Transactions of the Glasgow Archaeological Society, Volume 1The Society, 1859 |
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... period , and subse- quently . By Alexander Galloway , Esq . , 399 Sketches of a Glasgow Incorporation in the seventeenth century . By Robert Mitchell , Esq . , 420 Robertson , Esq . , Early Scottish Ballads . By James Hutton Watkins ...
... period , and subse- quently . By Alexander Galloway , Esq . , 399 Sketches of a Glasgow Incorporation in the seventeenth century . By Robert Mitchell , Esq . , 420 Robertson , Esq . , Early Scottish Ballads . By James Hutton Watkins ...
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... period , " after ripe advisements and mature deliberation , " we find that " on 14th May , 1625 , the Council remitted to the Dean of Guild , Deacon Convener , and Master of Works , to provide stones for the new erection , and agree ...
... period , " after ripe advisements and mature deliberation , " we find that " on 14th May , 1625 , the Council remitted to the Dean of Guild , Deacon Convener , and Master of Works , to provide stones for the new erection , and agree ...
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... period of Fourth June ( the birth - day of George III . ) . On its plat , or stair head , the Magistrates appeared in the evening , and " drank the healths , " amid the ringing of bells and the shouts of the assembled crowd . Every ...
... period of Fourth June ( the birth - day of George III . ) . On its plat , or stair head , the Magistrates appeared in the evening , and " drank the healths , " amid the ringing of bells and the shouts of the assembled crowd . Every ...
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... period of 30 years , from 1630 to 1669 , the building account stood in 1658 at 35,862 libs . Scots , or £ 2988 10s . sterling ; and , judging from their extent , it may reasonably be pre- sumed that the Prison Buildings could not likely ...
... period of 30 years , from 1630 to 1669 , the building account stood in 1658 at 35,862 libs . Scots , or £ 2988 10s . sterling ; and , judging from their extent , it may reasonably be pre- sumed that the Prison Buildings could not likely ...
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... periods . Further enlargement and extension were made to the Prison build- ings , by the purchase from Messrs . John ... period of which we are speaking , the Circuit Judges visited Glasgow twice a - year , once every six months . Their ...
... periods . Further enlargement and extension were made to the Prison build- ings , by the purchase from Messrs . John ... period of which we are speaking , the Circuit Judges visited Glasgow twice a - year , once every six months . Their ...
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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.