 | Literature - 1837 - 598 pages
...£4000, a property in the neighborhood, extending along the banks of the river Tweed for about half a mile. It is very bleak at present, having little...and is considerably various in form and appearance, fhave no doubt that by judicious plantations it may be rendered a very pleasant spot; and it is at... | |
 | American periodicals - 1837 - 594 pages
...banks of the river Tweed for about ball' n inue. It» very bleak at present, havme little to reounimend it but the vicinity of the river; but as the ground is wall adapted by nature to grow wood, and is considerably various) in form and appearance, I have no... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1838 - 476 pages
...river Tweed for about half a-mile. U it very bleak at present, having little to recommend it but UK vicinity of the river; but as the ground is well adapted...various in form and appearance, I have no doubt that b; judicious plantations il may be rendered a very pleasant spot ; and it is at present my great amusement... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - Authors, Scottish - 1848 - 428 pages
...property in the neighbourhood, extending along the banks of the river Tweed for about half-a-mile. It is very bleak at present, having little to recommend it but the vicinity of the river ; I nit as the ground is well adapted by nature to grow wood, and is considerably various in form and... | |
 | Sir Thomas Dick Lauder - Rivers - 1874 - 382 pages
...£4000 a property in the neighbourhood, extending along the banks of the river Tweed for about half a mile. It is very bleak at present, having little...considerably various in form and appearance, I have 110 doubt that by judicious plantations it may be rendered a very pleasant spot ; and it is at present... | |
 | Maria Hornor Lansdale - Scotland - 1901 - 534 pages
...proprietor was to enlarge the house and begin the extensive planting-out of trees. " It [Abbotsford] is very bleak at present, having little to recommend...the ground is well adapted by nature to grow wood, ... I have no doubt that by judicious plantations it may be rendered a very pleasant spot." (Letter... | |
 | Maria Hornor Lansdale - Scotland - 1902 - 550 pages
...proprietor was to enlarge the house and begin the extensive planting-out of trees. " It [Abbotsford] is very bleak at present, having little to recommend...the ground is well adapted by nature to grow wood, ... I have no doubt that by judicious plantations it may be rendered a very pleasant spot." (Letter... | |
 | Nicholas Dickson, William Sanderson - Scotland - 1913 - 324 pages
...In a later letter he talks delightedly of his purchase of Abbotsford, though he admits frankly that "it is very bleak at present, having little to recommend it but the vicinity of the river." A flintlock gun, formerly in the -possession of Robert Burns, and used by him on his farm at Ellieland,... | |
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As my lease of this place is out, I have bought, for about £4000, a property in the neighborhood, extending along the banks of the river Tweed for about half a mile. It is very bleak at present, having little to recommend it but the vicinity of the river... 