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The East Neuk of Fife: Its History and Antiquities James Wood Brown,Walter Wood No preview available - 2015 |
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Abercrombie afterwards Agnes Airdrie Andrew Wood Anstruther appears Appendix Ardross Auchmutie Balcarres Balcaskie Balchrystie Balcomie barony Borthwick brother Bruce Cambo Carnbee castle Catherine Charles charter church coal Colinsburgh Crail daughter David Bethune death died Dishington Drumeldrie Dunbar Durie Earl Earl of Fife Earl of Kellie Earlsferry Easter Edinburgh eldest Elie Elizabeth Erskine father Feather-moss H Firth George Gourlay Grange Hamilton heir heiress Helen Innergelly Janet Jean John Bethune John Lundie Kellie Kilc Kilconquhar Kilrenny Kincraig king Lady laird lands Largo links Lathallan Learmonth Lindsay Lord Lumisdaine Lundie Malcolm Margaret married Mary Melville mentioned merks minister Moncrieff Newton Rires Oliphant parish Parliament Patrick Pitcorthie Pittenweem portion probably Robert rocks sandstone Scotland Scott shore Sir Alexander Sir James Sir John Sir William sold Spens St Andrews St Monans strata succeeded Thomas trap tufa Walter Wemyss Wester Wood Wormiston
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Page 315 - New Lauders and Bowers the Tweed shall cross over, .No countryman living their tricks to discover : Detection her taper shall quench to a spark, 'And Scotchman meet Scotchman, and cheat In the dark.'
Page 116 - Edinburgh, when the news were credibly told, sometimes of their landing at Dunbar, sometimes at St Andrews and in Tay, and now and then at Aberdeen and Cromarty Firth. And in very deed, as we knew certainly soon after, the Lord of armies, wha rides upon the wings of the winds, the keeper of his
Page 112 - £400,000, which, upon a strict computation, he received from the crown, he left not a house nor an acre of land to be remembered by." The extravagance and voluptuous style of living of the Earl of Carlisle were the means which he used to secure his advancement. While other supplicants wasted
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Page 160 - gentleman, Durham of Largo, was in the habit of regulating the time of evening worship by the appearance of the smoke of Edinburgh, which he could easily see through the clear summer twilight from his own door. When he observed the smoke increase in density, in consequence of the good folks
Page 204 - one, it were more shame to be idle than to be on the worst side, though blacker than rebellion could make it,' had justified his conduct in all its line. Certain it is that while he fought over again the battles of George
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Page 198 - killed and wounded; but, at the same time, that the prisoner and his guard had been wounded and beaten by stones thrown at them by the multitude. Upon this verdict the Lords of Justiciary passed sentence of death against Captain John Porteous