...with Contempt from gioom^ hills aflailed by the winter tempe'ft, fron* lake* concealed iu.a blue nuft, and from cold and lonely heaths, over which the deer of the foreft were chafed by a troop of naked barbarians " «« If a, man were called to fix the period in...

...preserved therf wild independence, and that their country should never have been subdued. " How " could the masters of the fairest and most " wealthy climates of the globe refrain from " turning with contempt from gloomy hill* " assailed by the winter-tempest, from lakes...

...valour. Their incursions were frequently repelled and chastised; but their country was never subdued f, The masters of the fairest and most wealthy climates of the globe turned with contempt from B 4 gloomy * See Horsley's Britannia Romania, L ic 10. « t The poet Buchanan celebrates, with elegance...

...turned with contempt from gloomy CHAP hills assailed by the winter tempest, from lakes concealed in i. a blue mist, and from cold and lonely heaths, over which the v^-v*' deer of the forests were chased by a troop of naked barbarians.18 Such was the state of the...

...Caledonia in the following magnificent sentence : — " The masters of the fairest and most wealthy climate of the globe turned with contempt from gloomy hills assailed by the winter tempest — from lakes concealedin a blue mist — and from cold and lonely heaths over which the deer of the forest were...

...Caledonia in the following magnificent sentence :—" The masters of the fairest and most wealthy climate of the globe turned with contempt from gloomy hills assailed by the winter tempest—from lakes concealedin a blue mist—and from cold and lonely heaths over which the deer...

...empire, AD 81. 4. The Caledonians owed their independence no less to their poverty than their valor. " The masters of the fairest and most wealthy climates of the globe," says Gibbon, " turned with contempt from gloomy hills assailed by the. winter tempest, from lakes concealed...

...syllables which make an impression by their quantity, and thus add dignity to the varied accentual rythmus. The masters of the fairest and most wealthy climates of the globe, turned with contempt from gloomy hi/Is, assailcd by the wintery tempest, from lakes concealed in mist, and from culd and lonely heaths,...

...by their quantity, and thus add dignity to the varied accentual rythmus. The masters of the fairr-'t and most wealthy climates of the globe, turned with contempt from gloomy hills, as ,,'/,-.' by the wintery tempest, from lakes concealed in mist, and from cold and lonely heaths,...

...valour. Their incursions were frequently repelled and chastised ; but their country was never subdued.11 The masters of the fairest and most wealthy climates of the globe turned with contempt from gloomy bills assailed by the winter tempest, from lakes concealed in a blue mist, and from cold and lonely...