Scotland in the Time of Queen MaryMethuen & Company, 1904 - 243 páginas |
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... considerable degree abounded in timber . It would appear , indeed , that as early as the reign of David it was found necessary to provide against its wholesale destruction . Turfs and peats , as we know , were already in use in David's ...
... considerable degree abounded in timber . It would appear , indeed , that as early as the reign of David it was found necessary to provide against its wholesale destruction . Turfs and peats , as we know , were already in use in David's ...
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... considerable remains of the Ettrick Forest still existed in the times of Mary , and the same witness reports that there were " good woods " in the valley of the Dumfries- shire Esk . If timber was scarce in the Lowlands , it could in ...
... considerable remains of the Ettrick Forest still existed in the times of Mary , and the same witness reports that there were " good woods " in the valley of the Dumfries- shire Esk . If timber was scarce in the Lowlands , it could in ...
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... considerable pretensions , " beautified with fair orchards and gardens . " Near the capital these country - seats were specially numerous , and we have it from a French visitor , as well as from native testimony , that at the close of ...
... considerable pretensions , " beautified with fair orchards and gardens . " Near the capital these country - seats were specially numerous , and we have it from a French visitor , as well as from native testimony , that at the close of ...
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... considerable source of profit to the Gallovidians.48 The eel , it is to be remembered , was the fish most commonly eaten in Scotland , and in pre - Reformation times must have been consumed in enormous quantities . Since then our ...
... considerable source of profit to the Gallovidians.48 The eel , it is to be remembered , was the fish most commonly eaten in Scotland , and in pre - Reformation times must have been consumed in enormous quantities . Since then our ...
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... considerable difficulties . As the floats conveying the cargoes had occasionally to pass through the territories of successive clans , the voyage was apt to be a veritable running of the gauntlet . From the Act just quoted , for example ...
... considerable difficulties . As the floats conveying the cargoes had occasionally to pass through the territories of successive clans , the voyage was apt to be a veritable running of the gauntlet . From the Act just quoted , for example ...
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