...destroyed, bear a wonderful disproportion in extent to any which were erected in subsequent times. Nay, the Castle of Jedburgh was so strongly and solidly constructed,...pennies on every hearth in Scotland to defray the expence. But Duke Robert of Albany, then regent, to shun the unpopularity of this impost, defrayed...

...destroyed, bear a wonderful disproportion in extent to any which were erected in subsequent times. Nay, the Castle of Jedburgh was so strongly and solidly constructed,...labour as would render it necessary to impose a tax of twopennies on every hearth in Scotland to defray the expence. But Duke Robert of Albany, then regent,...

...destroyed, bear a wonderful disproportion in extent to any which were erected in subsequent times. Nay, the Castle of Jedburgh was so strongly and solidly constructed,...there was no military opposition, that it was thought h could not be destroyed without such time and labour as would render it necessary to impose a tax...

...testified by the circumstance that, on the Scottish government determining to destroy it, it was meditated to impose a tax of two pennies on every hearth in Scotland, as the only means of accomplishing so arduous an undertaking. If the quality of self-sufficiency in...

...destroyed, bear as wonderful disproportion in extent to any which were erected in subsequent times. Nay, the castle of Jedburgh was so strongly and solidly constructed,...there was no military opposition, that it was thought that it could not be destroyed without such time and labor, as would render it necessary to impose...

...destroyed, bear a wonderful disproportion in extent to any which were erected in subsequent times. Nay, the Castle of Jedburgh was so strongly and solidly constructed,...every hearth in Scotland to defray the expense. But Duke Robert of Albany, then regent, to shun the unpopularity of this impost, defrayed the charge of...

...destroyed, bear a wonderful disproportion in extent to any which were erected in subsequent times. Nay, the Castle of Jedburgh was so strongly and solidly constructed,...every hearth in Scotland to defray the expense. But Duke Robert of Albany, then regent, to shun the unpopularity of this impost, defrayed the charge of...

...destroyed, bear a wonderful disproportion in extent to any which were erected in subsequent times. Nay, the Castle of Jedburgh was so strongly and solidly constructed,...every hearth in Scotland to defray the expense. But Duke Robert of Albany, then regent, to shun the unpopularity of this impost, defrayed the charge of...

...destroyed, bear a wonderful disproportion in extent to any which were erected in subsequent times. Nay, the Castle of Jedburgh was so strongly and solidly constructed,...every hearth in Scotland to defray the expense. But Duke Robert of Albany, then regent, to shun the unpopularity of this impost, defrayed the charge of...

...solidly constructed, and the Scots were so unskilful in the art of destruction, that it was thought necessary to impose a tax of two pennies on every hearth in Scotland, to defray the expense of pulling it down. The Duke of Albany, however, to shun the unpopularity of this impost, defrayed...