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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Strana v
... present volume owes its origin to the general interest which one of these papers created at the time ; and from the kindness and courtesy of the Right Hon . Lord Lindsay , who was pleased to remark , in reference to the notice referred ...
... present volume owes its origin to the general interest which one of these papers created at the time ; and from the kindness and courtesy of the Right Hon . Lord Lindsay , who was pleased to remark , in reference to the notice referred ...
Strana vi
... present . From the Author's desire to correct these errors , the book will , perhaps , have more claim to the title of a collection of facts regarding the history and antiquities of the Land of the Lindsays than to a work of originality ...
... present . From the Author's desire to correct these errors , the book will , perhaps , have more claim to the title of a collection of facts regarding the history and antiquities of the Land of the Lindsays than to a work of originality ...
Strana 1
... present , and according to the late venerable Minister , implies " the cleft or dividing of the waters , ” — a rendering which is also favoured by the physical aspect of the parish , in so far as it is bounded on the south and west by ...
... present , and according to the late venerable Minister , implies " the cleft or dividing of the waters , ” — a rendering which is also favoured by the physical aspect of the parish , in so far as it is bounded on the south and west by ...
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... present important and burgh - like form , although the church was not removed thither until the late period of 1818 , when the old one was sacrificed to furnish a few crazy materials to aid in its erection . The old kirk and kirkyard ...
... present important and burgh - like form , although the church was not removed thither until the late period of 1818 , when the old one was sacrificed to furnish a few crazy materials to aid in its erection . The old kirk and kirkyard ...
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... present at the baptism of a son of John Lyndsay in Dalbog . In July and August of the same year , his wife mortified a mortcloth to the church , and a table cloth for the communion table ; and on the 6th of October , 1695 , " A band was ...
... present at the baptism of a son of John Lyndsay in Dalbog . In July and August of the same year , his wife mortified a mortcloth to the church , and a table cloth for the communion table ; and on the 6th of October , 1695 , " A band was ...
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The History and Traditions of the Land of the Lindsays in Angus ..., Zväzok 2 Andrew Jervise Úplné zobrazenie - 1882 |
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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.