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  2. Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland, A. D. 1803 - Wikipedia

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    Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland, A. D. 1803 (1874) is a travel memoir by Dorothy Wordsworth about a six-week, 663-mile journey through the Scottish Highlands from August–September 1803 with her brother William Wordsworth and mutual friend Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Some have called it "undoubtedly her masterpiece" [1] and one of the ...

  3. Tourism in Scotland - Wikipedia

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    Scotland is a well-developed tourist destination, with tourism generally being responsible for sustaining 200,000 jobs mainly in the service sector, with tourist spending averaging at £4bn per year. [1] In 2013, for example, UK visitors made 18.5 million visits to Scotland, staying 64.5 million nights and spending £3.7bn.

  4. A Tour in Scotland, 1769 - Wikipedia

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    A Tour in Scotland, 1769. A Tour in Scotland, 1769 was published in 1771. It is written, between July and August 1769, by Thomas Pennant and illustrated by Moses Griffiths, who travelled together. Despite the book's title, the tour began and finished in England: in Chester and at Downing Hall, respectively. [1]

  5. Scottish Enlightenment - Wikipedia

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    The Scottish Enlightenment ( Scots: Scots Enlichtenment, Scottish Gaelic: Soillseachadh na h-Alba) was the period in 18th- and early-19th-century Scotland characterised by an outpouring of intellectual and scientific accomplishments. By the eighteenth century, Scotland had a network of parish schools in the Scottish Lowlands and five universities.

  6. The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides - Wikipedia

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    The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. is a travel journal by Scotsman James Boswell first published in 1785. In 1773, Boswell enticed his English friend Samuel Johnson to accompany him on a tour through the highlands and western islands of Scotland. Johnson was then in his mid-sixties and well known for his literary ...

  7. Scottish term days - Wikipedia

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    In Scotland, 1886 saw the term dates for removals and the hiring of servants in towns changed to 28 February, 28 May, 28 August and 28 November. The original dates are now referred to as Old Scottish Term Days. The dates were regularised by the Term and Quarter Days (Scotland) Act 1990 .

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