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... Scotland for five years . Margaret Macwilliam and Janet Fal- coner were both accused of theft , when sentence of outlawry was pro- nounced upon the former , she having made her escape ; and the latter was , banished Scotland for three ...
... Scotland for five years . Margaret Macwilliam and Janet Fal- coner were both accused of theft , when sentence of outlawry was pro- nounced upon the former , she having made her escape ; and the latter was , banished Scotland for three ...
Page 149
... Scotland . The fraud was consummated by confessing a judg⚫ ment to Roberts , who having enter- ed the house upon that judgment , sought to sell the goods in execution under the sheriff's hammer . In de- fence it was JULY . 149 CHRONICLE .
... Scotland . The fraud was consummated by confessing a judg⚫ ment to Roberts , who having enter- ed the house upon that judgment , sought to sell the goods in execution under the sheriff's hammer . In de- fence it was JULY . 149 CHRONICLE .
Page 155
... Scotland , " and had been . otherwise damnified and injured.- The defendants admitted themselves to be the publishers of the " Hints " in question , and that it was written for the purpose of ridiculing " The Stranger in Ireland , " but ...
... Scotland , " and had been . otherwise damnified and injured.- The defendants admitted themselves to be the publishers of the " Hints " in question , and that it was written for the purpose of ridiculing " The Stranger in Ireland , " but ...
Page 162
... Scotland 14,218,223 , making the total amount of waste common , moor , moss , and unimproved lands , in the United Kingdom , 22,107,000 acres . 4th . LONDON . This day , a grand dinner 162 EDINBURGH ANNUAL REGISTER , 1808 .
... Scotland 14,218,223 , making the total amount of waste common , moor , moss , and unimproved lands , in the United Kingdom , 22,107,000 acres . 4th . LONDON . This day , a grand dinner 162 EDINBURGH ANNUAL REGISTER , 1808 .
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... Scotland . He had re- ceived two respites , the last of which terminated on this day . A letter from one of his relations , written under the greatest agony of mind , and addressed to a gentleman in Belfast , says : " Armagh , August 24 ...
... Scotland . He had re- ceived two respites , the last of which terminated on this day . A letter from one of his relations , written under the greatest agony of mind , and addressed to a gentleman in Belfast , says : " Armagh , August 24 ...
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Page 340 - THE way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel was infirm and old ; His withered cheek, and tresses gray, Seemed to have known a better day; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy. The last of all the bards was he, Who sung of Border chivalry. For, well-a-day! their date was fled, His tuneful brethren all were dead ; •And he, neglected and oppressed, Wished to be with them, and at rest.
Page xxxi - Oh ! when a Mother meets on high The Babe she lost in infancy, Hath she not then, for pains and fears, The day of woe, the watchful night, For all her sorrow, all her tears, An over-payment of delight...
Page xlvii - An Inquiry into the Causes and Consequences of the Orders in Council, and an Examination of the Conduct of Great Britain towards the Neutral Commerce of America.
Page 10 - ... them on, nor ever lost; And to the bridge they came. They followed from the snowy bank Those footmarks, one by one, Into the middle of the plank; And further there were none ! — Yet some maintain that to this day She is a living child ; That you may see sweet Lucy Gray Upon the lonesome wild. O'er rough and smooth she trips along, And never looks behind; And sings a solitary song That whistles in the wind.
Page xxviii - You shall see him brought to bay, " Waken, lords and ladies gay." Louder, louder chant the lay, Waken, lords and ladies gay ; Tell them, youth, and mirth, and glee, Run a course as well as we, Time, stern huntsman ! who can baulk, Stanch as hound, and fleet as hawk? Think of this, and rise with day, Gentle lords and ladies gay.
Page xxiii - The violet in her greenwood bower, Where birchen boughs with hazels mingle, May boast itself the fairest flower In glen or copse or forest dingle. " Though fair her gems of azure hue Beneath the dewdrop's weight reclining, I've seen an eye of lovelier blue More sweet through watery lustre shining. " The summer sun that dew shall dry, Ere yet the sun be past its morrow, Nor longer in my false love's eye Remained the tear of parting sorrow ! " In turning over a volume of MS.
Page xxviii - Waken, lords and ladies gay, On the mountain dawns the day; All the jolly chase is here, With hawk and horse and hunting-spear Hounds are in their couples yelling, Hawks are whistling, horns are knelling, Merrily, merrily, mingle they, "Waken, lords and ladies gay.
Page xxviii - Waken, lords and ladies gay ! Waken, lords and ladies gay ! To the green-wood haste away : We can show you where he lies, Fleet of foot, and tall of size ; We can show the marks he made When 'gainst the oak his antlers frayed. You shall see him brought to bay ; Waken, lords and ladies gay...
Page 332 - Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law, Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw: Some livelier plaything gives his youth delight, A little louder, but as empty quite...
Page 365 - This, therefore, preserves in the hands of the people that share which they ought to have in the administration of public justice, and prevents the encroachments of the more powerful and wealthy citizens.