Edinburgh: A Historical and Topographical Account of the CityMethuen and Company, 1906 - 326 pagina's |
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Pagina 19
... beautiful . A doorway which survived the conflagration to was pulled down about 1760. An impression of an James vi . engraving of it may still be seen in the Signet Library , and one cannot but wonder why work of such rare beauty ...
... beautiful . A doorway which survived the conflagration to was pulled down about 1760. An impression of an James vi . engraving of it may still be seen in the Signet Library , and one cannot but wonder why work of such rare beauty ...
Pagina 29
... beautiful and James vi . became very popular . Moreover she brought as her dowry the islands of Orkney and Shetland , which the Scots had long coveted , and which had been sometimes held by Scotland and sometimes by Denmark . The ...
... beautiful and James vi . became very popular . Moreover she brought as her dowry the islands of Orkney and Shetland , which the Scots had long coveted , and which had been sometimes held by Scotland and sometimes by Denmark . The ...
Pagina 49
... beautiful boy who presented her with the keys of the city presented her also with a Bible and Psalter , probably to her astonishment , as this was an innovation . Her surprise must have been in- tensified when a miracle play was ...
... beautiful boy who presented her with the keys of the city presented her also with a Bible and Psalter , probably to her astonishment , as this was an innovation . Her surprise must have been in- tensified when a miracle play was ...
Pagina 50
... beautiful , and unprotected woman , but chivalry does not seem to have been his strong point . This famous interview is another of the memories which haunt the old palace of Holyrood . The Protestant lords were at this time anxious for ...
... beautiful , and unprotected woman , but chivalry does not seem to have been his strong point . This famous interview is another of the memories which haunt the old palace of Holyrood . The Protestant lords were at this time anxious for ...
Pagina 71
... but after the Restoration his ' dust ' was ' recovered ' and now rests in St. Giles ' , where there is a beautiful monu- ment erected to him a few years ago by the clan Graham . Edin- burgh The Water Gate The executions went on with 71.
... but after the Restoration his ' dust ' was ' recovered ' and now rests in St. Giles ' , where there is a beautiful monu- ment erected to him a few years ago by the clan Graham . Edin- burgh The Water Gate The executions went on with 71.
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Pagina 71 - Maker 1 in that crimson lake ; Then place my parboiled head upon a stake« Scatter my ashes— strew them in the air; Lord ; since thou knowest where all these atoms are, I'm hopeful thou'lt recover once my dust. And confident thou'lt raise me with the just...
Pagina 294 - Requiem Under the wide and starry sky, Dig the grave and let me lie. Glad did I live and gladly die, And I laid me down with a will. This be the verse you grave for me: Here he lies where he longed to be; Home is the sailor, home from sea, And the hunter home from the hill.