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Firth of Forth

noun

A large firth on the east coast of Scotland and the estuary of the Forth River; location of Edinburgh.

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... in Edinburgh when Paul Jones came into the Firth of Forth, and though then an old man, I saw him in arms, and heard him exult (to use his own words) in the prospect of drawing his claymore once more before he died.' In fact, on that memorable occasion, when the capital ...

— Waverley, Or 'Tis Sixty Years Hence, Complete • Sir Walter Scott

... course went with us to the kirk on Sunday morning, but we let our mother attend afternoon service alone, as he and I were happy to be together, and we spent the time sitting on the grassy rocks at the foot of our garden, from whence we could see a vast extent of the Firth of Forth with Edinburgh and its picturesque hills. It was very amusing, for we occasionally saw three or four whales spouting, and shoals of porpoises at play. However, we did not escape reproof, for I recollect ...

— Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville • Mary Somerville