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... King James VI . , King Charles I. and II . , King James VII . , King William and Queen Mary , Queen Anne , King George I. and II . , all in full length , and a fine large oval table where the Magistrates and Town Council and their clerk ...
... King James VI . , King Charles I. and II . , King James VII . , King William and Queen Mary , Queen Anne , King George I. and II . , all in full length , and a fine large oval table where the Magistrates and Town Council and their clerk ...
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... King James , dated 30th November , 1559. A gift to them , under the Privy Seal in 1599 , was ratified by Parliament ... king's troops at the time of the battle of Langside , there can be no doubt . But there is in Dr. Cleland's Annals of ...
... King James , dated 30th November , 1559. A gift to them , under the Privy Seal in 1599 , was ratified by Parliament ... king's troops at the time of the battle of Langside , there can be no doubt . But there is in Dr. Cleland's Annals of ...
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... King William , and also one of the Commissioners of the Treasury . Doubtless , with the view of aiding the cause of the King , his royal Master , he had collected a body of men , under the designation of the Earl of Eglinton's Troop of ...
... King William , and also one of the Commissioners of the Treasury . Doubtless , with the view of aiding the cause of the King , his royal Master , he had collected a body of men , under the designation of the Earl of Eglinton's Troop of ...
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... King's Warehouse was within a hundred yards of the office and fronting the street , it was broken open on the 9th April , 1761 , about mid - day , and several casks of spirits and some tea carried off . In 1765 the Custom - house and King's ...
... King's Warehouse was within a hundred yards of the office and fronting the street , it was broken open on the 9th April , 1761 , about mid - day , and several casks of spirits and some tea carried off . In 1765 the Custom - house and King's ...
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... King George III . , in council dated 18th February , 1795 , with the exception of those employed in river or canal navi- gation , and colliers , or any vessel laden with grain to be carried coastwise ; and so strict was it observed ...
... King George III . , in council dated 18th February , 1795 , with the exception of those employed in river or canal navi- gation , and colliers , or any vessel laden with grain to be carried coastwise ; and so strict was it observed ...
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Page 454 - Cum sailing to the land. O lang, lang may the ladies stand, Wi thair gold kems in their hair, Waiting for thair ain deir lords, For they'll se thame na mair.
Page 221 - Ocean, the first thing which strikes us is, that, the north-east and south-east monsoons, which are found the one on the north and the other on...
Page 450 - And they twa met, and they twa plat, And fain they wad be near; And a' the warld might ken right weel, They were twa lovers dear.
Page 10 - I must get quit of the condensed steam and injection water, if I used a jet as in Newcomen's engine. Two ways of doing this occurred to me. First the water might be run off by a descending pipe, if an...
Page 10 - I was thinking upon the engine at the time and had gone as far as the Herd's house when the idea came into my mind, that as steam was an elastic body it would rush into a vacuum, and if a communication was made between the cylinder and an exhausted vessel, it would rush into it, and might be there condensed without cooling the cylinder.
Page 453 - Wi' the auld moon in her arm; And if we gang to sea, master, I fear we'll come to harm." They hadna sailed a league, a league, A league but barely three, When the lift grew dark, and the wind blew loud, And gurly grew the sea. The ankers brak, and the topmasts lap, It was sic a deadly storm; And the waves cam o'er the broken ship, Till a
Page 453 - Now, ever alake ! my master dear, I fear a deadly storm ! " I saw the new moon, late yestreen, Wi' the auld moon in her arm ; And if we gang to sea, master, I fear we'll come to harm.
Page 10 - Street, and had passed the old washing-house. I was thinking upon the engine at the time, and had gone as far as the herd's house, when the idea came into my mind that as steam was an elastic body it would rush into a vacuum, and if a communication...
Page 226 - He was a man of middle age ; In aspect manly, grave, and sage, As on King's errand come ; But in the glances of his eye, A. penetrating, keen, and sly Expression found its home ; The flash of that satiric rage, Which, bursting on the early stage, Branded the vices of the age, And broke the keys of Rome.
Page 13 - ... the next room ; and with so great ease and geometrical symmetry, that, though it work day and night, from one end of the year to the other, it will not require forty shillings reparation to the whole engine, nor hinder one day's work.