The New Statistical Account of Scotland: Ayr, ButeW. Blackwood and Sons, 1845 |
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Výsledky 1 - 5 z 100.
Strana 2
... nearly the middle of this beautiful strath , and its banks for several miles are very picturesque , and finely variegated and adorned by the plantations and pleasure- grounds of Craigie and Auchencruive . Scarcely any part of it is ...
... nearly the middle of this beautiful strath , and its banks for several miles are very picturesque , and finely variegated and adorned by the plantations and pleasure- grounds of Craigie and Auchencruive . Scarcely any part of it is ...
Strana 3
... nearly two miles of breadth inland is rich and fertile , but , chiefly by means of vegetable mixtures , on a sandy surface ; it is kindly in its nature and easily worked , and capable of bearing luxuriant crops of all sorts of grain and ...
... nearly two miles of breadth inland is rich and fertile , but , chiefly by means of vegetable mixtures , on a sandy surface ; it is kindly in its nature and easily worked , and capable of bearing luxuriant crops of all sorts of grain and ...
Strana 7
... nearly equal parts . Along the upper part of its course , the scenery is naked and uninteresting , as it flows through a moorland mountainous country , covered with extensive sheep - walks , almost entirely bare of wood , and with ...
... nearly equal parts . Along the upper part of its course , the scenery is naked and uninteresting , as it flows through a moorland mountainous country , covered with extensive sheep - walks , almost entirely bare of wood , and with ...
Strana 8
... nearly one - half , but little advan- tage has been gained , in consequence of the land recovered being entirely useless by its channelly surface , while the lake has been greatly injured in point of beauty and extent . It is still ...
... nearly one - half , but little advan- tage has been gained , in consequence of the land recovered being entirely useless by its channelly surface , while the lake has been greatly injured in point of beauty and extent . It is still ...
Strana 10
... nearly perpendicular on all sides , and con- sisting of a stupendous bare rock of the trap formation , on which there is hardly any vegetation , and no signs of life , with the ex- ception of numerous flocks of gannets or solan geese ...
... nearly perpendicular on all sides , and con- sisting of a stupendous bare rock of the trap formation , on which there is hardly any vegetation , and no signs of life , with the ex- ception of numerous flocks of gannets or solan geese ...
Obsah
67 | |
69 | |
86 | |
105 | |
118 | |
159 | |
191 | |
206 | |
649 | |
666 | |
680 | |
689 | |
741 | |
769 | |
781 | |
787 | |
322 | |
333 | |
376 | |
407 | |
565 | |
570 | |
834 | |
1 | |
40 | |
82 | |
95 | |
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acres agricultural amount annually appears Ardrossan attended average number Ayrshire banks barony Beith belonging betwixt bolls built burgh Castle Catrine chalders chiefly church coal considerable cows crops cultivated Cumnock Cuninghame Dalmellington Dalry district Doon draining Earl east Eglinton employed erected extent farm feet formed former freestone Galloway Garnock Girvan Glasgow glebe ground heritors hill improvement inhabitants Irvine James John Kilbirnie Kilmarnock Kilwinning labour land late lime limestone Loch manse Mauchline Maybole miles minister moss nearly neighbourhood parish parochial pasture persons plantations poor population PRESBYTERY present Prestwick proprietors quarry rent residence rish river river Ayr river Doon road Robert rock Saltcoats sandstone Scotland Scots situated Society soil Sorn Sorn Castle St Quivox Statistical Account Stevenston stipend stone strata tion Torbolton town turnips upwards village whole wood
Populárne pasáže
Strana 842 - A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Strana 847 - I a' my fee, For ae blast o' the western wind, To blaw the reek frae thee." O then bespake her daughter dear, — She was baith jimp and sma': "O row' me in a pair o' sheets, And tow me owre the wa'!
Strana 787 - O how canst thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which Nature to her votary yields ! The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields ; All that the genial ray of morning gilds, And all that echoes to the song of even, All that the mountain's sheltering bosom shields, And all the dread magnificence of Heaven, O how canst thou renounce, and hope to be forgiven...
Strana 31 - The poor inhabitant below Was quick to learn and wise to know, And keenly felt the friendly glow, And softer flame ; But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stain'd his name ! Reader, attend ! whether thy soul Soars fancy's flights beyond the pole, Or darkling grubs this earthly hole, In low pursuit ; Know, prudent, cautious, self-control Is wisdom's root.
Strana 161 - Bloody Dumbarton, Douglas, and Dundee, Moved by the devil and the Laird of Lee, Dragged these five men to death with gun and sword, Not suffering them to pray or read God's word : Owning the worke of God was all their crime— The Eighty-five was a saint-killing time.
Strana 752 - ... of the mound was found to be occupied by boulder stones, some of them of considerable size. When the excavators had reached the depth of about four feet, they came on a flag-stone of a circular form about three feet in diameter. Under the circular stone, was first a quantity of dry yellow coloured sandy clay, then a small flag-stone laid horizontally, covering the mouth of an urn filled with white-coloured burnt bones.
Strana 271 - The Ministers and Magistrates flee all away. ' I got to the Isle of Cumbrae with my Lady Montgomery; but left ' all my family and goods to Cromwell's courtesy, — which indeed ' was great ; for he took such a course with his soldiers...
Strana 255 - It stands on a ledge of rock projecting into the sea under the bold promontory to which it gives name, a singularly wild and romantic situation. Several royal charters of the two first Stewart Kings bear to have received the sign-manual at
Strana 577 - Turn your astonish'd eyes ; behold yon huge And unhewn sphere of living adamant, Which, poised by magic, rests its central weight On yonder pointed rock ; firm as it seems, Such is its strange and virtuous property, It moves obsequious to the gentlest touch Of him whose breast is pure ; but to a traitor, Tho' even a giant's prowess nerv'd his arm, It stands as fixed as Snowdon.
Strana 675 - The next entry after 1G43 is in 1702, the commencement of another volume. And for more than half a century after this date, there are scarcely ten consecutive years of their transactions recorded. The register of baptisms, extending to four volumes, begins in 1673; that of deaths, in one volume, in 1763; and that of marriages, also in one volume, in 1823.