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Common terms and phrasesAberdeen Aberdeenshire afterwards Alexander Andrew appear Argyle arms army bailies bishops Borrowstounness brought burgh called carried Castle cause Charles church cloth colonel confession court Covenant Covenanters Cupar devil Duke Duke of York Earl Earl of Argyle Earl of Nithsdale Edinburgh Edinburgh Castle England English Estates excommunication favour Fountainhall Frendraught friends gentlemen George give Glasgow Gordon Haddington haill Hamilton hands heard Highlands honour horse hundred Huntly John king king's kingdom kirk lady Laird land Leith London Lord magistrates majesty's Marquis Marquis of Huntly matter merchant merks minister Montrose night occasion offence papists parish parliament party Patrick persons Perth petition poor pounds Scots Presbyterian prison Privy Council proceeded Robert says Scotland Scots Scottish sent servants shew Sir James Spal sterling suffered Sunday sword taken Thomas Tolbooth took town whilk William witchcraft witches woman women young Popular passagesPage 491 - And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, And the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: And all their host shall fall down, As the leaf falleth off from the vine, And as a falling fig from the fig tree. For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: Behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, And upon the people of my curse, to judgment. Page 295 - I am determined to know nothing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified. Page 368 - Middleton (since lord) went into the Highlands of Scotland to endeavour to make a party for King Charles I. An old gentleman, that was second-sighted, came and told him that his endeavour was good, but he would be unsuccessful; and, moreover, that they would put the king to death ; and that several other attempts would be made, but all in vain ; but that his son would come in, but not reign in a long time ; but would at last be restored. Page 48 - Sutherland, and near cousin to the marquis, busked in a •white plaid, and riding on a small nag, having a boy leading her horse, without any more in her company, in this pitiful manner she came weeping and mourning to the Bog, desiring entry to speak with my lord, but this was refused, so she returned back to her own house the same gate she came, comfortless. Page 197 - Not on the cross my eyes were fixed, but you: Not grace, or zeal, love only was my call; And if I lose thy love, I lose my all. Come! with thy looks, thy words, relieve my woe; Those still at least are left thee to bestow. Page 252 - Scotch and English. The Gordons are gone; the Douglases little better; Eglintoun and Glencairn on the brink of breaking. Many of our chief families' states are cracking ; nor is there any appearance of any human relief for the time. Page 469 - There was also difficulty of getting victuals to carry him without the servants suspecting; the only way it was done, was by stealing it off her plate at dinner into her lap; many a diverting story she has told about tbi% VOL. Page 176 - The southwest counties of Scotland have seldom corn enough to serve them round the year; and the northern parts producing more than they need, those in the west come in the Summer to buy at Leith the stores that come from the north; and from a word, whiggam, used in driving their horses, all that drove were called the whiggamors, and shorter the whiggs. Page 470 - She and the same man worked in the night, making a hole in the earth, after lifting the boards; which they did by scratching it up with their hands, not to make any noise, till she left not a nail upon her fingers; she helping the man to carry the earth, as they dug it, in a sheet on his back, out at the window into the garden. He then made a box at his own house, large enough for her father to lie in, with bed and bed-clothes, and bored holes in the boards for air. Page 117 - And the truth is, there was so little curiosity either in the court, or the country, to know any thing of Scotland, or what was done there, that when the whole nation was solicitous to know what passed weekly in Germany and Poland, and all other parts of Europe, no man ever inquired what was doing in Scotland, nor had that kingdom a place or mention in one page of any gazette... References to this bookFrom Google ScholarThe history and ethnobotany of brackenL RYMER - 1976 - Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society Historical seismicity of the Strait of Dover-Pas de CalaisCP Melville, A Levret, P Alexandre, J Lambert, J Vogt - 1996 - Terra Nova References from web pagesSeventh Son: Information and Much More from Answers.com Special and Named Printed Collections in the National Library of ... Chambers Robert: Domestic Annals Of Scotland | ISBN: 9781428630963 ... Bibliographic information
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