The history and traditions of the land of the Lindsays in Angus and Mearns, with notices of Alyth and Meigle. To which is added an appendix containing documentsSutherland & Knox, 1853 - 359 strán (strany) |
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Výsledky 1 - 5 z 36.
Strana 1
... believed by many to be the true etymon , from the fact that the great bulk of the arable land lies from the edge of the hill southward . † In all documents posterior to the date of the two first , however , the orthography differs ...
... believed by many to be the true etymon , from the fact that the great bulk of the arable land lies from the edge of the hill southward . † In all documents posterior to the date of the two first , however , the orthography differs ...
Strana 2
... believed , that the places were the sites of temples in early times , but that the lands were held first under the superiority of the old fraternity of Knights Templars , and afterwards under those of St. John of Jerusalem , the latter ...
... believed , that the places were the sites of temples in early times , but that the lands were held first under the superiority of the old fraternity of Knights Templars , and afterwards under those of St. John of Jerusalem , the latter ...
Strana 4
... believed to work many miracles , and , amongst others , to frighten away the devil from the souls of departed christians , - hence the origin of the " warning of the passing bell " at funerals a practice which , though one of the oldest ...
... believed to work many miracles , and , amongst others , to frighten away the devil from the souls of departed christians , - hence the origin of the " warning of the passing bell " at funerals a practice which , though one of the oldest ...
Strana 12
... believed to light the souls of the departed through the unknown maze to eternal bliss . But of all the powerful per- sonages here interred , no memorial exists to perpetuate their individual characters , or even their names . It is true ...
... believed to light the souls of the departed through the unknown maze to eternal bliss . But of all the powerful per- sonages here interred , no memorial exists to perpetuate their individual characters , or even their names . It is true ...
Strana 14
... believed , of her approaching end . The ashes of a Major James Wood lie within the bounds of the same cemetery as those of the great lords of Edzell , and his history being intimately associated with the traditions of the locality ...
... believed , of her approaching end . The ashes of a Major James Wood lie within the bounds of the same cemetery as those of the great lords of Edzell , and his history being intimately associated with the traditions of the locality ...
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The History and Traditions of the Land of the Lindsays in Angus ..., Zväzok 2 Andrew Jervise Úplné zobrazenie - 1882 |
Časté výrazy a frázy
Aberbrothoc Aberlemno ancient Angus Angus-shire Arbroath Arbuthnott Balhall Balnamoon barony bears betwixt bolls bols Brechin brother burn Careston Carnegy castle Caterthun century chapel charters church Clova daughter David Lindsay death descendants Deuchar died district Douglas Duke Dundee Earl of Crawford Earls of Southesk eldest erected estates farm father favour feet fell Ferne Finhaven Forfar Forfarshire Glen Glenesk Guthrie heir hill Ibid Inverkeillor Inverquharity James John Lindsay King Kinnaird Kinneff kirk known Lady laird lands late Lethnot Lives Lord Panmure Lordship married Maryton Maule Mearns Menmuir merks minister Montrose Navar notice Oathlaw Ogilvy Panmure parish perhaps period possession present proprietor putrie Ragman Rolls residence Robert Robertson's Index ruins Scotland Scots side Sir Alexander Sir David Sir James Carnegie Sir John Southesk stone succeeded surname tenants tind silver tradition walls Water wife William William the Lion
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Strana 58 - And ancient towers crown his brow, That cast an awful look below ; Whose ragged walls the ivy creeps, And with her arms from falling keeps : So both a safety from the wind On mutual dependence find.
Strana 75 - Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines fashion'd to the varying hour; Far other aims his heart had learn'd to prize, More bent to raise the wretched than to rise.
Strana 102 - It thundering shoots, and shakes the country round. At first, an azure sheet, it rushes broad ; Then whitening by degrees, as prone it falls, And from the...
Strana 204 - Twas thus in Caledonia's domes, 'tis said, Thou ply'dst the kindly task in years of yore : At last, in luckless hour, some erring maid Spread in thy nightly cell of viands store : Ne'er was thy form beheld among their mountains more...
Strana 204 - Hail, from thy wanderings long, my much lov'd sprite, Thou friend, thou lover of the lowly, hail! Tell, in what realms thou sport'st thy merry night, Trail'st the long mop, or whirl'st the mimic flail. Where dost thou deck the much-disorder'd hall, While the tir'd damsel in Elysium sleeps...
Strana 12 - midst the wreck of things which were; There lie interr'd the more illustrious dead. The wind is up: hark! how it howls! Methinks Till now, I never heard a sound so dreary: Doors creak, and windows clap, and night's foul bird, Rook'd...
Strana 12 - Strange things, the neighbours say, have happen'd here: Wild shrieks have issued from the hollow tombs : Dead men have come again, and walk'd about ; And the great bell has toll'd, unrung, untouch'd. (Such tales their cheer at wake or gossiping, When it draws near to witching time of night...
Strana 64 - ... during the latter part of the last century and the beginning of the present.
Strana 104 - Molest her ancient solitary reign. Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade, Where heaves the turf in many a mould'ring heap, Each in his narrow cell forever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep.
Strana 143 - Ogilvies, by a rude but ancient custom, which bound the guest to take common part with his host in all dangers which might occur so long as the food eaten under his roof remained in his stomach.