Select Writings of Robert Chambers, Volumen7W. & R. Chambers, 1847 |
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... say was his pro- perty and residence , and to a spot in the parish churchyard , with which his connection is denoted by an inscription on the church wall- Auld Rhymer's race Lies in this place . It is also to be observed that Barbour ...
... say was his pro- perty and residence , and to a spot in the parish churchyard , with which his connection is denoted by an inscription on the church wall- Auld Rhymer's race Lies in this place . It is also to be observed that Barbour ...
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... says the writer , alluding to Pinkie , ' the are not yet agreed how it shall be named . kelborough felde , because that is the best bad inough ) nigh the place of our meeting . Sum of them call it Seton felde ( a towne thear nie too ) ...
... says the writer , alluding to Pinkie , ' the are not yet agreed how it shall be named . kelborough felde , because that is the best bad inough ) nigh the place of our meeting . Sum of them call it Seton felde ( a towne thear nie too ) ...
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... say , no one was ever drowned in Tarras , nor yet in danger of being so , for , ere any one falling into it could be submerged , his brains must have been dashed out upon the rocks . REPENTANCE TOWER . Repentance Tower stands on a hill ...
... say , no one was ever drowned in Tarras , nor yet in danger of being so , for , ere any one falling into it could be submerged , his brains must have been dashed out upon the rocks . REPENTANCE TOWER . Repentance Tower stands on a hill ...
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... say was formed by the grasp of Sir William Wal- lace's thumb , on the evening previous to his defeating the English at Boghall , in the neighbourhood . The hole is generally full of water , on account of the drizzling nature of the ...
... say was formed by the grasp of Sir William Wal- lace's thumb , on the evening previous to his defeating the English at Boghall , in the neighbourhood . The hole is generally full of water , on account of the drizzling nature of the ...
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... say , in a hunting - match with King Robert , wagered his head that a white deer which they started would be pulled down by his dogs before it could cross the March Burn . The animal being on the point of crossing the brook untouched ...
... say , in a hunting - match with King Robert , wagered his head that a white deer which they started would be pulled down by his dogs before it could cross the March Burn . The animal being on the point of crossing the brook untouched ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Aberdeenshire ancient auld wife bairn baith Berwickshire birds BLACK KNIGHT bonny Borrowing Days boys bunnock called Carse of Gowrie castle cock dance Diocese of Aberdeen dochter door Douglas Dumfriesshire Earl Edinburgh fair fairy fire Forfarshire frae gaed gane gang gaun gi'e Glenlogie goodman goodwife ha'e hame hand Harpkin hill Hogmanay horse Janet Jock Johnie king lady Laird land lily-cock Lord mair maun merry-ma-tanzie mony morning mother Mozie muckle ne'er neighbours never night owre parish Peeblesshire popular Poussie rhyme round Roxburghshire says Scot Scotland Scottish Selkirkshire sing stane stone story sword syne tell thee There's Thomas the Rhymer thou town verse weather wee Robin weel Whuppity Stoorie winna ye'll young Yule
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Página 153 - He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red. 3 And in the morning, It will be foul weather to-day: for the sky is red and lowering. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?
Página 142 - If Candlemas Day be fair and bright, Winter will have another flight ; But if it be dark with clouds and rain, Winter is gone, and will not come again.
Página 152 - The west wind always brings wet weather, The east wind wet and cold together, The south wind surely brings us rain, The north wind blows it back again. " If the sun in red should set, The next day surely will be wet ; If the sun should set in grey, The next will be a rainy day.
Página 153 - Can you explain this omen? Phys. A rainbow can only occur when the clouds containing or depositing the rain are opposite to the sun — and in the evening the rainbow is in the east, and in the morning in the west; and as our heavy rains, in this climate, are usually brought by the westerly...
Página 144 - April Three days, and they were ill : The first o' them was wind and weet ; The second o' them was snaw and sleet ; The third o' them was sic a freeze, It froze the birds
Página 317 - GRACE. SOME hae meat, and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it ; But we hae meat and we can eat, And sae the Lord be thanket. ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF PEG NICHOLSON. PEG Nicholson was a gude bay mare, As ever trode on airn ; But now she's floating down the Nith, An' past the mouth o
Página 283 - Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn, The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn.
Página 325 - I saw a Peacock 1SAW a peacock with a fiery tail I saw a blazing comet drop down hail I saw a cloud with ivy circled round I saw a sturdy oak creep on the ground I saw a pismire swallow up a whale I saw...
Página 283 - Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, Bless the bed that I lie on. Four corners to my bed, Four angels round my head; One to watch and one to pray And two to bear my soul away.
Página 13 - O they rade on, and farther on, And they waded through rivers aboon the knee, And they saw neither sun nor moon, But they heard the roaring of the sea. It was mirk mirk night, and there was nae stern light,' And they waded through red blude to the knee ; For a' the blude that's shed on earth Rins through the springs o