The History and Traditions of the Land of the Lindsays in Angus and Mearns: With Notices of Alyth and Meigle, Volume 2 |
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The History and Traditions of the Land of the Lindsays in Angus and Mearns ... Andrew Jervise No preview available - 2021 |
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Aberbr Aberdeenshire Aberlemno ancient Angus Arbroath Balnamoon barony bears Bishop Brech Brechin brother burn Careston castle Caterthun century chapel charter church daughter David Lindsay death Dempster Deuchar died district Douglas Dundee Earl of Crawford Earl of Southesk Edinb Edinburgh Edzell Castle eldest Episc erected estates father favour feet fell Fern Fettercairn Finhaven Forfar Forfarshire George Gillies glen Glenesk Guthrie hill Hist Inquis Invermark Invermark Castle James Jervise John Lindsay King Kinnaird kirk known Lady laird lands late Lethnot Lindsay of Edzell Lives Lochlee Lond Lord Panmure Lord Spynie lordship married Maule Menmuir merks minister Montealto Montrose Navar notice Oathlaw Ogilvy parish Peerage perhaps period present proprietor Ragman Rolls residence Robert ruins Scot Scotland Sir Alexander Sir David Sir John Skene stone succeeded Tarfside tenant tradition vols walls wife William
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Page 90 - Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled And still where many a garden flower grows wild, There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The Village Preacher's modest mansion rose! A man he was, to all the country dear, And passing rich with Forty Pounds a year ! Remote from towns, he ran his godly race ; Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change, his place ! Unpractised he, to fawn; or seek for power, By doctrines fashioned to the varying hour!
Page 70 - And ancient towers crown his brow, That cast an awful look below ; Whose ragged walls the ivy creeps, And with her arms from falling keeps : So both a safety from the wind On mutual dependence find.
Page 123 - Dash'd in a cloud of foam, it sends aloft A hoary mist, and forms a ceaseless shower. Nor can the...
Page 268 - Jesus' sake, forbeare To dig the dust enclosed here: Blessed be the man that spares these stones, And curst be he that moves my bones.
Page 254 - Where dost thou deck thy much-disordered hall, While the tired damsel in Elysium sleeps, With early voice to drowsy workman call, Or lull the dame, while mirth his vigils keeps ? 'Twas thus in Caledonia's domes, 'tis said, Thou...
Page 123 - It thundering shoots, and shakes the country round. At first, an azure sheet, it rushes broad ; Then whitening by degrees, as prone it falls, And from the...
Page 125 - Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap, Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, The rude Forefathers of the hamlet sleep.
Page 77 - ... during the latter part of the last century and the beginning of the present.
Page 254 - Hail, from thy wanderings long, my much lov'd sprite! Thou friend, thou lover of the lowly, hail! Tell, in what realms thou sport'st thy merry night, Trail'st the long mop, or whirl'st the mimic flail. Where dost thou deck the much-disordered hall, While the tired damsel in Elysium sleeps, With early voice to drowsy workman call, Or lull the dame, while mirth his vigils keeps?
Page 429 - We express our unfeigned admiration of the ability displayed in this work, and of the spirit of deep piety which pervades it ; and whilst we commend it to the careful...