Edinburgh: A Historical and Topographical Account of the CityMethuen and Company, 1906 - 326 pagina's |
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Pagina 4
... built a mill for their own use , which gives its name to the district of Canonmills . But perhaps the most important of his benefactions was the right granted to the canons to erect a burgh between the Abbey and the Castle ; this burgh ...
... built a mill for their own use , which gives its name to the district of Canonmills . But perhaps the most important of his benefactions was the right granted to the canons to erect a burgh between the Abbey and the Castle ; this burgh ...
Pagina 19
... built in early Norman style and must have been extremely Robertii . 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 ...
... built in early Norman style and must have been extremely Robertii . 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 ...
Pagina 23
... built of wood and covered with thatch , and equally obviously they cannot have been more than two stories high , if ' timber and ruiffes ' could be drawn down with cleikes . " The lofty houses of old Edinburgh were not yet . As a ...
... built of wood and covered with thatch , and equally obviously they cannot have been more than two stories high , if ' timber and ruiffes ' could be drawn down with cleikes . " The lofty houses of old Edinburgh were not yet . As a ...
Pagina 27
... built round Edinburgh . The city of that day seems to have stretched from the West Bow to the Netherbow , and from the Nor ' Loch to what is now the part between the High Street and the Cowgate . This was now enclosed by walls in 1450 ...
... built round Edinburgh . The city of that day seems to have stretched from the West Bow to the Netherbow , and from the Nor ' Loch to what is now the part between the High Street and the Cowgate . This was now enclosed by walls in 1450 ...
Pagina 34
... was raised , may still be seen built into the wall enclosing Morning- side Parish Church . The most melancholy thing about the defeat of Flodden was that it was so unnecessary . The old song ' The Flowers of the Forest ' 34.
... was raised , may still be seen built into the wall enclosing Morning- side Parish Church . The most melancholy thing about the defeat of Flodden was that it was so unnecessary . The old song ' The Flowers of the Forest ' 34.
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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.