Scotland in the Time of Queen MaryMethuen & Company, 1904 - 243 páginas |
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... poor people , scarce learned in any religion . " Once a year the steward of M'Leod of Harris , to whom the island belonged , visited it for the purpose of baptizing the children born in the interval . On these occasions , we are told ...
... poor people , scarce learned in any religion . " Once a year the steward of M'Leod of Harris , to whom the island belonged , visited it for the purpose of baptizing the children born in the interval . On these occasions , we are told ...
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... poor , the houses having stone walls not as high as a man , upon which the roofs are erected and covered with sod . " Even at the present day we are familiar with Scottish villages , or , at least , parts of them , which might be ...
... poor , the houses having stone walls not as high as a man , upon which the roofs are erected and covered with sod . " Even at the present day we are familiar with Scottish villages , or , at least , parts of them , which might be ...
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... poor thatched house , the walls of it being one course of stones , another of sods of earth ; it had a door of wicker rods , and the spider webs hung over our heads as thick as might be in our bed . " 4 But the most exact description we ...
... poor thatched house , the walls of it being one course of stones , another of sods of earth ; it had a door of wicker rods , and the spider webs hung over our heads as thick as might be in our bed . " 4 But the most exact description we ...
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... poor in gold and silver , but plentiful in provisions , which are as cheap as in any part of the world . They ( the Scots ) have plenty of corn and calves , on which account their flesh is cheap ; and in my time bread was tolerably ...
... poor in gold and silver , but plentiful in provisions , which are as cheap as in any part of the world . They ( the Scots ) have plenty of corn and calves , on which account their flesh is cheap ; and in my time bread was tolerably ...
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... poor small cottages , where you must be content to take what you find , perhaps eggs with chicks in them , and some lang cale ( greens ) ; at the better sort of them a dish of chopped chickens , which they esteem a dainty dish , and ...
... poor small cottages , where you must be content to take what you find , perhaps eggs with chicks in them , and some lang cale ( greens ) ; at the better sort of them a dish of chopped chickens , which they esteem a dainty dish , and ...
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