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The Genius of Scotland; Or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion
The Genius of Scotland Or Sketches of Scottish Scenery Literature and Religion Author:Robert Turnbull General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1847 Original Publisher: R. Carter Subjects: Scotland Fiction / Classics History / Europe / Great Britain Literary Collections / General Literary Criticism / General Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Travel / Europe / Great Britain ... more » Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER II. The city of Edinburgh -- Views from Authur's Seat -- The Poems of Richard Gall -- " Farewell to Ayrshire" -- " Authur's Seat, a Poem" -- Extracts -- Craigmillar Castle -- The Forth, Roslin Castle and the Pentland Hills -- Liberty. We will enter the city on the west side, as if we were coming from Glasgow, pass through Prince's Street, with its elegant buildings and fine promenades, skirting that enclosure of walks and shrubbery, just under the frowning battlements of the Castle, and adorned with the superb statue of Sir Walter Scott, rising rapidly to its completion; then turn the corner at right-angles, cross the North Bridge, enter High Street, and thence plunge down the hill into the old Canongate ; and without waiting to look at " the Heart of Midlothian," or even the beautiful ruins of Holy rood House, at the foot of the hill, let us turn to the right, and climb the rocky sides of " Arthur's Seat," with its summit of verdure overlooking the city and the neighboring country. For there the whole panorama of the city will spread itself before us, surrounded with magnificent scenery, stretching far and wide from the Pentland Hills on the one side to the Firth of Forth on the other, from Stirling Castle on the west to the German Ocean on the east. Here we are then, on the very highest point of the mountain, with the warm sunshinea...« less