The baronial and ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland illustrated, by R. W. Billings [with letterpress by J. H. Burton]. |
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... border , in which the chief of the family of Bysset had been unhorsed by a descendant of the house of Atholl . Not long afterwards , while Lord Atholl was residing in Haddington , he was murdered , and the house in which he lived was ...
... border , in which the chief of the family of Bysset had been unhorsed by a descendant of the house of Atholl . Not long afterwards , while Lord Atholl was residing in Haddington , he was murdered , and the house in which he lived was ...
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... border , and to the frequent burnings and sackings to which it was subjected , we may attribute the loss of its ecclesiastical records . The town was burned by Edward III . , and in the passage in Major already alluded to , it is said ...
... border , and to the frequent burnings and sackings to which it was subjected , we may attribute the loss of its ecclesiastical records . The town was burned by Edward III . , and in the passage in Major already alluded to , it is said ...
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... border of the Tay westwards . We are told of Andrew , second Lord Gray , who was one of the hostages in England for King James I. , that " he was appointed master of the household to King James II . , from whom he obtained a license to ...
... border of the Tay westwards . We are told of Andrew , second Lord Gray , who was one of the hostages in England for King James I. , that " he was appointed master of the household to King James II . , from whom he obtained a license to ...
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Robert William Billings. LIKE the other seats of monastic houses on the Border , Jedburgh stands in a pleasant , rich , sheltered valley , the clattering stream of the Jed flowing through it , and rocky eminences rising around . The town ...
Robert William Billings. LIKE the other seats of monastic houses on the Border , Jedburgh stands in a pleasant , rich , sheltered valley , the clattering stream of the Jed flowing through it , and rocky eminences rising around . The town ...
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35 ページ - be foolish if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future, predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends be such frigid philosophy as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which
35 ページ - been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plains of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona." The great moralist's eye caught as if by chance the main archaeological distinctive features of the building, in the difference between the Norman and the pointed
26 ページ - my bed, The sheets sail ne'er be warmed by me ; Saint Anton's Well sail be my drink, Since my true love's forsaken me.
17 ページ - and decorations. The most ancient part of the castle is the simple Scottish square tower, so frequently erected from the beginning of the fourteenth to the middle of the sixteenth century. In the present instance it is conspicuous in its great proportions and massive
35 ページ - consists of two parts, separated by the belfry, and built at different times. The original Church had, like others, the altar at one end, and tower at the other ; but as it grew too small, another building of equal dimensions was added, and the tower then was necessarily in the middle. That these edifices are of different ages seems evident. The arch of the first Church is