Edinburgh: A Historical and Topographical Account of the CityMethuen and Company, 1906 - 326 pagina's |
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Pagina xvi
... Life of Scott , Henry Grey Graham's Social Life in the Eighteenth Century , Mr. John Geddie's Romantic Edinburgh , and Stevenson's Picturesque Edinburgh . M. G. W. CHAPTER I LIK EARLY HISTORY IKE most towns whose history xvi.
... Life of Scott , Henry Grey Graham's Social Life in the Eighteenth Century , Mr. John Geddie's Romantic Edinburgh , and Stevenson's Picturesque Edinburgh . M. G. W. CHAPTER I LIK EARLY HISTORY IKE most towns whose history xvi.
Pagina 1
... towns whose history stretches far back into the past the origin of Edinburgh is a matter of considerable doubt . In bygone days town records were not kept with the scrupulous accuracy of the present day , and even if they had been , it ...
... towns whose history stretches far back into the past the origin of Edinburgh is a matter of considerable doubt . In bygone days town records were not kept with the scrupulous accuracy of the present day , and even if they had been , it ...
Pagina 2
... town gradually grew up around it . That is what we should expect , not only because this was the most general origin of towns in early days , but still more because of the natural position of Edin- burgh . The rock rises abruptly from a ...
... town gradually grew up around it . That is what we should expect , not only because this was the most general origin of towns in early days , but still more because of the natural position of Edin- burgh . The rock rises abruptly from a ...
Pagina 3
... Edin- burgh , but we hear little about the town till the important reign of David 1. Modern criticism declares that Holy- rood owes its name to the portion of the True Cross Edin- burgh bequeathed by St. Margaret to her children , 3.
... Edin- burgh , but we hear little about the town till the important reign of David 1. Modern criticism declares that Holy- rood owes its name to the portion of the True Cross Edin- burgh bequeathed by St. Margaret to her children , 3.
Pagina 8
... town . In Anglo - Saxon days ' Scotland ' originally meant Ireland , but the term gradu- ally was extended so as to include those western parts of what we now call Scotland which were inhabited by the Scots - Argyle , etc. After the ...
... town . In Anglo - Saxon days ' Scotland ' originally meant Ireland , but the term gradu- ally was extended so as to include those western parts of what we now call Scotland which were inhabited by the Scots - Argyle , etc. After the ...
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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.