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... century it was little more than 7,000 ; it is now double that amount . The Nith is the chief river of the County . Coming from its cradle among the mountains east of Dalmellington , in Ayrshire , it describes a south - westerly course ...
... century it was little more than 7,000 ; it is now double that amount . The Nith is the chief river of the County . Coming from its cradle among the mountains east of Dalmellington , in Ayrshire , it describes a south - westerly course ...
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... century ; and it may be fairly inferred that it had its origin at a period much more remote - though we fear those writers who hold that it flourished as a place of distinction during the Roman occupation of North Britain , would experi ...
... century ; and it may be fairly inferred that it had its origin at a period much more remote - though we fear those writers who hold that it flourished as a place of distinction during the Roman occupation of North Britain , would experi ...
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... century , became the virtual founder of the Burgh ; * but Ninian , so far as is known , did not originate any monastic establishments in Nithsdale or elsewhere , and was simply a missionary or evangelist on a great scale . In the list ...
... century , became the virtual founder of the Burgh ; * but Ninian , so far as is known , did not originate any monastic establishments in Nithsdale or elsewhere , and was simply a missionary or evangelist on a great scale . In the list ...
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... century of the Christian era , and remained for ages afterwards the chief occupiers of the soil . Five of them , including the Selgovæ , subdued by the arms and civilized by the arts of Rome , occupied the extensive range of country ...
... century of the Christian era , and remained for ages afterwards the chief occupiers of the soil . Five of them , including the Selgovæ , subdued by the arms and civilized by the arts of Rome , occupied the extensive range of country ...
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... century , and to have partially colonized Dumfriesshire , or , as Chalmers says , to have scattered over it " a very thin settlement . " * A century later , however , we find members of their royal family intermarrying with those of the ...
... century , and to have partially colonized Dumfriesshire , or , as Chalmers says , to have scattered over it " a very thin settlement . " * A century later , however , we find members of their royal family intermarrying with those of the ...
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Page 804 - For a thousand years in Thy sight Are but as yesterday when it is past, And as a watch in the night. Thou carriest them away as with a flood ; they are as a sleep : In the morning they are like grass which groweth up. In the morning it flourisheth, and...
Page 705 - Their tinsel show, and a' that : The honest man, though e'er sae poor, Is king o' men for a' that. Ye see yon birkie, ca'da lord, Wha struts, and stares, and a' that ; Though hundreds worship at his word, He's but a coof for a' that : For a' that, and a' that, His riband, star, and a' that, The man of independent mind, He looks and laughs at a
Page 769 - ... naebody but the laird, Dougal MacCallum, and the major, a thing that hadna chanced to him before. Sir Robert sat, or, I should say, lay, in a great armed chair, wi' his grand velvet gown, and his feet on a cradle ; for he had baith gout and gravel, and his face looked as gash and ghastly as Satan's. Major Weir sat opposite to him, in a red laced coat, and the laird's wig on his head ; and ay as Sir Robert girned wi' pain, the jackanape girned too, like a sheep's-head between a pair of tangs —...
Page 716 - O, WERT thou in the cauld blast, On yonder lea, on yonder lea, My plaidie to the angry airt, I'd shelter thee, I'd shelter thee. Or did misfortune's bitter storms Around thee blaw, around thee blaw, Thy bield should be my bosom, To share it a', to share it a'.
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Page 56 - Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass, in your purses, nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves : for the workman is worthy of his meat.
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Page 161 - With massive arches broad and round, That rose alternate, row and row, On ponderous columns, short and low, Built ere the art was known, By pointed aisle, and shafted stalk, The arcades of an alley'd walk To emulate in stone. On the deep walls, the heathen Dane Had pour'd his impious rage in vain ; And needful was such strength to these, Exposed to the tempestuous seas, Scourged by the winds...
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Page 562 - Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end, thus saith the Lord God ; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high. I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him.