The Scottish Nation: Or The Surnames, Families, Literature, Honours, and Biographical History of the People of Scotland, Band 31863 |
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... queen gifted his lands to Huntly at Stirling . On the After this he again submitted to the earl , and a second time gave him his bond of service and ' manrent ' in 1522. He died in 1529 , and was succeeded by his brother , Donald . dier ...
... queen gifted his lands to Huntly at Stirling . On the After this he again submitted to the earl , and a second time gave him his bond of service and ' manrent ' in 1522. He died in 1529 , and was succeeded by his brother , Donald . dier ...
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... Queen Mary , with whom sue remained for some years as a maid of honour . In the Collectanea de rebus Albanicis , ( p . 143 ) is the act of privy council which bears that he had delivered up the said heiress to the queen . It is dated ...
... Queen Mary , with whom sue remained for some years as a maid of honour . In the Collectanea de rebus Albanicis , ( p . 143 ) is the act of privy council which bears that he had delivered up the said heiress to the queen . It is dated ...
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... Queen Anne , and sat in the first British parliament . He died in 1729. His eldest son , Sir George , third baronet , was M.P. for the county of Cromarty . Be- coming a bankrupt , his estate of Cromarty was sold in 1741 to William ...
... Queen Anne , and sat in the first British parliament . He died in 1729. His eldest son , Sir George , third baronet , was M.P. for the county of Cromarty . Be- coming a bankrupt , his estate of Cromarty was sold in 1741 to William ...
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... Queen Mary , then at the castle of Dunbar , granted , on 28th April , 1567 , a commission of lieutenandry to the earl of Argyle against him and his clan . ( Analecta Scotica , p . 393. ) Lachlan Maclean of Dowart , called Lachlan Mor ...
... Queen Mary , then at the castle of Dunbar , granted , on 28th April , 1567 , a commission of lieutenandry to the earl of Argyle against him and his clan . ( Analecta Scotica , p . 393. ) Lachlan Maclean of Dowart , called Lachlan Mor ...
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... Queen Mary's maids of hon- excesse in drinking of wyne , commonlie usit among the com- our , and the earl of Argyle , having ultimately become her monis and tenantis of the Yllis , is not only ane occasioun of guardian , she was given ...
... Queen Mary's maids of hon- excesse in drinking of wyne , commonlie usit among the com- our , and the earl of Argyle , having ultimately become her monis and tenantis of the Yllis , is not only ane occasioun of guardian , she was given ...
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Seite 189 - The Lord bless you, and keep you. The Lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious unto you. The Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace, both now and evermore.
Seite 317 - DEGENERATE Douglas ! oh, the unworthy Lord ! Whom mere despite of heart could so far please, And love of havoc, (for with such disease Fame taxes him,) that he could send forth word To level with the dust a noble horde, A brotherhood of venerable trees, Leaving an ancient dome, and towers like these, Beggared and outraged...
Seite 317 - Many hearts deplored The fate of those old Trees ; and oft with pain The Traveller, at this day, will stop and gaze On wrongs, which Nature scarcely seems to heed : For sheltered places, bosoms, nooks, and bays, And the pure mountains, and the gentle Tweed, And the green silent pastures, yet remain.
Seite 44 - Cameron, with orders, if she brought a boy, to destroy him, if a girl, to spare her. Maclonich's wife, who was with child likewise, had a girl about the same time at which Lady Maclean brought a boy ; and Maclonich, with more generosity to his captive than fidelity to his trust, contrived that the children should be changed. Maclean, being thus preserved from death, in time recovered his original patrimony ; and in gratitude to his friend, made his castle a place of refuge to any of the clan that...
Seite 143 - Commonwealth, and there is Christ Jesus, the Head of the Church, whose subject King James VI. is, and of whose kingdom he is not a head, nor a lord, but a member; and they whom Christ hath called, and commanded to watch over His Church, and govern His spiritual kingdom, have sufficient authority and power from Him so to do, which no Christian king nor prince should control or discharge, but assist and support, otherwise they are not faithful subjects to Christ.
Seite 198 - It is as well as it is. I had rather it should go out of the field with me ;" and in that manner, so becoming to a soldier, Moore was borne from the fight.
Seite 324 - The Evergreen. Being a Collection of Scots Poems, Wrote by the Ingenious before 1600.
Seite 335 - An Essay on Quantity, occasioned by reading a Treatise, in which Simple and Compound Ratios are applied to Virtue and Merit...
Seite 225 - ... waste) the country for many miles round; and that he was at length slain by Buccleuch, or some of his clan, at a little mount, covered with fir-trees, adjoining to Newark castle, and said to have been a part of the garden. A varying tradition bears the place of his death to have been near to the house of the Duke of Buccleuch's game-keeper, beneath the castle ; and that the fatal arrow was shot by Scott of Haining, from the ruins of a cottage on the opposite side of the Yarrow.
Seite 44 - Wherever we roved, we were pleased to see the reverence with which his subjects regarded him. He did not endeavour to dazzle them by any magnificence of dress : his only distinction was a feather in his bonnet ; but as soon as he appeared, they forsook their work and clustered about him : he took them by the hand, and they seemed mutually delighted.