Transactions of the Glasgow Archaeological Society, Volume 1The Society, 1859 |
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... town to town , and for the bettering of lands all the way it runs ; with many more advantageous , and yet greater effects of profit , admiration , and consequence ; so that , deservedly , I deem this inven- tion to crown my labours ...
... town to town , and for the bettering of lands all the way it runs ; with many more advantageous , and yet greater effects of profit , admiration , and consequence ; so that , deservedly , I deem this inven- tion to crown my labours ...
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... 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 doubt that it occupied the.
... 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 doubt that it occupied the.
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... Town's Treasurer , as , " for ane plank of aik ( oak ) , to be ane breid ( board ) to the Tolbuithe dur " ( door ) , with its concomitants , " plenchor naillis , irne ringis , cruikis , great naillis , ane ladder to gang up to the bell ...
... Town's Treasurer , as , " for ane plank of aik ( oak ) , to be ane breid ( board ) to the Tolbuithe dur " ( door ) , with its concomitants , " plenchor naillis , irne ringis , cruikis , great naillis , ane ladder to gang up to the bell ...
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... town halls , and is without exception the paragon of beauty in the west , whose compeer is nowhere to be found in the north , should you rally the rarities of all the corporations in Scotland . " Defoe , in his Tour in 1727 , expresses ...
... town halls , and is without exception the paragon of beauty in the west , whose compeer is nowhere to be found in the north , should you rally the rarities of all the corporations in Scotland . " Defoe , in his Tour in 1727 , expresses ...
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... Town Council and their clerk sits . The first story of this great building consists of six rooms , two whereof are for the Magistrates ' use , one for the Dean of Gild's court , and another for the collector of the town's excise . These ...
... Town Council and their clerk sits . The first story of this great building consists of six rooms , two whereof are for the Magistrates ' use , one for the Dean of Gild's court , and another for the collector of the town's excise . These ...
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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.