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Side 5
... present age will exist to convey to those of a fu- ture day - our manners and customs . The finger is already pointing to the wall , and unless the nation rouses itself to action , the same fate will overtake us that has already ...
... present age will exist to convey to those of a fu- ture day - our manners and customs . The finger is already pointing to the wall , and unless the nation rouses itself to action , the same fate will overtake us that has already ...
Side 6
... presents nothing of interest , but to the antiquary every feature of it is full of the deepest import . It recalls to his mind that period when the eagle of Rome first appeared upon the heights of the Cayle , the Oxnam , and on the ...
... presents nothing of interest , but to the antiquary every feature of it is full of the deepest import . It recalls to his mind that period when the eagle of Rome first appeared upon the heights of the Cayle , the Oxnam , and on the ...
Side 7
... present day turns up part of the trapping of a Roman horseman , or a bro- ken tile of a once paved court of a Roman camp , as it were in very mockery of human weakness and in- significance . One after another the legions of Rome were ...
... present day turns up part of the trapping of a Roman horseman , or a bro- ken tile of a once paved court of a Roman camp , as it were in very mockery of human weakness and in- significance . One after another the legions of Rome were ...
Side 13
... present ruins were erected . A careful examination of the ruins is satisfactory to my mind , that by far the greater portion of the present building was erected subsequent to the wars of Wallace and Bruce . The oldest part is ...
... present ruins were erected . A careful examination of the ruins is satisfactory to my mind , that by far the greater portion of the present building was erected subsequent to the wars of Wallace and Bruce . The oldest part is ...
Side 15
... found on a 66 Boss , " which some Goth or other , whose head could not appreciate the value of the remnant of an ancient age , has placed over the door of the north entrance to the present Church . Wherever this name 15.
... found on a 66 Boss , " which some Goth or other , whose head could not appreciate the value of the remnant of an ancient age , has placed over the door of the north entrance to the present Church . Wherever this name 15.
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Abbey Abbot advert Alexander antiquity appears arches ballad Barony of Jedburgh battle of Otterburn beautiful Bedrule Bethoc Bishop Boontrees Border Chieftains bridges Britons Bruce Burghers called Canongate charters Chase Chevy Chase Choir Christianity Church civilization clans Cloisters Cupar David district doubt draw the customs Earl of Hume early period England English erected evidence existed fair find an Act former freestone granted guild hanged Haugh Henry Percy Hirsel inhabitants John Hall justice King kingdom Kirk locality lordship Lothian Magistrates and Council ment mighty Monks moral condition Northumberland notice observe origin Otterburn Pagan Danes pain of death person slain pillars place of Jedburgh plague possession Provost rebuilt reign Reikmond Row reproachful phrase Roman Rome Royal Burghs rude Border subjects ruins Rutherford Saxons Scotland Sir John Kerr Sir William Stewart statute style Temples Teviotdale thereof thieves town trade trial tury Tweed twelfth century worship yards
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Side 48 - He paused, as if revolving in his soul Some weighty matter, then, with fervent voice And an impassioned majesty, exclaimed — " O for the coming of that glorious time When, prizing knowledge as her noblest wealth And best protection, this imperial Realm, While she exacts allegiance, shall admit An obligation, on her part, to teach Them who are born to serve her and obey ; Binding herself by statute to secure For all the children whom her soil maintains The rudiments of letters, and inform The mind...
Side 36 - Neither are the songs that are made of them both one ; for the Scots song made of Otterbourne telleth the time, about Lammas ; and also the occasion, to take preys out of England ; also the dividing armies betwixt the Earls of Fife and Douglas, and their several journeys, almost as in the authentic history. It beginneth thus : ' It fell about the Lammas tide, When yeomen win their hay, The dochty Douglas 'gan to ride, In England to take a prey.
Side 7 - ... primary object with them, and their works of this kind are still discernible in numerous places. By employing their troops in this way, when not engaged in active service, their commanders seem to have had greatly the advantage over our modern generals. The Roman soldiers, instead of loitering in camps, or rioting in towns, enervating their strength, and corrupting their morals, were kept regularly at work, on objects highly beneficial to the interests of those whom they subjugated. — In the...
Side 36 - And a vow to God made he, That he would hunt in the mountains Of Cheviot within days three, In the maugre of doughty Douglas And all that ever with him be. The fattest harts in all Cheviot He said he would kill and carry them away ; " By my faith," said the doughty Douglas again, " I will let that hunting if I may.
Side 12 - In the course of the 7th century, many monasteries were founded in all parts of England. They were designed, at first, for the seats of bishops and their clergy, for the residence of secular priests, who preached and administered the sacrament over all the neighbouring country ; and, in all places, they were seminaries of learning, for educating the youth. No vows of celibacy or poverty were at first required of the priests inhabiting these monasteries ; but they were soon after recommended, and...
Side 13 - Scotland, we learn that at the end of the tenth century there existed a Monastic Institution at Jedburgh, of which one Kennoch was Abbot.
Side 32 - Bethoc, who not only gave her name to the parish, but gave birth to a long line of gallant heroes and heroines to Randolph, who supported the Crown on the head of the Bruce, and to Black Agnes, the magnanimous defender of the Castle of D unbar.