...female infantile flesh and blood may —might — must — have felt many mysterious emotions from the " Land of brown heath and shaggy wood, Land of the mountain and the flood. " " I have been thinking lately a good deal of Mary Duff. How very odd that I should have been so utterly,...

...she would not thrill with enthusiasm, when " auld lang syne," recalled the recollection of that— " Land of brown heath and shaggy wood, Land of the mountain and the flood ;" or that, she could ever cease to exclaim — " Land of my sires wbat mortal hand, Can e'er untie...

...the reigns of Henry V. and VI. of England, and James I. of Scotland, many of them went over to the " Land of brown heath and shaggy wood — Land of the mountain and the flood" — and settled there as mechanics and manufacturers in those towns and villages which had been so...

...and left them with regret ; nor was Scotland forgotten. " O Caledonia ! stern and wild, Meet nnrse for a poetic child Land of brown heath, and shaggy wood ! Land of the mountain and the flood !" Many an hour we mused by thy Yarrow's stream, and bifeathed thy Ettrick breeze. We held mental communication...

...appropriate to the day, the immortal Sir Walter Scott's soul-stirring invocation to country, beginning: " Land of brown heath and shaggy wood, Land of the mountain and the flood; Land of my sires,1' &c. &c. The unanimous thanks of the meeting were voted to Lord Kenyon, for the very able manner...

...furnishes objects more calculated to invite poetic, romantic, or picturesque description, than the " Land of brown heath and shaggy wood, Land of the mountain and the flood !" and although these have met with some share of attention, local and general manners and customs...

...multiplicity of objects so calculated to invite poetic, romantic, or picturesque description, as the 'Land of brown heath and shaggy wood, Land of the mountain and the flood !' and, although these have met with their share of attention, local and general manners have been...

...multiplicity of objects so calculated to invite poetic, romantic, or picturesque description, as the " Land of brown heath and shaggy wood! Land of the mountain and the flood ! and, although these have met with their share of attention, local and general manners have been too...

...multiplicity of objects so calculated to invite poetic, romantic, or picturesque description, as the " Land of brown heath and shaggy wood, Land of the mountain and the flood ! and, although these have met with their share of attention, local and general manners have been too...

...hard, Young people at his time of life should be able To come off handsomely in that regard. (1) [" Land of brown heath and shaggy wood, Land of the mountain and the flood," &c. Lay of the Last Minstrel.] He was now growing up like a green tree, able For love, war, or ambition,...