A Survey of the Province of Moray: Historical, Geographical, and PoliticalIsaac Forsyth, Elgin, 1798 - 353 pages |
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... appears he had examined their charters . others , many alterations and additions have been made , when fupported by original writings and genuine hiftory . These are the only vouchers that are to be depended on , and not oral tradition ...
... appears he had examined their charters . others , many alterations and additions have been made , when fupported by original writings and genuine hiftory . These are the only vouchers that are to be depended on , and not oral tradition ...
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... appears , that throws a portion of light on even the ancient part of our hiftory . By this we can afcertain in a certain degree , from the local fituation of the neighbouring countries , from the prefent evidence of language , and from ...
... appears , that throws a portion of light on even the ancient part of our hiftory . By this we can afcertain in a certain degree , from the local fituation of the neighbouring countries , from the prefent evidence of language , and from ...
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... appears from the remains of their language , and many other par ticulars . The great mafs of the ancient population of Britain and Ireland originated from these races of men . This appears by comparing the various languages , and their ...
... appears from the remains of their language , and many other par ticulars . The great mafs of the ancient population of Britain and Ireland originated from these races of men . This appears by comparing the various languages , and their ...
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... appears in ety- mologifts fo widely differing from each other . This appears to be a probable account of the ancient inhabitants of Britain : The Celts and Belge from Gaul ; the Scythians or Goths from Germany , who in time were called ...
... appears in ety- mologifts fo widely differing from each other . This appears to be a probable account of the ancient inhabitants of Britain : The Celts and Belge from Gaul ; the Scythians or Goths from Germany , who in time were called ...
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... appears by the ruins of houfes that extend along the feafhore to the east almoft two miles . This , and more ancient colonies of the fame people , mingling with the British , impelled northwards by the invafions of the Belga , Iberians ...
... appears by the ruins of houfes that extend along the feafhore to the east almoft two miles . This , and more ancient colonies of the fame people , mingling with the British , impelled northwards by the invafions of the Belga , Iberians ...
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A Survey of the Province of Moray: Historical, Geographical, and Political John Grant,William Leslie No preview available - 2016 |
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acres Alexander alfo almoſt alſo amounts ancient appertains Auldearn bank befides Bishop Boharm bolls breadth Brodie caftle church coaft confiderable confifts county of Moray courfe courſe cultivated diftrict diſtance Duffus Earl of Fife Earl of Moray eaſt eftate Elgin eſtabliſhed eſtate extent faid falary falmon fame family feat fand farms fcholars feet feffion feveral fhore fide fimilar fince Findern firft firſt fituation fmall Fochabers foil fome Forres fouth fouthern Frith ftate fterling ftill ftipend ftone ftream ftretched fucceeded fuch fupport Gaelic Gordon Grant ground hill horfes houfe houſe ifland Inverness James Knockando laft lake lands Mifcellaneous miles minifter moft moſt mountain muſt Nairn nearly occafionally parish prefbytery prefent proprietors raiſed refidence refpectable rifing river river Spey ſchool Scotland Scots Sir James Grant ſmall Spey Speymouth Spynie thefe theſe thofe thoſe town Urquhart uſed valuation valued rent weft whole William the Lyon
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Page 143 - ... and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven; and the evening and morning were the second day. God also said: Let the waters that are under the heaven be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.
Page 152 - The eruption, though completed in one night and by one tide, had long been apprehended, and the inhabitants had gradually withdrawn. It is probable that the drifting sand accumulated by the united power of wind and tide, dammed back the river, forcing open its present course, and overwhelming the village.
Page 175 - ... the rents paid in victual proportionally reduced, the tenants one after another, and the landlord, with their families, mournfully expelled, and their habitations and possessions covered up, it is supposed, to the height of the trees of the gardens about the manor. The desolation must have been completed prior to the year 1695, as by the narrative of the Act of Parliament then made to prevent the pulling of bent, "the barony of Culbin, and house and yards therof, is quite ruined, and overspread...
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Page 59 - ON arriving at the fummit of the hill by the winding road, and a few feet below the rampart which crowns the top of the hill, there appears an outward wall...
Page 130 - Know all, that we, by the confent and free-will oi our chapter, "'have given and granted, and by this our charter have confirmed,
Page 193 - NAIRN. 303 bannocks of bread only to each man. And in the anxious expectation of the advance of the royal army they waited in the order of battle the whole of the succeeding day, during which they were joined by 1400 men, under young Lovat, Keppoch, and Locheil. Having formed the weak purpose of surprising the Duke's army in the night of the birth-day solemnization, they marched eastward after sun-set in two columns ; but then faint with hunger and fatigue...
Page 60 - ... fuperfeded the neceffity of much artificial operation, there being little hazard that an affault would ever be attempted on this quarter. EVERY where elfe this outward wall appears completely vitrified ; and at the eaft fide, where the hill is more...
Page 60 - It was neceflary that there mould be two entries ; one from the level ridge which joins this hill on the weft to that chain of which it forms the extremity, the other from the low country to the eaft. The entry to the weft was defended in the manner already defcribed ; that...
Page 61 - ... the rock, though it is now filled up with rubbifh to within a yard of the furface. SUCH are the appearances on the fummit of Craig-Phadrick, which exhibit, in my opinion, fuch evident and unambiguous traces of artificial operation, that I cannot conceive a difference of opinion to have arifen...