The local historian's table book, of remarkable occurrences, historical facts, traditions, legendary and descriptive ballads [&c.] connected with the counties of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland and Durham. Legendary division, المجلد 1J.R. Smith, 1843 |
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... Side , and Armstrong The False Hearted Ha ' ... An Account of the Rebellion in 1569 ... ... An Account of the Betrayal of Northumberland by Douglas The Pick - tree Brag The Hedley Kow Bishop Middleham Castle & c ... ... Some Account of ...
... Side , and Armstrong The False Hearted Ha ' ... An Account of the Rebellion in 1569 ... ... An Account of the Betrayal of Northumberland by Douglas The Pick - tree Brag The Hedley Kow Bishop Middleham Castle & c ... ... Some Account of ...
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... Side ... The Rising in the North ... ... ... ... Northumberland Betrayed by Douglas Bishop Middleham Farewell to Coquetdale The Jolly Huntsman's Garland ... Judith the Gipsey Belle Lament on the Death of Robert Nevil Jockie's ...
... Side ... The Rising in the North ... ... ... ... Northumberland Betrayed by Douglas Bishop Middleham Farewell to Coquetdale The Jolly Huntsman's Garland ... Judith the Gipsey Belle Lament on the Death of Robert Nevil Jockie's ...
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... side , he drew up his horse in front of that of Widdrington , and commanded him to produce credentials proving that , in the present instance , he acted conformably to the law . Any man in those days who could afford to purchase arms ...
... side , he drew up his horse in front of that of Widdrington , and commanded him to produce credentials proving that , in the present instance , he acted conformably to the law . Any man in those days who could afford to purchase arms ...
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... side . She bathed him in the Lady - Well His wounds so deep and sair , And she plaited a garland for his breast , And a garland for his hair . They rowed him in a lily - sheet , And bare him to his earth , [ And the Gray Friars sung the ...
... side . She bathed him in the Lady - Well His wounds so deep and sair , And she plaited a garland for his breast , And a garland for his hair . They rowed him in a lily - sheet , And bare him to his earth , [ And the Gray Friars sung the ...
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... side . From the number of accidents that happened , this dange- rous mode has been seldom practised of late years , the park - keeper alone generally shooting them with a rifled gun at one shot . " When the cows calve , they hide their ...
... side . From the number of accidents that happened , this dange- rous mode has been seldom practised of late years , the park - keeper alone generally shooting them with a rifled gun at one shot . " When the cows calve , they hide their ...
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amongst ancient appear ballad BERWICK-UPON-TWEED bishop bonny Border brave bull called castle Cheviot church Conyers Coquetdale death Douglas Durham earl of Northumberland Ebchester Elsdon England English Erle eyes Fair Flower Fair Lady Farewell father Fawdon fear fell Flower of Northumberland Follow my love frae friends gallant gentleman ground gude Hall hand hath head Headless Cross heart Hedley Kow Henry Hexham hill honour horse Houghton-le-Spring Jock John king lady Laird's land leeue deere childe Liddesdale Lord miles Miserere morning Morpeth ne'er neighbours never Newcastle night noble o'er observed Otterburne Percy person prisoner Queen Redesdale Robert Scotland Scots Scottish SCOTTISH BORDER shew side Sir Robert Kerr Sockburn spirit stone stood Sunderland bridge Surtees sword thee thing thou took town Tyne weel White's MSS wild young
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الصفحة 99 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face ; the hair of my flesh stood up...
الصفحة 262 - The manner of the carriage is by laying rails of timber from the colliery down to the river, exactly straight and parallel; and bulky carts are made with four rowlets fitting these rails ; whereby the carriage is so easy that one horse will draw down four or five chaldron of coals, and is an immense benefit to the coal merchants.
الصفحة 339 - He had a patient lying at death's door, Some three miles from the town, it might be four ; To whom, one evening, Bolus sent an article, In pharmacy that's called cathartical ; And, on the label of the stuff, He wrote this verse, Which one would think was clear enough And terse: — ' When taken, To be well shaken.
الصفحة 223 - And may at last my weary age Find out the peaceful hermitage, The hairy gown and mossy cell, Where I may sit and rightly spell Of every star that heaven doth shew, And every herb that sips the dew, Till old experience do attain To something like prophetic strain.
الصفحة 287 - And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.
الصفحة 157 - The spear-strewn path to Fame's abode, Encircled with a sanguine flood ; And thought I heard the mingling hum, When, croaking hoarse, the birds of carrion come Afar, on rustling wing, to feast on English blood. Rude Border Chiefs, of mighty name, And iron soul, who sternly tore The blossoms from the tree of fame, And purpled deep their tints with gore...
الصفحة 182 - The young and tender stalk Ne'er bends when we do walk : Yet in the morning may be seen Where we the night before have been.
الصفحة 182 - Hand in hand let's dance around, For this place is fairy ground. When mortals are at rest And snoring in their nest, Unheard and unespy'd, Through key-holes we do glide; Over tables, stools, and shelves, We trip it with our fairy elves.
الصفحة 182 - Pearly drops of dew we drink, In acorn cups, fill'd to the brink.
الصفحة 13 - As they pass'd the Chapel Garth. They buried him at the mirk midnight, When the dew fell cold and still, When the aspin gray forgot to play, And the mist clung to the hill. They dug his grave but a bare foot deep, By the edge of the Nine-Stane Burn, And they cover'd him o'er with the heatherflower, The moss, and the lady fern. A gray friar staid upon the grave, And sang till the morning tide, And a friar shall sing for Barthram's soul, While the Headless Cross shall bide.