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... ( Died in prison , 1640 ) . THIS laird , the eldest of the fifth laird's seven sons , carried on the family traditions with unswerving fidelity , and his life was one long struggle against law and order . He had arrived at that point of ...
... ( Died in prison , 1640 ) . THIS laird , the eldest of the fifth laird's seven sons , carried on the family traditions with unswerving fidelity , and his life was one long struggle against law and order . He had arrived at that point of ...
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... dying lady , he followed him to Rothiemay , and began to threaten him . Sir James Skene of Curriehill , the judge , who happened to be on the spot , interfered . On May 13 , Gight sent his wife ( the dying woman's own daughter ) and his ...
... dying lady , he followed him to Rothiemay , and began to threaten him . Sir James Skene of Curriehill , the judge , who happened to be on the spot , interfered . On May 13 , Gight sent his wife ( the dying woman's own daughter ) and his ...
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... dying woman for three days , and hastened her death . He was ultimately arrested , and taken to Edinburgh with his son , and was fined 35,000 merks and £ 10,000 for his good behaviour , and ordered to wear no arms in future . 14th Feb ...
... dying woman for three days , and hastened her death . He was ultimately arrested , and taken to Edinburgh with his son , and was fined 35,000 merks and £ 10,000 for his good behaviour , and ordered to wear no arms in future . 14th Feb ...
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... died in the early part of the year ] . He said he was sorry if he had offended any of the brethren ( Mair's Records of the Presbytery of Ellon ) . April , 1640. Gight began to fortify his house with men , muskat , meit and drink and ...
... died in the early part of the year ] . He said he was sorry if he had offended any of the brethren ( Mair's Records of the Presbytery of Ellon ) . April , 1640. Gight began to fortify his house with men , muskat , meit and drink and ...
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... died 1773 Gen. Ca ... HarDAY . Coll . , ii . , 122 . 8. CHARLES JSSEL BIOTZE Harvard of 1757 , and becatie 20 at Marischa Colfers . AperGect 1780 ( Gen. Cat .. Harvar ii . , 123 ) . 21. Rev. JAMES KOBERTS : King's College , Aberdeen ...
... died 1773 Gen. Ca ... HarDAY . Coll . , ii . , 122 . 8. CHARLES JSSEL BIOTZE Harvard of 1757 , and becatie 20 at Marischa Colfers . AperGect 1780 ( Gen. Cat .. Harvar ii . , 123 ) . 21. Rev. JAMES KOBERTS : King's College , Aberdeen ...
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Page 103 - O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God.
Page 115 - And there they stand, as stands a lofty mind, Worn, but unstooping to the baser crowd, All tenantless, save to the crannying 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 98 - My poor mother died yesterday ! and I am on my way from town to attend her to the family vault. I heard one day of her illness, the next of her death. Thank God her last moments were most tranquil. I am told she was in little pain, and not aware of her situation. I now feel the truth of Mr. Gray's observation, ' That we can only have one mother.
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Page 103 - My more immediate duty towards the gallery was to be showman; but I would sometimes unbend a little, join the artist (so to speak) at the easel, and pass the afternoon with him in a generous emulation, making coloured drawings.
Page 103 - feelings, could not refrain, from the harsh usage he had received ' at her hands, from complaining to me, and such is his dread of the ' Woman that I really believe he would forego the satisfaction of ' seeing you if he thought he was to meet her again. He told me ' that she was perpetually beating him, and that his bones sometimes ' ached from it ; that she brought all sorts of Company of the very ' lowest Description into his apartments...
Page 98 - On her representing to him the weakness of thus giving way to grief, he burst into tears and exclaimed, « Oh, Mrs By, I had but one friend in the world, and she is gone...
Page 93 - Their name, their years, spelt by the unlettered Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply : And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die.