Chronicles of saint Mungo: or, Antiquities and traditions of GlasgowJohn Smith & Son, 1843 - 434 páginas |
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... never took place , and which were , in all likelihood , at first the invention of some over - credulous or idle mind ; but this is not a reason why all the statements made to us through this medium are to be branded as fabulous ...
... never took place , and which were , in all likelihood , at first the invention of some over - credulous or idle mind ; but this is not a reason why all the statements made to us through this medium are to be branded as fabulous ...
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... never allowed to appear out of their cloisters , after they had made their vows . They wore a grey gown and a rotchet , and followed St. Austin's rule . The principal orders of the friars were , — 1st , The Dominicans , or Black Friars ...
... never allowed to appear out of their cloisters , after they had made their vows . They wore a grey gown and a rotchet , and followed St. Austin's rule . The principal orders of the friars were , — 1st , The Dominicans , or Black Friars ...
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... never again to emerge . It was for- tunate , however , for Glasgow , that the same natural qualities which had first made it valuable as a religious station , were found to be equally applicable to the pur- poses of commerce . Its ...
... never again to emerge . It was for- tunate , however , for Glasgow , that the same natural qualities which had first made it valuable as a religious station , were found to be equally applicable to the pur- poses of commerce . Its ...
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... never yet be steal , But whan I meet a muckle purse , I like her unco weel . Tan fare you weel you saucy loon , I fain your skin would pay ; I came to your town the morn , but , And I'll gang out yesterday . At that time a clockmaker in ...
... never yet be steal , But whan I meet a muckle purse , I like her unco weel . Tan fare you weel you saucy loon , I fain your skin would pay ; I came to your town the morn , but , And I'll gang out yesterday . At that time a clockmaker in ...
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... never fails to inspire the stranger with awe and admiration . Its lofty square tower meets the eye of the traveller in various approaches to the ancient city , and conjures up a host of names and events that have made a figure in ...
... never fails to inspire the stranger with awe and admiration . Its lofty square tower meets the eye of the traveller in various approaches to the ancient city , and conjures up a host of names and events that have made a figure in ...
Términos y frases comunes
afterwards ancient Andrew Andrew Foulis appeared appointed arms army arrived baillies bishop Bishop Cameron Bishop Elphinston Bishop of Glasgow Bridgegate building built burgh Campbell Captain Cathedral celebrated century church Church of Scotland citizens city of Glasgow civil Clyde College court covenanters divine Dumbarton Earl Edinburgh edition Elphinston eminent erected Finlay Glas Gorbals guard Hamilton High-Street honour Hospital inhabitants James John king known land leper leprosy letter Lord magistrates ment merchant minister Mungo native occasion parliament party period persons prebendary presbyterian present principal printed printer Professor Provost published rabble received rector Reformation river river Clyde Robert Foulis Rottenrow royal Royal Burgh Rutherglen Saltmarket Scotland Scottish sent side situated soon stones stood streets tion tolbooth took town trade Trongate tumult University of Glasgow William Wodrow Wynd
Pasajes populares
Página 49 - Big with the vanity of state; But transient is the smile of fate! A little rule, a little sway, A sunbeam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave.
Página 76 - Looking tranquillity! It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chillness to my trembling heart.
Página 39 - 11 superscribe it the nonsuch of Scotland, where an English florist may pick up a posie; so that should the residue of their cities, in our northern progress, seem as barren as uncultivated fields, and every field so replenished with thistles that a flower could scarcely flourish amongst them, yet would I celebrate thy praise, O Glasgow!
Página 370 - It is as well as it is. I had rather it should go out of the field with me ;" and in that manner, so becoming to a soldier, Moore was borne from the fight.
Página 370 - I hope the people of England will be satisfied!" "I hope my country will do me justice!
Página 401 - ... before the bench, kept his eye fixed with calm earnestness on his Lordship's face, assenting now and then to the propriety of what he said, by exactly that sort of see-saw gesture which you may have seen escape now and then from the devout listener to a pathetic sermon or sacramental service. John, in a short speech of his own, expressed his sense of his guilt ; but even then he borrowed the language of Scripture, styling himself " a sinner, and the chief of sinners.
Página 299 - That the complaints of the merchants of London, Liverpool, Whitehaven, &c. are groundless, and proceed from a spirit of envy, and not from a regard to the interests of trade, or to the King's revenue.
Página 424 - DUKE'S PALACE. [Enter DUKE, CURIO, LORDS; MUSICIANS attending.] DUKE. If music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it; that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken and so die.— That strain again;— it had a dying fall; O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour.— Enough; no more; 'Tis not so sweet now as it was before.
Página 110 - A priest robed with surplice and stole went with the cross to the house of the doomed leper. The minister of the church began the necessary ceremonies by exhorting him to suffer, with a patient and penitent spirit, the incurable plague with which God had stricken him. He then sprinkled the unfortunate leper with holy water, and afterwards conducted him to the church, the usual burial verses being sung during their march thither.
Página 208 - Thereupon ensued a pitiful vastation of churches and church buildings throughout all parts of the realm ; for every one made bold to put to their hands, the meaner sort imitating the example of the greater and those who were in authority.