Odd Incidents in Olden Times, Or, Ancient Records of Inveraray

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Aird & Coghill, 1904 - 96 ページ

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75 ページ - ... with the advice of our Privy Council, to issue this our Royal Proclamation, hereby...
49 ページ - And Ardennes waves above them her green leaves, Dewy with nature's tear-drops as they pass, Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave, - alas! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass...
29 ページ - And I consent to the registration hereof in the books of council and session, or any other judges books competent; therein to remain for preservation; and thereto I constitute my procurators, &c.
66 ページ - November next, according to the present stile, betwixt the hours of twelve at noon and two afternoon, to be hanged by the neck upon the said gibbet by the hands of an executioner until he be dead ; and thereafter to be hung in chains upon the said gibbet...
46 ページ - And come, my faithful sodger lad, Thou'rt welcome to it dearly ! " For gold the merchant ploughs the main, The farmer ploughs the manor ; But glory is the sodger's prize, The sodger's wealth is honour : The brave poor sodger ne'er despise, Nor count him as a stranger ; Remember, he's his country's stay In day and hour of danger. MEG O' THE MILL. Air—" Hey ! bonny lass, will you lie in a barrack i " OH, ken ye what Meg o
48 ページ - Highland regiments marched through the Place Royale, and the Pare. One could not but admire their fine appearance ; their firm, collected, steady, military demeanour, as they went rejoicing to battle, with their bagpipes playing before them, and the beams of the rising sun shining upon their glittering arms.
94 ページ - It may be mentioned that Provost Brown, late of Inverary, when 100 years old, headed one of the contending parties at a shinty match, and carried the town colours in procession among the victors. He died in the 1 1 6th year of his age.
76 ページ - And We do hereby strictly Charge and Command all Our Justices of the Peace, and all other Our Officers, and all other Our loving Subjects, that they do use their utmost diligence in their several Places and Capacities, to find out, discover and . apprehend the said Offender, in Order to his being brought to Justice.
91 ページ - Argyle began to plant a few trees, some of which are still extant. It is probable that he was early diverted from this purpose by the confusion of the times, and that nothing was afterwards done till the re-establishment of the Earl, his son, some time between 1663 and 1670.

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