History of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club, Instituted September 22, 1831, Volume 6[publisher not identified], printed for the club by Martin's Printing Works, Spittal, 1872 Contains it's Proceedings. |
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... trees , to the banks of the Lauder , where Mr. Romanes pointed out the ruins of the bridge , over the parapet of which the minions of James III . were hanged in 1442. The bridge no longer spans the stream , which has left its bed and ...
... trees , to the banks of the Lauder , where Mr. Romanes pointed out the ruins of the bridge , over the parapet of which the minions of James III . were hanged in 1442. The bridge no longer spans the stream , which has left its bed and ...
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... tree eradicated and broken at the top , " or according to others 66 a sword . " But to Armstrong of Mangerton he assigns , " argent , 3 tortreaux or pallets ( i.e. cakes ) azure , representing , according to John Fern , strength , " and ...
... tree eradicated and broken at the top , " or according to others 66 a sword . " But to Armstrong of Mangerton he assigns , " argent , 3 tortreaux or pallets ( i.e. cakes ) azure , representing , according to John Fern , strength , " and ...
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... tree , which , after having been blown down by the wind , has thrown out fresh roots from the procumbent trunk and still maintains its vitality . Hard by is the grassy mound , 9 feet long , said to mark the grave of Lord Soulis ' enemy ...
... tree , which , after having been blown down by the wind , has thrown out fresh roots from the procumbent trunk and still maintains its vitality . Hard by is the grassy mound , 9 feet long , said to mark the grave of Lord Soulis ' enemy ...
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... trees which my father was obliged to cut down , to the number of nearly 1000 , I believe , mostly ash- trees , when he first came down , and which were even then too old for good use , as well as those pretty numerous old trees which ...
... trees which my father was obliged to cut down , to the number of nearly 1000 , I believe , mostly ash- trees , when he first came down , and which were even then too old for good use , as well as those pretty numerous old trees which ...
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... tree which grew in the said street . He drew his sword and Forster the same , but slipping his foot he fell on his back , and Fenwick stabbed him through the heart when lying on the ground . Fenwick made off , but was soon taken , for ...
... tree which grew in the said street . He drew his sword and Forster the same , but slipping his foot he fell on his back , and Fenwick stabbed him through the heart when lying on the ground . Fenwick made off , but was soon taken , for ...
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Page 120 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty, thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair; thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Page 230 - Out upon Time ! it will leave no more Of the things to come than the things before ? Out upon time ! who for ever will leave But enough of the past for the future to grieve...
Page 245 - And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun...
Page 150 - ... gave them title to prescribe against their lords; and, on performance of the same services, to hold their lands, in spite of any determination of the lord's will; for though in general they are still said to hold their estates at the will of the lord...
Page 245 - There is one thing that seems to prove this beyond the possibility of a doubt. In the old Runic Fasti, as will be shown elsewhere, a wheel was used to denote the festival of Christmas.
Page 250 - Although noticed by me in Devon, certainly for forty years at the least (since we used its galls for marbles, when I was quite a child), yet it did not reach Birmingham until 1860, when it was first noticed by me in the town— a fact not to be wondered at, considering how often its galls were brought from the south by tourists. It was not, however, until the autumn of 1866 that it was first seen by me invading Birmingham, .along the hedges on Worcestershire side. The two streams have since met,...
Page 56 - Bent or Starr, on the NW coast of England, and especially in Lancashire, is a coarse reedy shrub — like ours perhaps — of some importance formerly, if not now, on the sandy blowing lands of those counties. Its fibrous roots give some cohesion to the silicious soil.
Page 61 - May 15. — A fire broke out in Rock hall, near Alnwick, formerly the seat of Proctor, esq., but at that time tenanted by some farmers, by which it was entirely consumed, and some of the families escaped with their lives so narrowly, that they saved nothing but the shirts upon their backs.
Page 150 - For though in general they are still said to hold their estates at the will of the lord, yet it is such a will as is agreeable to the custom of the manor ; which customs...
Page 41 - Johne persaveand himself schot and the erle fallin, he geid to him quhair he lay and gaif him thrie woundis, ane in the bodie, ane in the heid, and ane in the hand...