Edinburgh: A Historical and Topographical Account of the CityMethuen and Company, 1906 - 326 pagina's |
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... better known in its English version , ' The Brut of Layamon . ' But such procedure was universal in those days - quite re- gardless of probability or even of possibility . Very mediæval too is the curious confusion which makes this ...
... better known in its English version , ' The Brut of Layamon . ' But such procedure was universal in those days - quite re- gardless of probability or even of possibility . Very mediæval too is the curious confusion which makes this ...
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... better known as William the Lion . If Malcolm was too yielding to the English King , William rushed to the opposite extreme and was absurdly warlike . The struggle does not concern us here ; it is sufficient to note that one condition ...
... better known as William the Lion . If Malcolm was too yielding to the English King , William rushed to the opposite extreme and was absurdly warlike . The struggle does not concern us here ; it is sufficient to note that one condition ...
Pagina 18
... better known as John of Gaunt - marched north at the head of an immense army . He had been hospitably entertained in Edinburgh , and gratitude prevented his destroying the city . But it did not interfere with the raid of the Scots into ...
... better known as John of Gaunt - marched north at the head of an immense army . He had been hospitably entertained in Edinburgh , and gratitude prevented his destroying the city . But it did not interfere with the raid of the Scots into ...
Pagina 19
... better known than other similar conflicts , it was only one of those skirmishes which , caused though they were by family rather than by national hatred , still served to keep up a spirit of opposition between the two countries . In ...
... better known than other similar conflicts , it was only one of those skirmishes which , caused though they were by family rather than by national hatred , still served to keep up a spirit of opposition between the two countries . In ...
Pagina 27
... better security of the city against the English , the burgher guard being a sufficient additional protection . Needless to say the citizens rose greatly in importance after this . Patrick Cockburn of Newbigging , Provost of Edinburgh ...
... better security of the city against the English , the burgher guard being a sufficient additional protection . Needless to say the citizens rose greatly in importance after this . Patrick Cockburn of Newbigging , Provost of Edinburgh ...
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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.