Kirkwall in the OrkneysW. Peace, 1900 - 490 pages |
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Alexander Andrew Young appointed Baikie of Tankerness Bailie Balfour belonged betwixt Birsay Bishop of Orkney bought Breckness brother Brugh Buchanan built Burray Caithness Captain Castle Castleyards Cathedral charge church Clerk Court Covingtrie Craigie daughter David died Earl of Morton Earl's Palace earldom Edinburgh Egilshay Gairsay George Graham granted haill Halcro Honyman islands James Baikie James Stewart John Jomsburg King Kirk Kirkwall lands letter Lord Magistrates and Council Magnus manse Margaret married merchant merks minister Murray occupied Orcadian ordained Orkney and Zetland Oyce Pabdale parish Parliament Patrick Traill possession pound pounds Scots Presbytery present prison Provost rents Richan Riddoch Robert Rothiesholm Royal Burghs Sabay Scotland Scots Session Shapinsay Sheriff shill Sinclair sold sould Spence Stewart stone Street Stromness Stronsay tenement ther Thomas Tolbooth Town Council tyme wife William Woodwick wyff yard
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Page 464 - tis the draught of a breath From the blossom of health to the paleness of death, From the gilded saloon to the bier and the shroud! Oh ! why should the spirit of mortal be proud ? The Hon.
Page 401 - There is more than honor there ; Else, be sure, I had not brought it From the field of dark despair. Never yet was royal banner Steeped in such a costly dye ; It hath lain upon a bosom Where no other shroud shall lie. Sirs, I charge you keep it holy, Keep it as a sacred thing ! For the stain ye see upon it Was the life-blood of your King...
Page 434 - twould a saint provoke," (Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke ;} " No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face : One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead — And — Betty — give this cheek a little red.
Page 444 - Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God. 44 IT And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God.
Page 16 - Douglas, was served by seventy-five gentlewomen, whereof fiftythree were daughters of noblemen, all clothed in velvet and silks, with their chains of gold, and other ornaments ; and was attended by two hundred riding gentlemen in all her journeys ; and, if it happened to be dark when she went to Edinburgh, where her lodgings were at the foot of the Black Friars...
Page 464 - For we are the same that our fathers have been ; We see the same sights that our fathers have seen, — We drink the same stream, and we feel the same sun, And run the same course that our fathers have run.
Page 57 - I fear not death, since I have fulfilled the greatest duty of life, but I must pray thee not to let my hair be touched by a slave or stained with my blood.
Page 284 - the most unchristian and more than barbarous practice of the Town Guard of Kirkwall, at the time of the Lambas Fair, their keeping guard within the Church ; shooting of guns ; burning great fires on the graves of the dead ; drinking, fiddling, piping, swearing and cursing night and day within the Church...
Page 330 - Stewart was a young man of creditable parents, in the Orkneys; at which place, on the return of the Resolution from the South Seas, in 1780, we received so many civilities that, on that account only, I should gladly have taken him with me; but, independent of this recommendation, he was a seaman, and had always borne a good character.