Transactions of the Glasgow Archaeological Society, Volume 1The Society, 1859 |
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... Lord Lyon , King of arms . By Sheriff Strathern , Memorandum as to objects found in a small tumulus on the lands of Blochairn , Baldernock parish , opened August 4 , 1859. By Alexander Galloway , Esq . , . 206 On the remains of a ...
... Lord Lyon , King of arms . By Sheriff Strathern , Memorandum as to objects found in a small tumulus on the lands of Blochairn , Baldernock parish , opened August 4 , 1859. By Alexander Galloway , Esq . , . 206 On the remains of a ...
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... Lord , Robert Lord Boyde , prouest ; George Elphinstoun , Archibald Lyoun , and James Flemyng , bailies of ye samyn ; " so that it may be presumed to have contained a Court House or Council Room , and with sufficient accommodation for ...
... Lord , Robert Lord Boyde , prouest ; George Elphinstoun , Archibald Lyoun , and James Flemyng , bailies of ye samyn ; " so that it may be presumed to have contained a Court House or Council Room , and with sufficient accommodation for ...
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... Lord Justice - General . It is impossible , " says he , " to view this picture without being struck with its beauty . The figure almost starts from the canvas , from the able distribution and management of the light and shade , and 18.
... Lord Justice - General . It is impossible , " says he , " to view this picture without being struck with its beauty . The figure almost starts from the canvas , from the able distribution and management of the light and shade , and 18.
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... Lord was in appearance , with life or death in his hand , and who had come upon the errand of dispensing justice . During the trials , groups of onlookers in High Street , in view of the Justiciary Court Hall , were busy discussing ...
... Lord was in appearance , with life or death in his hand , and who had come upon the errand of dispensing justice . During the trials , groups of onlookers in High Street , in view of the Justiciary Court Hall , were busy discussing ...
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... Lords of Justiciary , six weeks elapsed till his execution . During this period much interest and pious earnestness were felt for him generally among the citizens - for whether or not deserving his un- happy fate , he was always an ...
... Lords of Justiciary , six weeks elapsed till his execution . During this period much interest and pious earnestness were felt for him generally among the citizens - for whether or not deserving his un- happy fate , he was always an ...
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Page 450 - 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 217 - 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 446 - 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 6 - 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 6 - 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 449 - 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 449 - 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 6 - 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 222 - 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 9 - ... 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.