Historical and Statistical Account of Dunfermline, Volume 2W. Blackwood and sons, 1859 - Dunfermline (Scotland) |
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... Afterwards Queen of Bohemia - Her palace at Heidelberg described - Schiller's notice of her and her husband Frederick - Macaulay's sanction of the title of Queen of Bohemia , Annunciation Stone , and supposed mistake of the artist ...
... Afterwards Queen of Bohemia - Her palace at Heidelberg described - Schiller's notice of her and her husband Frederick - Macaulay's sanction of the title of Queen of Bohemia , Annunciation Stone , and supposed mistake of the artist ...
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... first Archbishop of St Andrews , accused of heresy , transported to Dunfermline , and afterwards to Loch- leven Castle , where he died , 263 263-4 Page 264 1515. The Postulate of Dunfermling witness to a xvi CONTENTS .
... first Archbishop of St Andrews , accused of heresy , transported to Dunfermline , and afterwards to Loch- leven Castle , where he died , 263 263-4 Page 264 1515. The Postulate of Dunfermling witness to a xvi CONTENTS .
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... afterwards Lord Chancellor of England - Amusing anecdote of him by Lord Campbell - Notice of him in Burke's Peerage - Portrait of him at Pitferrane House , Police - Sheriff Court - Post - Office - Railway and Coach conveyances ...
... afterwards Lord Chancellor of England - Amusing anecdote of him by Lord Campbell - Notice of him in Burke's Peerage - Portrait of him at Pitferrane House , Police - Sheriff Court - Post - Office - Railway and Coach conveyances ...
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... afterwards dropped . An interesting obituary of Adam Rolland of Gask , Esq . , Advocate , 1819 , was received too late for insertion at the proper place , but it will be found after the Index to Volume II . , and Genealogical Tables ...
... afterwards dropped . An interesting obituary of Adam Rolland of Gask , Esq . , Advocate , 1819 , was received too late for insertion at the proper place , but it will be found after the Index to Volume II . , and Genealogical Tables ...
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... afterwards presented to her Majesty Queen Victoria , and graciously accepted . The Second Volume was also sent to her Majesty , through Lord Elgin , by the Author , and graciously accepted . T Abbey Close and Ruins Dormitory old Church ...
... afterwards presented to her Majesty Queen Victoria , and graciously accepted . The Second Volume was also sent to her Majesty , through Lord Elgin , by the Author , and graciously accepted . T Abbey Close and Ruins Dormitory old Church ...
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Popular passages
Page 407 - O whare will I get a skeely skipper, To sail this new ship of mine?' O up and spake an eldern knight, Sat at the King's right knee, 'Sir Patrick Spens is the best sailor That ever sailed the sea.
Page 63 - T^HE ROMAN WALL: an Historical, Topographical, and Descriptive Account •*• of the Barrier of the Lower Isthmus, extending from the Tyne to the Solway, deduced from numerous personal surveys.
Page 68 - The rich man's wealth is his strong city : the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
Page 264 - For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro ; and as He finds out His enemies here, to be avenged on them, so will He not spare them for whom he doth good, if by his lovingkindness they become not good.
Page 11 - Thetford is but a town, though incorporated, and once the seat of a bishop. Whether Westminster owes its designation to the circumstance that it had a bishop for a few years of the reign of Henry VIII., and in the reign of Edward VI., may be doubted. But there are, besides Thetford, many places which were once the seats of bishops, as Sherburn, and Dorchester in Oxfordshire, which are never called cities.
Page 264 - Wherefore it's sealed upon our hearts, that this, as all the rest, is from the Lord's goodness, and not from man. I hope it becometh me to pray, That we may walk humbly and self-denyingly before the Lord, and believingly also. That you whom we serve, as the Authority over us, may do the work committed to you, with uprightness and faithfulness, — and thoroughly, as to the Lord.
Page 15 - William the King friendly salutes William the Bishop and Godfrey the portreve, and all the burgesses within London, both French and English. And I declare that I grant you to be all law-worthy as you were in the days of King Edward ; and I grant that every child shall be his father's heir, after his father's days ; and I will not suffer any person to do you wrong. God keep you.
Page 394 - With him nae pleading might prevail ; Brave Hardyknute to gain With fairest words, and reason strong, Strave courteously in vain.
Page 9 - ... particularly Milan, which stood at their head, had acquired a high degree of wealth and power, and had formed themselves into a confederation. The struggles between the emperors and these cities form one of the most important portions of the history of the German empire and of Italy.
Page 64 - the poor people, who in rags begged at the churches, receive for alms pieces of stone, with which they •went away contented. This species of stone (says he), whether with sulphur, or whatever inflammable substance it may be impregnated, they burn in place of wood, of which their country is destitute.