Miscellanea Scotica: I. Life of Archbishop Sharp. Donald Munro's ... Description of the Western Isles. II. Martin's Voyage to St. Kilda. Buchanan's Chamæleon. III. Account of the murthoure of King James I. of Scotland. Supplement to the feuds and conflicts of the clans. Buchan's Description of St. Kildasold, 1818 - Scotland |
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... stones , where probably its bones may yet be found . But now this wretch triumphs in what he hath done , applauding his own art and good success , in thinking , that the security he had before this of her secrecy depended upon his own ...
... stones , where probably its bones may yet be found . But now this wretch triumphs in what he hath done , applauding his own art and good success , in thinking , that the security he had before this of her secrecy depended upon his own ...
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... stones thereof ; so that the craig , with the high and strong walls that he has now built about it , shall not be able to hold it . And now the man that not long since rode up to London with his cloak - bag behind him , is now to be ...
... stones thereof ; so that the craig , with the high and strong walls that he has now built about it , shall not be able to hold it . And now the man that not long since rode up to London with his cloak - bag behind him , is now to be ...
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... stone , the short couples upon whose sides joining at the ends of the roof , small ribs of wood are laid , and these covered with straw ; the whole secured by ropes made of twisted heath , the extremity of which on each side is 10 A ...
... stone , the short couples upon whose sides joining at the ends of the roof , small ribs of wood are laid , and these covered with straw ; the whole secured by ropes made of twisted heath , the extremity of which on each side is 10 A ...
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heath , the extremity of which on each side is poised with stone to preserve the thatch from being blown away . This little village is seated in a valley sur- rounded with four mountains , serving as ramparts of defence , and are so ...
heath , the extremity of which on each side is poised with stone to preserve the thatch from being blown away . This little village is seated in a valley sur- rounded with four mountains , serving as ramparts of defence , and are so ...
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... stones ; there's no landing upon this place with safety , which the Steward has learned to his cost . There is a little bay upon the west side of this isle , all faced with an iron - coloured rock ; some vessels take shelter here , when ...
... stones ; there's no landing upon this place with safety , which the Steward has learned to his cost . There is a little bay upon the west side of this isle , all faced with an iron - coloured rock ; some vessels take shelter here , when ...
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afore Andrews betwixt bishop boat brethren Briew called callit castle Cathnes church Church of Scotland Clandonald clepid Colmkill corne countrey Covenant Craile deth Earle eggs Erishe Erll fowls Fulmar Gigay grete guid for fishing haffe myle haid hath impostor inhabit and manurit island isle isle of Harries iyle iyle layes James Sharp Kilda king Kingis Kintaill Kyng laiche land Laxay Lewes Lewis Lord Lordis lyes lyes ane ile Majesty maney minister myght myle braid myle lange myle of sea namit Narrest nest Niell nixt northeist Pabay pairt parchement paroche kirke perteining to M'Cloyd Prelacy prelatic Presbytery Quene Quenis quher quhilk rock Rorie M'Leod says Scalpay Scotland Sharp sheep shuld Sir Robert Grame Solan geese sone sould steward stone thair thare thay therein thereof thing thir thought Torq Torquill traitours twa myle tyme unto uther water loche western isles ynto
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Page 82 - But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled...
Page i - For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass : for he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
Page 107 - Because thou hast let go out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore thy life shall God's judgment against Ahab go for his Ufe, and thy people for his people.
Page 28 - Pendants seemed to him the most ridiculous of all things; he condemned periwigs mightily, and much more the powder used in them; in fine, he condemned all things as superfluous he saw not in his own country. He looked with amazement on every thing that was new to him.
Page 10 - I remember the allowance for each man PER DIEM, beside a barley cake, was eighteen of the eggs laid by the fowl called by them Lavy, and a greater number of the lesser eggs, as they differed in proportion ; the largest of these eggs is near in bigness to that of a Goose, the rest of the eggs gradually of a lesser size. We had the curiosity after three weeks...
Page 27 - ... that such big houses of stone were made with hands; and for the pavements of the streets, he thought it must needs be altogether natural, for he could not believe that men would be at the pains to beat stones into the ground to walk upon. He stood dumb at the door of his lodging with the greatest admiration; and when he saw a coach and two horses, he thought it to be a little house they were drawing at their tail, with men in it; but he condemned the coachman for a fool to sit so uneasy, for...
Page 115 - Erishe is alsmeikle as to say in English the bay Castle. In this ile ther is twa paroche kirks, that ane southe callit the kirk of Bride, the uther northe in the Borrowstone of Buitt, with twa chappells, ane of them above the towne of Buitt, the uther under the forsaid castle of Kames. On the north and northwest of this ile, be half myle of sea, lyes the coast of Ergyle ; on the east syde of it the coast of Cuninghame, be six myle of sea.
Page 141 - ... his back, is als black as jett, with fines like to a salmont. Into this north heid of Ywst ther is sundrie covis and holes in the earth, coverit with heddir above, quhilk fosters maney rebellis in the countrey of the north heid of Ywst.
Page 127 - Within this ile of Colmkill, there is ane sanctuary also, or kirkzaird, callit in Erische Religoran, quhilk is a very fair kirkzaird, and weill biggit about with staine and lyme. Into this sanctuary ther is three tombes of staine, formit like little chapels, with ane braid gray marble or quhin staine in the gavill of ilk ane of the tombes.
Page 26 - ... the Kyng withall, was his hand all upon heghe nalid fast to that tree, and so was he had thorough oute the towne. That edoone the hangmane was commandid, with that same knyfe, to kut of that hand from the arme. After that he was nalid nakynd, as he was first borne of his modir, drawen thurghe the towne withowte coerture of any parte of his body, as nature brought hym forth from his modirs wombe, and yn the same wise ladd thorgh all the stretes of that towne ; and the tourmentours on every side...