The Scotsman's Library: Being a Collection of Anecdotes and Facts Illustrative of Scotland and ScotsmenJ. Anderson, 1825 - 740 من الصفحات |
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... Aberdeenshire , after acknowledged , and there was a fervour in his the abolition of power of regality , apprehended language and expression when he conversed on a sheep stealer , and sent him to the jail of Aber- religious subjects of ...
... Aberdeenshire , after acknowledged , and there was a fervour in his the abolition of power of regality , apprehended language and expression when he conversed on a sheep stealer , and sent him to the jail of Aber- religious subjects of ...
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... Aberdeenshire . treis , as grew allanerly in the Ilis , and that all the rutis and treis that growis in the said Ilis , ar of that nature to be fynaly be nature of the seis re- solvit in geis . We preif the cuntre thairof be ane notable ...
... Aberdeenshire . treis , as grew allanerly in the Ilis , and that all the rutis and treis that growis in the said Ilis , ar of that nature to be fynaly be nature of the seis re- solvit in geis . We preif the cuntre thairof be ane notable ...
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... Aberdeenshire , his father being laird of Badyfar- row , near Inverury . He came to London , and was an independent minister . plot in which he took D2 THE SCOTSMAN'S LIBRARY . 51 motto, Free for a Blast. The beautiful mansion- ...
... Aberdeenshire , his father being laird of Badyfar- row , near Inverury . He came to London , and was an independent minister . plot in which he took D2 THE SCOTSMAN'S LIBRARY . 51 motto, Free for a Blast. The beautiful mansion- ...
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... Aberdeenshire , commanding the fertile district of the Knight of Liddesdale , the centre by the king Mar. The sullen grandeur of its decaying walls in person , and the left by the Stewart and the and mouldering towers , produce a solemn ...
... Aberdeenshire , commanding the fertile district of the Knight of Liddesdale , the centre by the king Mar. The sullen grandeur of its decaying walls in person , and the left by the Stewart and the and mouldering towers , produce a solemn ...
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... Aberdeenshire , fisherman , with almost as much skill , address , and success , as if he had been blessed with the enjoy- ment of the powers of vision . He took his place in the boat , and handled the oar , and it is more extraordinary ...
... Aberdeenshire , fisherman , with almost as much skill , address , and success , as if he had been blessed with the enjoy- ment of the powers of vision . He took his place in the boat , and handled the oar , and it is more extraordinary ...
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الصفحة 76 - But here, — above, around, below, On mountain or in glen, Nor tree, nor shrub, nor plant, nor flower, Nor aught of vegetative power, The weary eye may ken. For all is rocks at random thrown, Black waves, bare crags, and banks of stone...
الصفحة 461 - And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud ; and their enemies beheld them.
الصفحة 94 - When the broken arches are black in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers white; When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruined central tower; When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seem framed of ebon and ivory; When silver edges the imagery, And the scrolls that teach...
الصفحة 503 - Dissertations" to the author, and complimented him with possessing " the true theatric genius of Shakspeare and Otway, refined from the unhappy barbarism of the one, and licentiousness of the other.
الصفحة 316 - We have said that Mr. Watt was the great improver of the steam-engine; but, in truth, as to all that is admirable in its structure, or vast in its utility, he should rather be described as its inventor. It was by his inventions that its action was so regulated, as to make it capable of being applied to the finest and most delicate manufactures, and its power so increased, as to set weight and solidity at defiance. By his admirable...
الصفحة 238 - The whole fabric hung, as it were, by a large tree, which reclined from the one end, all along the roof, to the other, and which gave it the name of the Cage...
الصفحة 554 - Stewart delivered from all her cares, and such an end put to her tedious sufferings, as she has long expected. Bear witness that I die constant in my religion ; firm in my fidelity towards Scotland ; and unchanged in my affection to France. Commend me to my son. Tell him I have done nothing injurious to his kingdom, to his honour, or to his rights ; and God forgive all those who have thirsted, without cause, for my blood.
الصفحة 233 - ... else except the vision, as long as it continues ; and then they appear pensive or jovial, according to the object which was represented to them.
الصفحة 10 - Ercildoune, a person came running in, and told, with marks of fear and astonishment, that a hart and hind had left the neighbouring forest, and were, composedly and slowly, parading the street of the village. The prophet instantly arose, left his habitation, and followed the wonderful animals to the forest, whence he was never seen to return. According to the popular belief, he still "drees his weird" in Fairy Land, and is one day expected to revisit earth.
الصفحة 153 - Barbarous father, your cruelty in having put it out of my power ever to join my fate to that of the only man I could love, and tyrannically insisting upon my marrying one whom I always hated, has made me form a resolution to put an end to an existence which is become a burden to me.