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That cursed doctor has his eye upon me. As luck would have it, I've got Sibbald's ointment in my pocket. That is sure to do its business and safely." Thus ruminating, she shaped her course towards the southwest corner of the cathedral, and passing under the shrouds and cloisters of the Convocation House, raised the latch of a small wooden shed fixed in the angle of a buttress.
Although, as might be expected from the pursuits of the author, mineralogy and geology are particularly attended to, yet this work is valuable and instructive also on the subjects of the agriculture, scenery, antiquities, and economy of these islands, and is indeed a work of great merit. Sibbald's History and Description of Fife. 1720. fol.
Sibbald's History and Description of Lithgow and Stirlingshires. 1710. fol. These works are curious from the description they give of these parts of Scotland, at a period when manners, customs, sentiments, feelings, and superstitions, had not been acted upon by much civilization, knowledge, or intercourse with England.
How often are the primary motives of our greatest actions as small as Sibbald's, for his re-conversion . MRS. THRALE. 'But may they not as well be forgotten? JOHNSON. 'No, Madam, a man loves to review his own mind. That is the use of a diary, or journal . LORD TRIMLESTOWN. 'True, Sir.
"If you mean the ears of that snorting swine, my lord," said Anderson, "they are, indeed, shut to anything that you can say; nevertheless, this place being unfit for more private conference, I hope you will have the goodness to proceed, for Sibbald's benefit and for mine. The history of this poor young fellow has a deep and wild interest in it."
We had some good views of whales in the pack. Whenever a whale was sighted Wilson was called to identify it unless it proved to belong to one of the more common species. We saw Sibbald's whale; Rorquals, and many killer whales, but no Right whales were properly identified this trip.
Sir Robert Sibbald's works also are valuable, even yet, for their natural history. Letters from the North of Scotland. Written by a Gentleman to his Friend in London. 2 vols. 8vo. These letters, which describe the Highlanders a century ago, are extremely curious and interesting. They seem to have been little known, till the author of Waverley introduced them to public approbation.
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