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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... "
Picturesque Quebec: A Sequel to Quebec Past and Present - Page 478
by Sir James MacPherson Le Moine - 1882 - 535 pages
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The Works of Ossian, the Son of Fingal

1765 - 416 pages
...heroes of old. — I have feen the walls f of Balclutha, but they were defolate. The fire had refounded in the halls : and the voice of the people is heard no more. The fiream of Clutha was removed from its place, by the fall of the walls. — The thiftle fhook, there,...
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Elements of Criticism..

Lord Henry Home Kames - 1772 - 398 pages
...themfelves to pieces. I have feen the walls of Balclutha, but they were defolate. The flames had refounded in the halls: and the voice of the people is heard no more. The ftream of Cluiha was removed from its place by the fall of the walls. The thiftle fhook there its lonely...
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The Poems of Ossian, Volume 2

1773 - 466 pages
...in Cartho. " I have " feen the walls of Balclutha, but they were de" folate. The fire had refounded in the halls ; " and the voice of the people is heard no more. " The ftream of Clutha was removed from its " place by the fall of the walls. The thiftle " fhook there its...
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The Works of Ossian, the Son of Fingal, Volume 4

1783 - 282 pages
...Carthon. « I have » feen the walls of Balclutha , but they were » defolate. The fire had refounded in the halls ; « and the voice of the people is heard no more. r, The ftream of Clutha was removed from its « place by the fall of the walls. The thiftle » shook...
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Elements of Criticism, Volume 2

Lord Henry Home Kames - 1788 - 590 pages
...to pieces. I have feen the walls of Balclutha, but they were deful.it i- . The flames had refounded in the halls ; and the voice of the people is heard no more. The ftream of Clutha was removed from its place by the fall of the walls. The thiftle fhopk there its lonely...
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The poems of Ossian, tr. by J. Macpherson, Volume 1

Ossian - 1790 - 446 pages
...of heroes of old. I have feen the walls of Balclutha, but they were defolate. The fire had refounded in the halls : and the voice of the people is heard no more. The ftream of Glutha was removed from its place, by the fall of the walls. The thiftle ihook, there, its...
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Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts ..., Volume 7, Part 1

Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 446 pages
...heroes of old. — 1 have feen the walls of Balclutha, but they were defulate. The fire had refounded in the halls ; and the voice of the people is heard no more. The ilream of Clutha was removed from its place by the fall of the walls. The thiftle Ihook, there, its...
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The Poems of Ossian, Volume 1

1803 - 352 pages
...the description of the young prince Cormac, in the same book; and the ruins of Balclutha in Cartho. " I have seen the walls of Balclutha, but they " were...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...
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The European Magazine, and London Review, Volume 48

1804 - 554 pages
...and nettles 1 " I have feen the walls of Balclutha, but they were defolate. The fire bad relounded in the halls ; and the voice of the people is heard no more. The thiftle fhook, there, its lonely head ; the mots whittled to the wind. The fox looked out from the...
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The History of Scotland: From the Union of the Crowns on the ..., Volume 4

Malcolm Laing - 1804 - 556 pages
...and the " world is silent and dark." Fingal's descr^tion of the fallen Balclutha is truly poetical. " I have seen the• walls " of Balclutha, but they were desolate. The stream of " Clutha was removed from its place by the fall of the " walls. The thistle shook there its...
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