Edingburgh Picturesque Notes

By Stevenson, Robert Louis

Book Id: WPLBN0000678527
Format Type: PDF eBook
File Size: 188.64 KB.
Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Edingburgh Picturesque Notes
Author:	Stevenson, Robert Louis
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Language:	English
Subject:	Fiction, Literature, Literature & drama
Collections:	Penn State University's Electronic Classics Series Collection
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Publisher:	Penn State University's Electronic Classics


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Excerpt
Excerpt: The ancient and famous metropolis of the North sits overlooking a windy estuary from the slope and summit of three hills. No situation could be more commanding for the head city of a kingdom; none better chosen for noble prospects. From her tall precipice and terraced gardens she looks far and wide on the sea and broad champaigns. To the east you may catch at sunset the spark of the May lighthouse, where the Firth expands into the German Ocean; and away to the west, over all the carse of Stirling, you can see the first snows upon Ben Ledi.