The Braemar Highlands; Their Tales, Traditions, and HistoryW.P. Nimmo, 1869 - 343 pagina's |
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Pagina vi
... M ' Hardy - Stewart , CHAPTER IV . Origins continued . M'Gregor - M'Donald - M'Intosh - Cum- ming , etc. - Destruction of Kindroket Castle , 77 888 94 108 68 Contents . CHAPTER V. vii The Earls of Mar , vi Contents .
... M ' Hardy - Stewart , CHAPTER IV . Origins continued . M'Gregor - M'Donald - M'Intosh - Cum- ming , etc. - Destruction of Kindroket Castle , 77 888 94 108 68 Contents . CHAPTER V. vii The Earls of Mar , vi Contents .
Pagina vii
... - John Far- quharson , or the Black Colonel - Baron of Braichley , CHAPTER VI . Black Colonel continued - Miss Grant of Tullochgorum - The M'Kenzies of Dalmore , etc. , 193 204 Part the Fourth . REBELLIONS OF " 15 ' AND.
... - John Far- quharson , or the Black Colonel - Baron of Braichley , CHAPTER VI . Black Colonel continued - Miss Grant of Tullochgorum - The M'Kenzies of Dalmore , etc. , 193 204 Part the Fourth . REBELLIONS OF " 15 ' AND.
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... continued . observation that their natural classification into groups is recognised . However , therefore , local and merely arbitrary arrangements in Braemar may have altered , its mountains now , as in former days , resolve them ...
... continued . observation that their natural classification into groups is recognised . However , therefore , local and merely arbitrary arrangements in Braemar may have altered , its mountains now , as in former days , resolve them ...
Pagina 32
... continued , he was not discovered until the third day . At length one man had his attention providentially directed to the spot where the sufferer stood , and he was speedily rescued . It is said his first act was to kneel down and give ...
... continued , he was not discovered until the third day . At length one man had his attention providentially directed to the spot where the sufferer stood , and he was speedily rescued . It is said his first act was to kneel down and give ...
Pagina 33
... continued so long , that , when May had come , not a plough had been got into the ground . Famine was feared ; and the people , in great distress , repaired to the priest , beseeching him to pray for a thaw . People and priest then ...
... continued so long , that , when May had come , not a plough had been got into the ground . Famine was feared ; and the people , in great distress , repaired to the priest , beseeching him to pray for a thaw . People and priest then ...
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Pagina 228 - Then after we had stayed there three hours or thereabouts, we might perceive the deer appear on the hills round about us (their heads making a show like a wood), which being followed close by the...
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