stream of Clutha was removed from its place by...walls; the thistle shook there its lonely head; the mosa whistled to the wind. The fox looked out of .the window; the rank grass waved round his head.... | |
 | Samuel Wilderspin - Child development - 1832 - 292 pages
...since been changed into Dumbarton Castle ! It is supposed by some to be the Balclutha of Ossian : — " I have seen the walls of Balclutha, but they were desolate. The fire had resounded in the halls ; and the voice of the people is heard no more. The stream of the Clutha... | |
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I have seen the walls of Balclutha, but they were desolate. The fire had resounded in the halls: and the voice of the people is heard no more. The stream of Clutha was removed from its place, by the fall of the walls. The thistle shook there its lonely... 
