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 6
... residence was called ) has ever been discovered , and the incident , and name of the castle , are both unknown in history . It is , therefore , apparent , since traces of so many old dwell- ings have been found , not only on Drummore ...
... residence was called ) has ever been discovered , and the incident , and name of the castle , are both unknown in history . It is , therefore , apparent , since traces of so many old dwell- ings have been found , not only on Drummore ...
Strana 21
... residence here ; but , whatever truth may be in the story of his murder , and Finella's well - known revenge on the person of King Kenneth , who had ordered Crathilinthus to be executed , there is no reason for be- lieving that the ...
... residence here ; but , whatever truth may be in the story of his murder , and Finella's well - known revenge on the person of King Kenneth , who had ordered Crathilinthus to be executed , there is no reason for be- lieving that the ...
Strana 22
... residence and heritage were in another and more southern part of the shire ; but , of the existence of a castle at Dalbog , there is not the least shadow of doubt , though , perhaps , it cannot lay claim to the antiquity popularly ...
... residence and heritage were in another and more southern part of the shire ; but , of the existence of a castle at Dalbog , there is not the least shadow of doubt , though , perhaps , it cannot lay claim to the antiquity popularly ...
Strana 30
... residence in Inverness for one in his native county , by excambing his northern estates with the Earl , for the barony of Ferne , to which were afterwards added , first the mill and lands of Invereskandye , † and next the lands of ...
... residence in Inverness for one in his native county , by excambing his northern estates with the Earl , for the barony of Ferne , to which were afterwards added , first the mill and lands of Invereskandye , † and next the lands of ...
Strana 61
... residence and church . " Droustie's Meadow " is also the name of a piece of ground near the parsonage at Tarfside , which , with the exception of the St. Drostan's well already alluded to near the old church of Neudos , are the only ...
... residence and church . " Droustie's Meadow " is also the name of a piece of ground near the parsonage at Tarfside , which , with the exception of the St. Drostan's well already alluded to near the old church of Neudos , are the only ...
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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.