History of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club, Instituted September 22, 1831, Volume 13

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Pagina 87 - ... the land. The king also humbly and willingly in all things giving ear to his admonitions, industriously applied himself to build up and extend the Church of Christ in his kingdom; wherein, when the bishop, who was not perfectly skilled in the English tongue, preached the Gospel, it was a fair sight to see the king himself interpreting the Word of God to his ealdormen and thegns, for he had thoroughly learned the language of the Scots during his long banishment.
Pagina 87 - From that time many of the Scots came daily into Britain, and with great devotion preached the word to those provinces of the English, over which King Oswald reigned, and those among them that had received priest's orders, administered to them the grace of baptism.
Pagina 87 - The king also humbly and willingly in all cases giving ear to his admonitions, industriously applied himself to buiF and extend the church of Christ in his kingdom ; wherein, when the bishop, who was not skilful in the English tongue, preached the gospel, it was most delightful to see the king himself interpreting the word of God to his commanders and ministers, for he had perfectly learned the language of the...
Pagina 418 - Annual Report and Transactions of the Plymouth Institution, and Devon and Cornwall Natural History Society, vol.
Pagina 87 - Oswald reigned, and those among them that had received priest's orders, administered to them the grace of baptism. Churches were built in several places ; the people joyfully flocked together to hear the word ; money and lands were given of the king's bounty to build monasteries ; the English, great and small, were, by their Scottish masters, instructed in the rules and observance of reg'ular discipline ; for most of them that came to preach were monks.
Pagina 87 - On the arrival of the bishop, the king appointed him his episcopal see in the isle of Lindisfarne, as he desired. Which place, as the tide flows and ebbs twice a day, is enclosed by the waves of the sea like an island; and again, twice in the day, when the shore is left dry, becomes contiguous to the land.
Pagina 193 - Melros in the shire of Teviotdale, I saw the remains of a curious Bridge over the river Tweed, consisting of three octangular pillars or rather towers, standing within the water without any arches to join them. The middle one, which is the most entire, has a door towards the north, and I suppose another opposite one towards the south, which I could not see without crossing the water.
Pagina 87 - Scotland alone did the missionaries from lona confine themselves. Bede states that they came daily into England "and with great devotion preached the Word to those provinces of the English over which King Oswald reigned ; churches were built in several places, the people joyfully flocked together to hear the Word; money and lands were given of the kings bounty to build monasteries; the English great and small were j See the notes in Hogg's Queen's Wake.
Pagina 397 - ... of real or imaginary diseases in Hawks. In this direction it must be confessed the work above mentioned does not err, though we opine that modern falconers would yet be grateful for a somewhat longer pharmacopoeia than is therein contained. In 1873 a second edition of this work appeared through the same publisher (Mr. Van Voorst), when, the original lithographic stones having been destroyed, the plates were re-drawn by Mr. Brodrick, with some additions. Previously to this, however, namely, in...
Pagina 110 - ... give a beautiful variety of form to the general arrangement. The faces of the arches are finely moulded with a series of rounds, individually relieved by deep undercuttings. The bearing shafts...

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