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" There are burnt, by the easiest computation, between three and four hundred families; the pride of Edinburgh is sunk; from the Cowgate to the High Street, all is burnt, and hardly one stone left upon another. The Commissioner, the President of Parliament,... "
Notices of the Most Remarkable Fires in Edinburgh, from 1385 to 1824 ... - Page 13
by Robert Chambers - 1824 - 74 pages
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Culloden Papers: Comprising an Extensive and Interesting Correspondence from ...

H. R. Duff - Scotland - 1815 - 572 pages
...burne. Ther are burnt, by the easiest computation, betwixt 3 & 400 familys ; all the pryde of Edenr is sunk ; from the Cowgate to the High Street all is burnt, & hardly one stone left upon another. The Commissioner, President of the Parl', Presl of the Session,...
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Men of the Merse, a lect

Archibald Campbell Swinton - 1858 - 108 pages
...are burnt, by the easiest computation, betwixt three and four hundred families. . . . All the pryde of Edinburgh is sunk ; from the Cowgate to the High Street all is burnt, and hardly one stone left upon another; " — adding, with reference to the escape of SirDavid Home, who, it appears, had...
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Domestic Annals of Scotland: From the Revolution to the Rebellion of 1745

Robert Chambers - Scotland - 1861 - 660 pages
...so thick.' i 'There are burnt, by the easiest computation, between three and four hundred families ; the pride of Edinburgh is sunk ; from the Cowgate...the High Street, all is burnt, and hardly one stone left upon another. The Commissioner, the President of Parliament, the President of the Court of Session...
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The Journal of Jurisprudence, Volume 6

Law - 1862 - 720 pages
...burne. ' Ther are burnt, by the easiest computation, betwixt 3 and 400 familys : all the pryde of Edeur. is sunk ; from the Cowgate to the High Street all is burnt, and hardly one stone left upon another. The Commissioner, President of the Parliament, President of the Session, the Bank,...
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Domestic Annals of Scotland: From the Reformation to the Revolution, Volume 3

Robert Chambers - Scotland - 1874 - 658 pages
...so thick.'* ' There are burnt, by the easiest computation, between three and four hundred families; the pride of Edinburgh is sunk; from the Cowgate to...the High Street, all is burnt, and hardly one stone left upon another. The Commissioner, the President of Parliament, the President of the Court of Session...
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Domestic Annals of Scotland: From the Reformation to the Rebellion of 1745

Robert Chambers - Scotland - 1885 - 426 pages
...so thick.' ' There are burnt, by the easiest computation, between three and four hundred families ; the pride of Edinburgh is sunk ; from the Cowgate...the High Street, all is burnt, and hardly one stone left upon another. The Commissioner, the President of Parliament, the President of the Court of Session...
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The One Pound Note in the History of Banking in Great Britain

William Graham - Bank notes - 1911 - 468 pages
...fire, Forbes of Culloden says: "Ther are burnt, betwixt 3 and 400 familys ; all the pryde of Eden r is sunk ; from the Cowgate to the High Street all is burnt, and hardly one stone left upon another. The Commissioner, President of the Parl* President of the Session, the Bank, most...
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