The Statistical Account of Scotland: Drawn Up from the Communications of the Ministers of the Different Parishes, Volume 17W. Creech, 1796 - Scotland |
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... causes may be affigned for the collections being fo finall , namely , too great a difregard to public worship among thofe of a fuperior fta- tion , and the poverty of the common claffes , together with their being too fond of drinking ...
... causes may be affigned for the collections being fo finall , namely , too great a difregard to public worship among thofe of a fuperior fta- tion , and the poverty of the common claffes , together with their being too fond of drinking ...
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... caused the length of his body to be cut out in the form of a grave , which to this day retains the name of the long grave , and measures about 9 feet 5 inches . The following Memoir respecting the gigantic WILLIAM , grandfon to HECTOR ...
... caused the length of his body to be cut out in the form of a grave , which to this day retains the name of the long grave , and measures about 9 feet 5 inches . The following Memoir respecting the gigantic WILLIAM , grandfon to HECTOR ...
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... cause of his threatening ) , as they knew he had more perfonal ftrength than them both , he being then about 9 feet high , and ftout in proportion ; they accordingly carried home the roe , and told their mother that William had ...
... cause of his threatening ) , as they knew he had more perfonal ftrength than them both , he being then about 9 feet high , and ftout in proportion ; they accordingly carried home the roe , and told their mother that William had ...
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... cause thofe trees , which in this valley are moftly oak , were felled , is not , perhaps , fo evident ; but by whatever cause this took place , when the trees fell , the whole plain must have been an immenfe and wild morafs , when the ...
... cause thofe trees , which in this valley are moftly oak , were felled , is not , perhaps , fo evident ; but by whatever cause this took place , when the trees fell , the whole plain must have been an immenfe and wild morafs , when the ...
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... was esta- blifhed at Lecropt , to be a check on the bishop of Dunblane ; which practice it feems , from fimilar inftitutions , was not un- common in these times . from a variety of causes , the peculiar tenets of 56 Statistical Account.
... was esta- blifhed at Lecropt , to be a check on the bishop of Dunblane ; which practice it feems , from fimilar inftitutions , was not un- common in these times . from a variety of causes , the peculiar tenets of 56 Statistical Account.
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Page 174 - And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grafs, to grow upon a fpot of ground where only one grew before, would deferve better of mankind, and do more cflential fervice to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.
Page 117 - Some are found resembling the sunflower, some the hundred-leaved rose, but the greater number bear the likeness of the poppy. The colours differ as much as the form. Sometimes the animal flower is of a deep 'purple, frequently of a rose colour, but mostly of a light red or fleshy hue. The...
Page 459 - ... twelve feet from either edge. Under the bridge, (which is sixty or seventy yards from the lake), the current failed, and the bed of the river appeared where there had been eighteen inches of water. During the whole time that this phaenomenon was observed, the weather was calm.
Page 459 - I have not heard (although I have made particular inquiry) that any motion of the earth was felt in this neighbourhood, or that the agitation of the water was observed any where but about the village of Kenmore.
Page 609 - Hills, where the scenes of this pastoral poem are laid, the seat of Mr. Forbes, and the resort of many of the literati at that time, I well remember to have heard Ramsay recite, as his own production, different scenes of the Gentle Shepherd, particularly the two first, before it was printed.
Page 610 - Kisses with easy whirles the bord'ring grass. We'll end our washing while the morning's cool ; And when the day grows het, we'll to the pool, There wash oursells ; 'tis healthfu' now in May, And sweetly cauler on sae warm a day.
Page 458 - ... rose in the form of a great wave, to the height of five feet above the ordinary level, leaving the bottom of the bay dry, to the distance of between 90 and 100 yards from its natural boundary.
Page 459 - At the same time that the undulation was observed in the bay on the south side of the village, the river on the north was seen to run back ; the weeds at the bottom, •which before pointed with the stream, received a contrary direction, and its channel was left dry about twelve feet from either edge.
Page 378 - When mad people were brought to be dipped in the saint's pool, it was necessary to perform certain ceremonies, in which there was a mixture of Druidism and Popery. After remaining all night in the chapel bound with ropes, the bell was set upon their head with great solemnity.
Page 81 - IDs. 6d. Account of the Life and Writings of Hugh Blair, DD one of the Minifters of Edinburgh, &c. By John Hill, LL. D. 8vo. 6s. Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the Honourable Henry Home, of Kames, one of the Senators of the College of Juftice, and one of the Lords Commiffioners of Judiciary in Scotland.