Historical and Statistical Account of Dunfermline, Volume 2W. Blackwood and sons, 1859 - Dunfermline (Scotland) |
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... would at the same time be acceptable to such as are more accustomed to antiquarian and his- torical researches . How far this object has been at- tained it remains for others to say . The Author is glad to have had it in his.
... would at the same time be acceptable to such as are more accustomed to antiquarian and his- torical researches . How far this object has been at- tained it remains for others to say . The Author is glad to have had it in his.
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... says that " the achievement , as it appears in the Plate , may be read or blazoned as follows , viz . : - ' Azure , a tower set on four steps , with a pyramidical roof , topped with a ball , above an indented battlement , Argent ...
... says that " the achievement , as it appears in the Plate , may be read or blazoned as follows , viz . : - ' Azure , a tower set on four steps , with a pyramidical roof , topped with a ball , above an indented battlement , Argent ...
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... says the Marchmont Herald , " represents a female figure , standing within an antique niche , or double canopied recess , set upon four steps , crowned with the ancient crown of Scotland , which then * As the ravine winds completely ...
... says the Marchmont Herald , " represents a female figure , standing within an antique niche , or double canopied recess , set upon four steps , crowned with the ancient crown of Scotland , which then * As the ravine winds completely ...
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... says that the old historians call only the capitals of nations urbes or oppida , also civitates , and sometimes even municipia , and that the terms civitates or urbes were applied to those of the greatest size , and that in the old ...
... says that the old historians call only the capitals of nations urbes or oppida , also civitates , and sometimes even municipia , and that the terms civitates or urbes were applied to those of the greatest size , and that in the old ...
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... say a word or two on it , as well as notice the remarks of another about the necessity of a city being ' begirt with walls . ' " 1. The title ' city ' never had any necessary connection with a bishopric . The supposed connection arose ...
... say a word or two on it , as well as notice the remarks of another about the necessity of a city being ' begirt with walls . ' " 1. The title ' city ' never had any necessary connection with a bishopric . The supposed connection arose ...
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