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... says Robert Chambers , looking down . " with its innumerable windows upon the plain , like a great presiding idol " * - the embodied genius of feudalism . One of the barrier ridges northward is pierced by the narrow gloomy pass of ...
... says Robert Chambers , looking down . " with its innumerable windows upon the plain , like a great presiding idol " * - the embodied genius of feudalism . One of the barrier ridges northward is pierced by the narrow gloomy pass of ...
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... 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 Scottish monarch - a proof that the Selgovæ and their kinsmen were still a ...
... 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 Scottish monarch - a proof that the Selgovæ and their kinsmen were still a ...
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... says : " We do not know them in the fountain , but in the stream ; not in the root , but in the stem for we know not who was the first mean man that did raise himself above the vulgar . " William of Dufglass , the first of the name on ...
... says : " We do not know them in the fountain , but in the stream ; not in the root , but in the stem for we know not who was the first mean man that did raise himself above the vulgar . " William of Dufglass , the first of the name on ...
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... says of Duncan , the founder of the Torthorwald branch : " Kyrkpatrick , that cruel was and keyne , In Esdaill wod that zer he had been ; With Inglishmen he ' couth noch weill accord , Of Torthorwald he baron was and lord , Of kyn he ...
... says of Duncan , the founder of the Torthorwald branch : " Kyrkpatrick , that cruel was and keyne , In Esdaill wod that zer he had been ; With Inglishmen he ' couth noch weill accord , Of Torthorwald he baron was and lord , Of kyn he ...
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... says Chalmers , derived its name from the village ; and the hamlet , from its having become , in Scoto - Saxon times , the tun , or dwelling , of some person who was distinguished by the name of John . This place afterwards gave the ...
... says Chalmers , derived its name from the village ; and the hamlet , from its having become , in Scoto - Saxon times , the tun , or dwelling , of some person who was distinguished by the name of John . This place afterwards gave the ...
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afterwards Alexander Annandale arms army Bailie Baliol barons battle became brother Bruce burgesses Burgh Canonby Carlaverock Carlaverock Castle Carlisle Castle of Dumfries century charter chief Church Closeburn Comyn Corsane Court Covenanters Crown Dalswinton daughter deacons death district Douglas Drumlanrig Duke Dumfries Dumfriesshire Earl Earl of Nithsdale Edinburgh Edward enemy England English erected Eskdale estates favour force fortress Galloway granted held honour hundred inhabitants Irving Johnstone King James King's Kirkcudbright Kirkpatrick Laird land latter Lincluden Lochmaben Lord Herries Lord Maxwell Lord of Galloway magistrates Majesty Marches married merchant merks miles minister monarch night Nith Nithsdale occupied parish Parliament party period Presbytery prisoners Privy proceeded Provost Queen rebels received Regent reign Robert Robert Maxwell royal Royal Burghs Sanquhar says Scotland Scots Scottish Sir James Sir John Solway soon sterling Stewart Terregles Thomas Torthorwald Town Council Wallace whilst William William the Lion
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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.