Lives of the Lindsays: Or, A Memoir of the Houses of Crawford and Balcarres, Band 1J. Murray, 1849 - 489 Seiten |
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Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Acts Parl afterwards ancestor ancient Andrews Angus appears arms Baliol barons battle Bishop Boethius Brechin brother Byres castle Celtic century Chart charter Chron Chronicle church Craigie Crown Cumyn daughter David de Lindsay death descendants Duke Dundee Earl David Earl of Crawford Earl of Douglas Earldom Earldom of Crawford Edward Edzell eldest England English estates father feudal Fife Finhaven Froissart Glenesk granted Haigh Muniment-room heir heiress held Henry hereditary Hist honour horse Huntley Ibid Inverquharitie John Lindsay Joseph Robertson Justiciary King King's knight Lady Lamberton lands Limesay Lord Lindsay Lyndesay Lyndyssay marriage married Montrose Newbattle nobles Norman Ogilvie parliament Patrick Pitscottie Prince race reign Robert II Robertson's Index Saxon says Scotichronicon Scotland Scots Scottish seal Sir Archibald Douglas Sir David Lindsay Sir James Lindsay Sir John Sir Walter Sir William sovereign squire Stirling supra Tytler whilk wife William de Lindsay witnesses
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Seite xv - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.
Seite 394 - Tis not because the ring they ride, And Lindesay at the ring rides well, But that my sire the wine will chide If 'tis not fill'd by Rosabelle.
Seite 249 - He was a man of middle age ; In aspect manly, grave, and sage, As on king's errand come ; But in the glances of his eye, A penetrating, keen, and sly Expression found its home...
Seite 12 - But their chief fame was derived from their military exploits. Every country, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Dead Sea, witnessed the prodigies of their discipline and valour. One Norman knight, at the head of a handful of warriors, scattered the Celts of Connaught. Another founded the monarchy of the Two Sicilies, and saw the emperors both of the East and of the West fly before his arms. A third, the Ulysses of the first crusade, was invested by his...
Seite 11 - ... than for their intoxicating power. That chivalrous spirit which has exercised so powerful an influence on the politics, morals, and manners of all the European nations, was found in the highest exaltation among the Norman nobles. Those nobles were distinguished by their graceful bearing and insinuating address. They were distinguished also by their skill in negotiation, and by a natural eloquence which they assiduously cultivated.
Seite iii - With tears of thoughtful gratitude. My thoughts are with the Dead ; with them I live in long-past years, Their virtues love, their faults condemn, Partake their hopes and fears, And from their lessons seek and find Instruction with an humble mind.
Seite 11 - Without laying aside that dauntless valour which had been the terror of every land from the Elbe to the Pyrenees, the Normans rapidly acquired all, and more than all, the knowledge and refinement which they found in the country where they settled.
Seite 43 - I dare to say thou wert never matched of none earthly knight's hand. And thou wert the courteousest knight that ever bare shield ; and thou wert the truest friend to thy lover that ever bestrode horse; and thou were the truest lover, of a sinful man, that ever loved woman ; and thou wert the kindest man that ever struck with sword. And thou wert the goodliest person that ever came among press of knights. And thou wert the meekest man, and the gentlest, that ever ate in hall among ladies. And thou...
Seite 12 - Norman gentlemen were orators from the cradle. But their chief fame was derived from their military exploits. Every country, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Dead Sea, witnessed the prodigies of their discipline and valour. One Norman knight, at the head of a handful of warriors, scattered the Celts of Connaught. Another founded the monarchy of the Two Sicilies, and saw the emperors both of the East and of the West fly before his arms.
Seite 283 - Queen will not by any means be induced to lend her authority to prosecute the murderer ; nor will not consent by any persuasion to abandon the Lord Bothwell for her husband, but avoweth constantly that she will live and die with him...