Modern Athens! Displayed in a Series of Views: Or Edinburgh in the Nineteenth Century:: Exhibiting the Whole of the New Buildings, Modern Improvements, Antiquities, and Picturesque Scenery, of the Scottish Metropolis and Its Environs,Jones & Company, 1829 |
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... Park , the gardens and pleasure grounds of Holyrood House , & c . The relative heights of different parts of the town , above the level of the sea , & c . are as follows : -Arthurs Seat , 822 feet ; the Cat Nick , on Salisbury Craigs ...
... Park , the gardens and pleasure grounds of Holyrood House , & c . The relative heights of different parts of the town , above the level of the sea , & c . are as follows : -Arthurs Seat , 822 feet ; the Cat Nick , on Salisbury Craigs ...
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... Park , Arthurs Seat , and Salisbury Craigs , afford a sanctuary for debtors . At the western extremity of the High- street is the Castle , forming a most striking contrast to the Abbey in point of situation ; for no two edifices in the ...
... Park , Arthurs Seat , and Salisbury Craigs , afford a sanctuary for debtors . At the western extremity of the High- street is the Castle , forming a most striking contrast to the Abbey in point of situation ; for no two edifices in the ...
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... Park , the Duke's Walk , Arthur's Seat , Salisbury Craigs , and St. Leonard's Hill . HOUSE OF JOHN KNOX . This ancient building is in no respect to be admired on account of its architectural peculiarities , which , if they belong to any ...
... Park , the Duke's Walk , Arthur's Seat , Salisbury Craigs , and St. Leonard's Hill . HOUSE OF JOHN KNOX . This ancient building is in no respect to be admired on account of its architectural peculiarities , which , if they belong to any ...
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... Park Dundas Castle Carstairs ..... AYRSHIRE . Blairquhan Castle ........ Sir D. H. Blair , Bart . Culzean Castle , west . ... Earl of Cassilis . south - east . BANFFSHIRE . Duff House Gordon Castle .Earl of Fife . .Duke of Gordon ...
... Park Dundas Castle Carstairs ..... AYRSHIRE . Blairquhan Castle ........ Sir D. H. Blair , Bart . Culzean Castle , west . ... Earl of Cassilis . south - east . BANFFSHIRE . Duff House Gordon Castle .Earl of Fife . .Duke of Gordon ...
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... , revolving round a massive pillar , or newel , ornamented with the armorial bearings of former proprietors , and other devices . The Park , which surrounds the Castle , and is 2 . 1 Fyvie Castle , Aberdeenshire ; THE SEAT OF ...
... , revolving round a massive pillar , or newel , ornamented with the armorial bearings of former proprietors , and other devices . The Park , which surrounds the Castle , and is 2 . 1 Fyvie Castle , Aberdeenshire ; THE SEAT OF ...
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Modern Athens!: Displayed in a Series of Views: Or, Edinburgh in the ... John Britton Úplné zobrazenie - 1829 |
Modern Athens!, Displayed in a Series of Views, or Edinburgh in the ... Thomas H. Shepherd Úplné zobrazenie - 1833 |
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Aberdeenshire adorned Alexander Alexander Irvine ancient antiquity apartments arches architecture Arthur's Seat banks Baron Baronet Bart beautiful Bridge building built Calton Hill Castle centre century Chapel Charles Church Court Dalguise daughter Dining-room Drawing-room Drawn by Tho Duke Earl Earl of Fife east edifice Edinburgh elegant eminence Engraved entrance erected feet in length Fingask Castle Finsbury Square formerly front gallery George ground H Shepherd Hall handsome height Holyrood House House James James VI Jones King Lady Leith Loch Loch Gilp lofty London Lord mansion married Mary Menzies miles Montrose noble occupied ornamented Palace Park parliament Pentland Hills Perthshire picturesque portraits present proprietor principal Queen residence river Robert rock rooms Ross Priory royal scenery Scotland Scottish SEAT side Sir John situated spacious staircase Stewart stone street style Temple tower walls Water of Leith William wood
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Strana 54 - ... moments. The Earl of Morton, who was present at his funeral, pronounced his eulogium in a few words, the more honourable for Knox, as they came from one whom he had often censured with peculiar severity : " There lies he, who never feared the face of man.
Strana 69 - When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruined central tower; When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seem framed of ebon and ivory ; When silver edges the imagery, And the scrolls that teach thee to live and die...
Strana 54 - Rigid and uncomplying himself, he showed no indulgence to the infirmities of others. Regardless of the distinctions of rank and character, he uttered his admonitions with an acrimony and vehemence, more apt to irritate than to reclaim.
Strana 54 - Those very qualities, however, which now render his character less amiable, fitted him to be the instrument of Providence for advancing the Reformation among a fierce people...
Strana 53 - Zeal, intrepidity, disinterestedness, were virtues which he possessed in an eminent degree. He was acquainted too with the learning cultivated among divines in that age ; and excelled in that species of eloquence which is calculated to rouse and to inflame.!!
Strana 39 - Plummer, at the same time, were appointed Secretaries. A few years afterwards, the meetings of the Society were interrupted for a considerable space of time by the disorders of the country, in the rebellion of 1745 ; and no sooner was public tranquillity re-established, than it suffered a severe loss by the death of Mr. Maclaurin, whose comprehensive genius, and ardour in the pursuits of science, peculiarly qualified him for conducting the business of such an Institution. The meetings of the society...
Strana 40 - ... the two most eminent disciples of the Newtonian school which Britain produced in the whole of the eighteenth century, — namely, Colin Maclaurin and Matthew Stewart. The Philosophical Society of Edinburgh was the immediate parent of the Royal Society.} The Royal Society of Edinburgh took its rise in a meeting of the Professors of the University of Edinburgh, many of whom were also members of the Philosophical Society,§ on the proposition of Priniii. p. 477), that, in 1743, the Society advertised...
Strana 52 - Yards, the extensive enclosure called the King's Park, the Duke's Walk, Arthur's Seat, Salisbury Craigs, and St. Leonard's Hill. HOUSE OF JOHN KNOX. This ancient building is in no respect to be admired on account of its architectural peculiarities, which, if they belong to any definable order or species, must be arranged with those which no person of taste or judgment can approve. A pulpit, in which is an effigy of the individual of whose fame this plain building has been made to participate, ornaments...