The Statistical Account of Scotland: Drawn Up from the Communications of the Ministers of the Different Parishes, Volumen15W. Creech, 1795 |
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... island , Innse or Innis . Clachan , a village , Clachan . Loch , a Lake , Loch . Carameile or Caparcile , the orobus tuberosus , being the root so much used in diet by the ancient Caledonians Such being the case , and as in Lanarkshire ...
... island , Innse or Innis . Clachan , a village , Clachan . Loch , a Lake , Loch . Carameile or Caparcile , the orobus tuberosus , being the root so much used in diet by the ancient Caledonians Such being the case , and as in Lanarkshire ...
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... island , it is equally free fron the Eastern fogs and the violence of the Western rains , so that the air is always pure and clear . The climate , although drier than about Glasgow , or even Hamilton , is certainly some what wetter than ...
... island , it is equally free fron the Eastern fogs and the violence of the Western rains , so that the air is always pure and clear . The climate , although drier than about Glasgow , or even Hamilton , is certainly some what wetter than ...
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... island in the lake , and has been formerly a place of confiderable ftrength , to which the lairds of Semple re- treated in feudal times , when unable to hold out in the castle of Semple against their powerful enemies . Minerals ...
... island in the lake , and has been formerly a place of confiderable ftrength , to which the lairds of Semple re- treated in feudal times , when unable to hold out in the castle of Semple against their powerful enemies . Minerals ...
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... island of St Combe , the defcription of which , and of the monaftery upon it , have been given in the Statistical Ac- couut of the parish of Aberdour . The Earl of Dunfermline's feat formerly flood at a little diftance from the church ...
... island of St Combe , the defcription of which , and of the monaftery upon it , have been given in the Statistical Ac- couut of the parish of Aberdour . The Earl of Dunfermline's feat formerly flood at a little diftance from the church ...
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... island in the most south- ern extremity of the county of Orkney , about 6 miles long and 3 miles broad , in which there are two parishes , called South parish and North parish of South Ronaldfay . It proba- bly derives its name from ...
... island in the most south- ern extremity of the county of Orkney , about 6 miles long and 3 miles broad , in which there are two parishes , called South parish and North parish of South Ronaldfay . It proba- bly derives its name from ...
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Página 304 - Bursts as a wave that from the clouds impends, And swell'd with tempests on the ship descends ; White are the decks with foam ; the winds aloud Howl o'er the masts, and sing through every shroud ; Pale, trembling, tired, the sailors freeze with fears; And instant death on every wave appears \— So pale the Greeks the eyes of Hector meet, The chief so thunders, and so shakes the fleet.
Página 22 - Bonnington, in 1708. From its uppermost room it affords a very striking prospect of the fall; for all at once, on throwing your eyes towards a mirror on the opposite side of the room from the fall, you see the whole tremendous cataract pouring us it were upon your head.
Página 40 - Families from any quarter possessed of a good moral character, and having three children fit for work, above nine years of age, are received — supplied with a house at a moderate rent, and the women and children provided with work.
Página 526 - ... up to Kinnoul hills, where the Danish camp had lately been, that he might have a prospect of the fine country lying below, great part of which was to be his inheritance, he made choice of the falcon's flight. The bird took its flight from the top of one of these hills, and it alighted on a stone by the river of Tay, a mile to the south of the house of Ki vol.
Página 214 - This holy man had a ram. That he had fed up of a lam ; And oysit hym til folow ay, Quherever he passit in his way. A theyt' this scheppe in Ackien stal, And et hym up in pecis small.
Página 201 - The poor man had been confined to his bed for a year and a half, having almost entirely lost the use of his limbs. On the evening of Handsel Monday, as it is called, some of his neighbours came to make merry with him.
Página 201 - Monday, as it is called, some of his neighbours came to make merry with him. Though he could not rise, yet he always took his share of the ale, as it passed round the company ; and, in the end, became much intoxicated. The consequence was, that he had the use of his limbs the next morning, and was able to walk about. He lived more than twenty years after this, and never had the smallest return of his old complaint.
Página 518 - It rests on the plain surface of a rock, level with the ground. Its shape is quadrangular, approaching to the figure of a rhombus, of which the greater diagonal is seven feet, and the 'lesser five. Its medium thickness is about two feet and a half; its solid contents will, therefore, be about fifty-one cubical feet.
Página 14 - III. a grant of the revenues of this hospital, within the burgh of Lanark, upon condition that he and his heirs should provide a qualified person to celebrate three masses, once every seven years, and for ever, for the repose of the souls of Robert, Annabella, his queen, and all their children.
Página 13 - Lanark is now to be seen i . - ., , , ,. , amiquities.r rams, about a quarter of a mile to the south-east or the town. The date of its construction is not known. It has been an elegant Gothic building of hewn stone, divided in the middle from one end to the other by a wall supported upon pillars, forming five or six fine arches ; and around it is the burying ground and cemetery of th