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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... remarkable antiquarian and historical peculiari- ties . In course of time , these not only gained provincial favour , and the good opinion of several gentlemen of literary note at a distance , but were so far useful , from the fact ...
... remarkable antiquarian and historical peculiari- ties . In course of time , these not only gained provincial favour , and the good opinion of several gentlemen of literary note at a distance , but were so far useful , from the fact ...
Strana 44
... remarkable instance , shewing alike the harassing state of the times and the abandoned nature of those godless soldiery , who , on their arrival one Sunday , went straightway to the church , and in the midst of the sermon , " scattered ...
... remarkable instance , shewing alike the harassing state of the times and the abandoned nature of those godless soldiery , who , on their arrival one Sunday , went straightway to the church , and in the midst of the sermon , " scattered ...
Strana 47
... remarkable coincidence , that alike with those of poor Edzell , the latter days of the " kitchie boy , " were sadly darkened , and his last end was not altogether unlike that of his old master ; for while Edzell may be said to have died ...
... remarkable coincidence , that alike with those of poor Edzell , the latter days of the " kitchie boy , " were sadly darkened , and his last end was not altogether unlike that of his old master ; for while Edzell may be said to have died ...
Strana 48
... remarkable man is certainly not without a moral ; and perhaps , his extraordinary and chequered career cannot be more appropriately closed than by a repetition of the circumstances of his " flittin , " which are thus given in the simple ...
... remarkable man is certainly not without a moral ; and perhaps , his extraordinary and chequered career cannot be more appropriately closed than by a repetition of the circumstances of his " flittin , " which are thus given in the simple ...
Strana 60
... remarkable that his name should exist in the district even in its present sadly metamorphosed state ; for , it will be perceived that more than a thousand years have rolled past since his fervent and supplicating prayers resounded ...
... remarkable that his name should exist in the district even in its present sadly metamorphosed state ; for , it will be perceived that more than a thousand years have rolled past since his fervent and supplicating prayers resounded ...
Iné vydania - Zobraziť všetky
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.