 | Sir John Sinclair - Scotland - 1791 - 644 pages
...the other, the wild goats climb, where they have fcarce ground for the foles of their feet ; •nd the wild fowls, perched on trees, or on the pinnacle of a rock, look down with compofcd defiance at man*. In a word, both by land and water, there are fo many turnings... | |
 | Robert Forsyth - Architecture - 1806 - 656 pages
...gambol on the waters, or dire below. On the other, the wild goats climb where they have scarce ground for the soles of their feet ; and the wild- fowls, perched on trees, or on the pinnacle of a rock, look down with composed defiance at man. In a word, both by land and water, there are so many turnings... | |
 | Stirling town - 1812 - 326 pages
...the , sportive ducks gambol on the face of the waters, or dive below. The wild goats are often geen climbing where they have scarcely any room for the...being annoyed,, looking down with composed defiance at BEWARE of the road at the very entrance of the lake, where it has been raised out of water several... | |
 | Rev. Joseph Robertson - Scotland - 1814 - 302 pages
...gamble on the waters, or dive below : on the other, the wild goats climb, where they have scarce ground for the soles of their feet : and the wild fowls, perched on the trees, or fn the pinnacle of a rock, look down with composed defiance a• maa. In one of the defiles... | |
 | Edinburgh gazetteer - Atlases - 1822 - 842 pages
...gambol on the waters, or dive below. On the other, the wild goats climb where they have scarce ground for the soleS of their feet ; and the wild fowls perched on trees, or on the pinnacle of a rock, look down with composal defiance at man. In a word, both by land and water, there are so many turnings... | |
 | Edinburgh gazetteer - Atlases - 1822 - 844 pages
...gambol on the waters, or dive below. On the other, the wild goats climb where they have scarce ground for the soles of their feet ; and the wild fowls perched on trees, or on the pinnacle of a rock, look down with composed defiance at man. In a word, both by land and water, there are so many turnings... | |
 | John Stark (of Edinburgh.) - Edinburgh (Scotland) - 1823 - 422 pages
...gambol on the waters or dive below : On the other the wild goats climb where they have scarce ground for their feet, and the wild fowls, perched on trees, or on the pinnacle of a ruck, look down with composed defiance at man. In a word, both by land and water, there are ao many... | |
 | James Mitchell - Anecdotes - 1825 - 800 pages
...gambol on the waters, or dive below. On the other, the wild goats climb, where they have scarce ground for the soles of their feet ; and the wild fowls perched on trees, or on the pinnacle of a rock, look down with composed deflance at man. (In one of the defiles of the Trosachs, two or three of the... | |
 | John Stark - Edinburgh (Scotland) - 1825 - 422 pages
...gambol on the waters or dive below : On the other the wild goats climb where they have scarce ground for their feet, and the wild fowls, perched on trees, or on the pinnacle of a rock, look down with composed defiance at man. In a word, both by land and water, there are so many turnings... | |
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Benvenu ; the heron stalks among the reeds in search of his prey ; and the sportive ducks gambol on the waters, or dive below. On the other, the wild goats climb where they have scarce ground for the soles of their feet ; and the wild fowls perched on... 