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  • _Benvenue_, went ashore and sank, and which was blown up by order of the

    The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 28, April 1893 An Illustrated Monthly Various 1880

  • The young folks called the rocks and glens and rivers of their romantic region by names borrowed from Scott; they clambered among the crags of Benvenue and sailed on the bosom of Loch Katrine.

    Poganuc People: Their Loves and Lives 1878

  • The description of Scott is wonderfully exact, though the forest that feathered o'er the sides of Benvenue, has since been cut down and sold by the Duke of Montrose.

    Views a-foot Bayard Taylor 1851

  • As we approached the summit of the first part of the mountain, the way became very steep and toilsome; but the prospect, which had before been only on the south side, began to open on the east, and we saw suddenly spread out below us, the vale of Menteith, with "far Loch Ard and Aberfoil" in the centre, and the huge front of Benvenue filling up the picture.

    Views a-foot Bayard Taylor 1851

  • As our men resumed their oars again, we assisted in giving three cheers, which made the echoes of Benvenue ring again.

    Views a-foot Bayard Taylor 1851

  • They were supposed to be dispersed over the Highlands, each in his own wild recess, but the solemn stated meetings of the order were regularly held in this Cave of Benvenue.

    The Lady of the Lake 1810

  • However, he seemed quite as clear of the existence of the Lady of the Lake, and of all her adventures, as of the existence of Benledi and Benvenue, and the Trossachs.

    The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, Volume 2 Maria Edgeworth 1808

  • He showed us the place on the mountain of Benvenue, where formerly there was no means of ascent but by the ladders of broom and hazel twigs, where the king climbed, with footing nice,

    The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, Volume 2 Maria Edgeworth 1808

  • They were supposed to be dispersed over the Highlands, each in his own wild recess, but the solemn stated meetings of the order were regularly held in this Cave of Benvenue.

    The Lady of the Lake Walter Scott 1801

  • Benvenue from the Goblin's Cave; "a magnificent glade, overhung with birch-trees, by which the cattle, taken in forays, were conveyed within the protection of the Trosachs" (Black).

    The Lady of the Lake Walter Scott 1801

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