| Benson John Lossing - 1851 - 596 pages
...about that time. Bishop Burnet, in his History of his otrn Timct, gives the following explanation : " The southwest counties of Scotland have seldom corn...need, those in the west come in the summer to buy at Leiih the stores that come from the north ; and, from a word, whiggam, used in driving their horses,... | |
| 398 pages
...Burnet, in the Hutory of Hi* Own 'time, (vol. L page 43) under the year 1649, says : — "The soutli-west counties of Scotland have seldom corn enough to serve...round the year; and the northern parts producing more titan their need, those in the west came to buy at Leith the stores that came from the north ; and,... | |
| Electronic journals - 1852 - 1170 pages
...quite such a diversity of opinion. The first authority we will quote shall be Burnet, who says : " The south-west counties of Scotland have seldom corn...need, those in the west come in the summer to buy at I. nth the stores that came from the north ; and from a word, Whiggam, used in driving their horses,... | |
| Economics - 1853 - 498 pages
...origin of this word. Burnet, in his 'History of his Own Time' (i. 43),, under the year 1648, says, " The southwest counties of Scotland have seldom corn...parts producing more than they need, those in the west came in the summer to buy at Leith the stores that came from the north; and from a word whiggam, used... | |
| George Buchanan - 1856 - 684 pages
...and thus gives the derivation of the term : — " The south-west counties of Scotland have setdom com enough to serve them round the year and the northern...the stores that come from the north, and from a word Wiggam, used in Art ving their horses, all that drove were called Whiggamores — shorter Whiggs.''... | |
| John Timbs - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1857 - 444 pages
...estates. They were called Raperees and Tories. Concerning the word whig, Burnet says : — The sonth-west counties of Scotland have seldom corn enough to serve...in driving their horses, all that drove were called Whiggamorea, and shorter, the Whigs. Now, in that year (ie 1648), after the news came down of Duke... | |
| Robert Conger Pell - Anecdotes - 1857 - 436 pages
...of their estates. They were called Raperees and Tories. Concerning the word Whig, Burnet says : — The south-west 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, Whiggam, used in driving their horses, all that drove were called... | |
| Robert Conger Pell - Anecdotes - 1857 - 444 pages
...occupiers of their estates. They were called Rapmet and Tories. Concerning the word Whig, Burnet says : — The south-west 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, Whiggam, used in driving their horses, all that drove were called... | |
| Robert Chambers - Scotland - 1858 - 542 pages
...well-known party in the state. Burnet, who was likely to know the facts well, makes the following statement: 'The south-west counties of Scotland have seldom corn...buy at Leith the stores that come from the north. From a word Whiggan, used in driving their horses, all that drove were called the Whiggamores, and,... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1858 - 540 pages
...party in the state. Burnet, who was likely to know the facts well, makes the following statement : ' The south-west counties of Scotland have seldom corn...buy at Leith the stores that come from the north. From a word Whiggan, used in driving their horses, all that drove were called the Whiggamores, and,... | |
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