 | William Archer Cocke - Constitutional history - 1858 - 442 pages
...variously given. Bishop Burnet, in his history of his own limes, gives the following explanation : — " The southwest counties of Scotland have seldom corn...producing more than they need, those in the west come in summer to buy at Leith the stores that come from the north; and from a word Whigyam, used jn driving... | |
 | William Archer Cocke - Constitutional history - 1858 - 444 pages
...history of his own times, gives the following explanation : — " The southwest counties of Seotland have seldom corn enough to serve them round the year,...producing more than they need, those in the west come in summer to buy at Leith the stores that come from the north ; and from a word Whiggam, used in driving... | |
 | John Ward Dean, George Folsom, John Gilmary Shea, Henry Reed Stiles, Henry Barton Dawson - United States - 1859 - 492 pages
...as a political term is that of Burnet, who, in his " History of his own Times" (vol. ip 43), says: "The southwest counties of Scotland, have seldom corn...come in the summer to buy at Leith the stores that came from the north ; and from a word, whig1859.] HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. yarn, used in driving their... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1860 - 802 pages
...about that time. Bishop Burnet, in his History of his own Times, gives the following explanation : " u b `J ۸ d 3>Th P 뤳.xJc3' i j M A ? . J 2... Q`I{GFz / N ̳ ,HN ; 8 h~ c@ D + K 5 h [LE a<. Leith the stores that come from the north ; and, from a word, icliiggam, used in driving their... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1860 - 802 pages
...about that time. Bishop Burnet, in his Hiitory of hit own Timet, gives the following explanation : " The southwest counties of Scotland have seldom corn...need, those in the west come in the summer to buy a'. Leith the stores that come from the north ; and, from a word, whiggam, used in driving their horses,... | |
 | John Nicholas Norton - 1861 - 322 pages
...Times, furnishes the following explanation : " The Southwest counties of ORIGIN OP WHIG AND TOBY. 33 Scotland have seldom corn enough to serve them round...in driving their horses, all that drove were called whiggamores, and shorter, whiggs. Now in that year, after the news came down of Duke Hamilton's defeat,... | |
 | David Ames Wells - Reference books - 1863 - 470 pages
...Concerning the word whig, Burnet says : — The south-west counties i ,f Scotland have seldom coru enough to serve them round the year; and the northern...in driving their horses, all that drove were called Whiggamores, and shorter, the Whigs. Xow, in that year (ie 1648), after the news came down of Duke... | |
 | John Marriott Davenport - Oxfordshire (England) - 1869 - 148 pages
...serve them round the year; and the northern parts producing more than they need, those in the west came in the Summer to buy at Leith the stores that come...in driving their horses, all that drove were called Whiggamors, and, shorter, the Whiggs. Now, in that year, (1648), after the news came down of the Duke... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1869 - 360 pages
...WHIG. — Burnet, in the History of His OIVH Time, (vol. i. page 43) under the year 1648, says : — " The south-west counties of Scotland have seldom corn...the year; and the northern parts producing more than their need, those in the west came to buy at Leith the stores that came from the north ; and. from... | |
 | John Dryden - English poetry - 1897 - 764 pages
...south-west counties of Scotland," says Hnrnet, "have seldom corn enough to serve them round the ytrar, and the northern parts producing more than they need, those in the west come in ihe summer to buy at Leith the stores that come frnm the north ; and from a word, w/tiggattt, used... | |
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The southwest counties of Scotland have seldom corn enough to serve them round the year : and the northern parts producing more than they need, those in the west come in the summer to buy at Leith the stores that come from the north ; and, from a word,... 
