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... rising was marked by the exile of the last of the Keiths , the other by the romantic adventures of the last Lord Pitsligo . The great families that once lived and ruled in the district have left their mark in strongholds , now mere ...
... rising was marked by the exile of the last of the Keiths , the other by the romantic adventures of the last Lord Pitsligo . The great families that once lived and ruled in the district have left their mark in strongholds , now mere ...
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... the vestiges of a fourth , regularly formed , and rising in the centre from eighteen inches to two feet above the surface . These , with two others of a similar description on the very brow of the steep eminence which 30 BUCHAN .
... the vestiges of a fourth , regularly formed , and rising in the centre from eighteen inches to two feet above the surface . These , with two others of a similar description on the very brow of the steep eminence which 30 BUCHAN .
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... rising to an elevation of nearly 300 feet above the level of the sea , is a well - known landmark to coasting traders and fishermen . In 1864 , a bell weighing 6 cwt . 2 qrs . 20 lbs . , of fine tone , by Taylor of Loughborough , was ...
... rising to an elevation of nearly 300 feet above the level of the sea , is a well - known landmark to coasting traders and fishermen . In 1864 , a bell weighing 6 cwt . 2 qrs . 20 lbs . , of fine tone , by Taylor of Loughborough , was ...
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... rising to the height of about 300 feet above the level of the sea , and about a mile inland . It is rather steep on the southern and eastern acclivities , and overlooks broad fields which lie between it and the rocky seaboard . On the ...
... rising to the height of about 300 feet above the level of the sea , and about a mile inland . It is rather steep on the southern and eastern acclivities , and overlooks broad fields which lie between it and the rocky seaboard . On the ...
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... rising in 1715 , the church of Cruden was served by Rev. William Dunbar , afterwards successively Bishop of Moray and Ross and of Aberdeen . It was in great measure through the powerful influence of the house of Erroll that he was ...
... rising in 1715 , the church of Cruden was served by Rev. William Dunbar , afterwards successively Bishop of Moray and Ross and of Aberdeen . It was in great measure through the powerful influence of the house of Erroll that he was ...
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Abbey Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Aberdour Alexander Fraser Architecture Auchmedden Baird Banff Banffshire Journal Barclay barony Brae Bruce Brucklay Buchan Field Club building built burgh Burn Cairn Cairnbulg called century chapel chapter Cheyne churchyard coast Comyn Crimond Cruden Daily Free Press daughter Deir died district Earl Marischal Earl of Buchan Earl of Erroll east eldest Ellon erected farm Fedderat feet Fergus Forbes formerly Forvie Fraserburgh Frasers of Philorth Fyvie Gamrie George Gight Gordon granted Haddo harbour hill inscription Inverugie James John Keith King King-Edward Kinmundy laird lands late Longside Lonmay married memory mile minister Mormond mound neighbourhood old church Old Deer parish church Peterhead Pitfour Pitsligo present proprietor Rattray remains river road Robert rocks ruins Scotland Scottish Notes side Sir Alexander Slains Castle Statistical Account stone Strichen succeeded Thomas tower town Troup Turriff Ugie village wall William Ythan
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Page 421 - wind, Or holding dark communion with the cloud. There was a day when they were young and proud; Banners on high, and battles pass'd below ; But they who fought are in a bloody shroud, And those which waved are shredless dust ere now, And the bleak battlements shall bear no future blow.
Page 211 - Our life is but a winter day. Some only breakfast and away. Others to dinner stay, and are full fed ; The oldest man but sups and goes to bed. Large is his debt who lingers out the day ; Who goes tbe soonest has the least to pay.
Page 415 - Flowers, fresh in hue, and many in their class, Implore the pausing step, and with their dyes, Dance in the soft breeze in a fairy mass; The sweetness of the violet's deep-blue eyes, Kiss'd by the breath of heaven, seems colour'd by its skies.
Page 63 - Rock, is a double protuberance of stone, open to the main sea on one side, and parted from the land by a very narrow channel on the other. It has its name and its colour from the dung of innumerable sea-fowls, which, in the spring, choose this place as convenient for incubation.
Page 53 - inches, and his proportions most exact. His countenance and deportment exhibited such a mixture of the sublime and the graceful as I have never seen united in any other man. He often put me in mind of an ancient hero; and I remember Dr. Samuel Johnson was positive that he resembled Homer's character of Sarpedon.
Page 57 - aik, And the aik stands fast, The Hays shall flourish, and their good grey hawk Shall nocht flinch before the blast, But when the root of the aik decays, And the mistletoe dwines on its withered breast, The grass shall grow on Errol's hearth-stane, And the corbie roup [croak] in the falcon's nest.
Page 421 - And there they stand, as stands a lofty mind, Worn, but unstooping to the baser crowd, All tenantless save to the cranny ing wind, Or holding dark communion with the
Page 73 - Micah vi., 8—" He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God ?
Page 148 - Here man more purely lives, less oft doth fall, More promptly rises, walks with stricter heed, More safely rests, dies happier, is freed Earlier from cleansing fires, and gains withal A brighter crown.
Page 249 - When the family were felicitating each other on his escape, he pleasantly observed, "A poor prize had they obtained it—an old, dying man ! " That the friends who lived in the house—the hourly witnesses of his virtues, and the objects of his regard, who saw him escape all the dangers that surrounded