The History and Poetry of the Scottish Border: Thier Main Features and Relations, Volumen11893 |
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... - DAVID I. , 241 267 XII . SIR SIMON FRASER AND THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE , 299 XIII . THOMAS THE RHYMOUR , AND THE EARLY ROMANTIC SCHOOL OF POETRY IN THE LOWLANDS , 336 BORDER HISTORY AND POETRY . CHAPTER I. THE BORDER COUNTRY-
... - DAVID I. , 241 267 XII . SIR SIMON FRASER AND THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE , 299 XIII . THOMAS THE RHYMOUR , AND THE EARLY ROMANTIC SCHOOL OF POETRY IN THE LOWLANDS , 336 BORDER HISTORY AND POETRY . CHAPTER I. THE BORDER COUNTRY-
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... Simon Fresel , keeper of the forest of Selkirk , to give to certain persons a number of oaks from the forest.2 In 1303-4 he built a large peel at Selkirk ( Pelum de Selkirk ) partly out of the wood of the forest.3 The same monarch ...
... Simon Fresel , keeper of the forest of Selkirk , to give to certain persons a number of oaks from the forest.2 In 1303-4 he built a large peel at Selkirk ( Pelum de Selkirk ) partly out of the wood of the forest.3 The same monarch ...
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... Simon Fraser , the hero of Roslin , and the unwavering friend till death of William Wallace . Then there is the now ruinous line of old castles and peels- flanking the banks of the river , and eyeing each other from their knowes all ...
... Simon Fraser , the hero of Roslin , and the unwavering friend till death of William Wallace . Then there is the now ruinous line of old castles and peels- flanking the banks of the river , and eyeing each other from their knowes all ...
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... ancient fort . - From Document in possession of Mr Simon Linton , tenant in Cademuir . 1 Cu is dog , greyhound , warrior . VOL . I. с was open to assault by foes on the north , ANCIENT REMAINS , AND ORIGINAL INHABITANTS . 33.
... ancient fort . - From Document in possession of Mr Simon Linton , tenant in Cademuir . 1 Cu is dog , greyhound , warrior . VOL . I. с was open to assault by foes on the north , ANCIENT REMAINS , AND ORIGINAL INHABITANTS . 33.
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... Simon's Hause and Katie's Hause in Peeblesshire , to say nothing of Butter- mere Hause , in the Lake district . added the Icelandic seat or sate . Fa ' Sate , between the Douglas and we have it in Seat - Sandal in the Lake district . We ...
... Simon's Hause and Katie's Hause in Peeblesshire , to say nothing of Butter- mere Hause , in the Lake district . added the Icelandic seat or sate . Fa ' Sate , between the Douglas and we have it in Seat - Sandal in the Lake district . We ...
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Abbey Aethelfrith Alexander ancient Angle Anglo-Saxon appears Arthur Arthurian ballad bard battle Bernicia Border boundary Britain Britons Brythonic burgh Burn Caer Carta Castle Catrail Celtic century charter Church Clyde Cornish Cumbria Cymric Damnonii Danes Danish David defence district ditch doubt Earl early east Edward England English Erceldoune Ettrick feet feudal Firth forest forts Gadeni Gaelic glen ground Guledig haugh hills Historia Britonum Ibid Jedburgh Kentigern king kingdom of Strathclyde land language later Liddel Loch Lord Lowlands of Scotland Malcolm Melrose Merlin monks Moreville mote mound Nennius northern Northumbria original passed Peebles Peeblesshire Peel Fell period Picts poems probably race regarded Rhymour Roman Roxburgh Roxburghshire Saxon Scandinavian Scots Scott Scottish seems Selkirkshire side Sir Simon Fraser Skene Solway southern stone stream Taliessin Teviot Thomas Traquair tribes Tweed Tweeddale valley Vortigern wall Water Welsh wild Wood of Caledon Yarrow
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