A Hand-book of Mottoes Borne by the Nobility, Gentry, Cities, Public Companies |
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Page 9
... refers to the name ( Sin - not ) , Synnot . Ama gregem . Love the flock . SHEPPERD . Amantes ardua dumos . The thorns which love the hills . THORNHILL . This motto and the crest , a thorn - tree , are intended as a rebus on the name ...
... refers to the name ( Sin - not ) , Synnot . Ama gregem . Love the flock . SHEPPERD . Amantes ardua dumos . The thorns which love the hills . THORNHILL . This motto and the crest , a thorn - tree , are intended as a rebus on the name ...
Page 24
... refers to the same event , as well as to this family having " welcomed ruin " for the Stuarts in 1715 , as duly re- corded by the poet Burns , the cousin - german of Sir Alexander's grandfather . It would also apply to the fate of the ...
... refers to the same event , as well as to this family having " welcomed ruin " for the Stuarts in 1715 , as duly re- corded by the poet Burns , the cousin - german of Sir Alexander's grandfather . It would also apply to the fate of the ...
Page 199
... refers to the peculiar habits of the English and Scotch borderers of all ranks , who were accustomed to help themselves to anything of which they might stand in need , the English from Scotland and the Scots from England , as the case ...
... refers to the peculiar habits of the English and Scotch borderers of all ranks , who were accustomed to help themselves to anything of which they might stand in need , the English from Scotland and the Scots from England , as the case ...
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A Hand-book of Mottoes: Borne by the Nobility, Gentry, Cities, Public ... Charles Norton Elvin No preview available - 1971 |
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