Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Volume 40Society, 1906 - Archaeology Includes List of members. |
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... whole cist except a small part of the north - west corner , is roughly oblong in shape . It measures 6 feet at its greatest length , 3 feet at its greatest breadth , and it is from 8 to 10 inches in thickness ; the smaller stone is ...
... whole cist except a small part of the north - west corner , is roughly oblong in shape . It measures 6 feet at its greatest length , 3 feet at its greatest breadth , and it is from 8 to 10 inches in thickness ; the smaller stone is ...
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... whole of the surface , and is perfect but for two small holes broken in the upper and thinner part of the ring . Harness mountings resembling this specimen , besides being found in Britain , have been found on the Continent . Dr ...
... whole of the surface , and is perfect but for two small holes broken in the upper and thinner part of the ring . Harness mountings resembling this specimen , besides being found in Britain , have been found on the Continent . Dr ...
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... whole of the other end of the matrix having been worn away , it is impossible to say what had been the original length of the matrix or the breadth of it at the cutting edge . Judging from the breadth of the butt end , and seeing that ...
... whole of the other end of the matrix having been worn away , it is impossible to say what had been the original length of the matrix or the breadth of it at the cutting edge . Judging from the breadth of the butt end , and seeing that ...
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... whole of its convexity is chased with an elaborate pattern of interlaced work , with incipient leafage at intervals . Round the flat margin of the boss is an Icelandic inscription incised in the old black - letter character , which Mr ...
... whole of its convexity is chased with an elaborate pattern of interlaced work , with incipient leafage at intervals . Round the flat margin of the boss is an Icelandic inscription incised in the old black - letter character , which Mr ...
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... whole of it from the captors and restored it to the Earl . The cost of buying the plate and its carriage from France amounted to £ 140 . This incident helps to show that Jones was no pirate , as he was ever depicted by the English . On ...
... whole of it from the captors and restored it to the Earl . The cost of buying the plate and its carriage from France amounted to £ 140 . This incident helps to show that Jones was no pirate , as he was ever depicted by the English . On ...
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14 inches 9 inches Aberdeenshire appear Archæological Banffshire Bar Hill base beads Bon Homme Richard bones breadth Bronze Bronze Age burial cairn Castle centre church circular cist clay colour Countess of Scarborough Cup-marked cups ditch east edge Edinburgh excavations F.S.A. Scot flat foot fragments Glasgow grave Ground-plan guns House inch thick inches inches deep inches in diameter inches in height inches in length inches long iron JAMES JOHN Leith lines LL.D Loch London measures megaliths mile moulding mound Museum Nine Maidens Northmavine objects ornament oval parish Paul Jones pieces pitchpipe Pittodrie plate portion Praetorium probably rampart Refuse-Hole relics remains ring Road Roman round Scotland Serapis Shetland ship shows side skull slab Society specimens square Standing Stones Stevenston Stone Circle Street surface Terrace upper vessel vitrified vitrified forts wall WILLIAM wood
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Page 212 - This Figure, that thou here seest put, It was for gentle Shakespeare cut ; Wherein the Graver had a strife With Nature, to out-doo the life: O, could he but have drawne his wit As well in brasse, as he hath hit His face ; the print would then surpasse All that was ever writ in brasse. But, since he cannot, Reader, looke Not on his Picture, but his Booke.
Page 87 - that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation.
Page 212 - This Figure, that thou here seest put, It was for gentle Shakespeare cut ; Wherein the Grauer had a strife With Nature, to out-doo the life : O, could he but haue...
Page 99 - I shall become the purchaser, and will gratify my own feelings by restoring it to you by such conveyance as you shall please to direct. Had the earl been on board the Ranger the following evening, he would have seen the awful pomp and dreadful carnage of a sea engagement, both affording ample subject for the pencil, as well as melancholy reflection for the contemplative mind. Humanity starts back from such scenes of horror, and cannot sufficiently execrate the vile promoters of this detestable war....
Page 99 - ... happy instrument of alleviating the horrors of hopeless captivity, when the brave are overpowered and made prisoners of war. It was perhaps fortunate for you, madam, that he was from home, for it was my intention to have taken him on board the Ranger, and to have detained him, until through his means, a general and fair exchange of prisoners, as well in Europe as in America, had been effected.
Page 101 - Scotland was to take you as an hostage for the lives and liberty of a number of the citizens of America, who had been taken in war on the ocean, and committed to British prisons, under an Act of Parliament, as traitors, pirates, and felons.
Page 102 - ... troops whatever. Some of the English newspapers, at that time, having put in confused accounts of your expedition to Whitehaven and Scotland, I ordered a proper one of what happened in Scotland to be put in the London newspapers, by a gentleman who was then at my house, by which the good conduct and civil behaviour of your officers and men was done justice to, and attributed to your order, and the good discipline you maintained over your people. I am, Sir, your most humble servant, SELKIRK.
Page 89 - Frith again to meet them. The captains of the Pallas and Vengeance being come on board the Bon Homme Richard, I communicated to them my project, to which many difficulties and objections were made by them. At last, however, they appeared to think better of the design, after I had assured them that I hoped to raise a contribution of 200,000/.
Page 100 - Your endeavours to effect a general Exchange of Prisoners, will be an Act of Humanity, which will afford you Golden feelings on a Death bed.
Page 89 - I purposed to lay under a large contribution, or otherwise to reduce it to ashes. Had I been alone, the wind being favorable, I would have proceeded directly up the Firth, and must have succeeded, as they lay there in a state of perfect indolence and security, which would have proved their ruin. Unfortunately for me, the Pallas and Vengeance were both at a considerable distance in the offing, they having chased to the southward. This obliged us to steer out of the Firth again to meet them.