Transactions of the Glasgow Archaeological Society, Volume 1The Society, 1859 |
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... east corner of the market , in a north - east direction . The nature of much of our conversation was not of an antiquarian cast , and may be passed over . But I will take the liberty to lay before you the following : - When speaking of ...
... east corner of the market , in a north - east direction . The nature of much of our conversation was not of an antiquarian cast , and may be passed over . But I will take the liberty to lay before you the following : - When speaking of ...
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... east corner of the Trongate a building named the " Prætorium , " which seems to have included within its walls a town hall or court - house , and prison . Though not farther mentioned by our historians , I the " 1 think there can be no ...
... east corner of the Trongate a building named the " Prætorium , " which seems to have included within its walls a town hall or court - house , and prison . Though not farther mentioned by our historians , I the " 1 think there can be no ...
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... east to west sixty - six foot , and from the south to the north twenty - four foot eight inches ; it hath a stately staircase ascending to the justice - court hall , within which is the entry of a large turnpike or staircase ascending ...
... east to west sixty - six foot , and from the south to the north twenty - four foot eight inches ; it hath a stately staircase ascending to the justice - court hall , within which is the entry of a large turnpike or staircase ascending ...
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... east to west , and from south to north twenty - four foot , and the turnpike upon the east end . In this great building are five large rooms appointed for common prisoners ; the steeple on the east end thereof being one hundred and ...
... east to west , and from south to north twenty - four foot , and the turnpike upon the east end . In this great building are five large rooms appointed for common prisoners ; the steeple on the east end thereof being one hundred and ...
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... east of the prison is situated a square spire , 126 feet in height , having its roof something in the form of an imperial crown , with arches open Within the principal door of the prison is a large square lobby , with many columns ...
... east of the prison is situated a square spire , 126 feet in height , having its roof something in the form of an imperial crown , with arches open Within the principal door of the prison is a large square lobby , with many columns ...
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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
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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.