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Abbey Abbey of Holyrood adorned afterwards aisle alley altar ancient ancient tenement antique appears arch arms bears beautiful Bishop Bishop of Dunkeld Bishop of Orkney building burgh Canongate carved Castle celebrated century chapel character charter Church of St Close College Collegiate Church court Cowgate curious decorated demolished doorway Earl early east edifice Edinburgh engraved erected favourite formed front gables George Giles Giles's Church Gothic Hall High Street Holyrood Holyrood Abbey Holyrood Palace Hospital inscription James James VI John King King's Kirk Lady land Leith lintel lodging Lord Lord Advocate Maitland mansion Mary's modern neighbouring Nether Bow occupied old town original ornamental Palace period picturesque Port probably Provost Queen Mary quhilk Regent reign relic remains residence Restalrig roof royal scene Scotland Scottish sculptured stone stood style surmounted tenement thair thoroughfare Tolbooth toun tower Trinity College Church Tron wall west side William Wynd
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Page 101 - sowest is not quickened except it die ; and that which thou sowest thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain. But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him ; and to every seed its own body.
Page 47 - of the giving forth of the law on Mount Sinai, when " The Lord called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud ; and the sight of the glory of the Lord was like devouring fire on the top of the Mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.
Page 2 - O happy Britain ! we have not to fear Such hard and arbitrary measures here ; Else, could a law, like that which I relate, Once have the sanction of our triple state, Some few, that I have known in days of old, Would run most dreadful risk of catching cold ! "
Page 142 - IN MY DISTRESS I CRIED UNTO THE LORD AND HE HEARD ME. DELIVER MY SOUL O LORD FROM LYING LIPS AND FROM A DECEITFUL TONGUE. Psalm cxx.
Page 28 - sees one end of the room taken up with the ladies, who sit dismally in a group by themselves ; on the other end stand their pensive partners that are to be, but no more intercourse between the sexes than between two countries at war. The ladies, indeed, may ogle, and the gentlemen sigh, but an embargo is laid upon any closer commerce!
Page 199 - 1608, December i. —The Earl of Mar declared to the Council that some women were taken in Broughton as witches, and being put to an assize, and convicted, albeit they persevered constant in their denial to the end, yet they were burned quick, after such a cruel manner, that some of them died in
Page 7 - been as muckle sciate stanes. My father saw them toom the sacks of dollars out o' Provost Dick's window, intill the carts that carried them to the army at Dunse Law ; and if ye winna believe his testimony, there is the window itsell still standing in the Luckenbooths,—at the aim
Page 86 - Life ne'er exulted in so rich a prize As Burnet lovely from her native skies ; Nor envious death so triumphed in a blow, As that which laid th
Page 3 - THE LORD is THE PORTION OF MINE INHERITANCE AND OF MY CUP ; THOU MAINTAINEST MY LOT. PSAL. XVI.,