The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select [by] Sholto and Reuben Percy, Brothers of the Benedictine Monastery, Mont Benger, Volume 19T. Boys, 1826 |
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... Palace of Holyrood House , thence to Leith , where they shot for the silver arrow given by the city of Edinburgh , and returned in similar parade , having received from the different guards which they passed , the same military salu ...
... Palace of Holyrood House , thence to Leith , where they shot for the silver arrow given by the city of Edinburgh , and returned in similar parade , having received from the different guards which they passed , the same military salu ...
Page 172
... palace of Holyrood House , he was frequently seen in a party at golf on the links of Leith , with some of the nobility and gentry . Mr. Tytler of Woodhouselee , says , that he remembers in 172 PERCY ANECDOTES .
... palace of Holyrood House , he was frequently seen in a party at golf on the links of Leith , with some of the nobility and gentry . Mr. Tytler of Woodhouselee , says , that he remembers in 172 PERCY ANECDOTES .
Page 173
... palace of Holyrood House , from whence next day he set out for London . BEAR BAITING . This is one of the favourite sports of our ancestors , now sunk into almost utter disuse . Bear baiting was anciently a royal pastime . Sir Thomas ...
... palace of Holyrood House , from whence next day he set out for London . BEAR BAITING . This is one of the favourite sports of our ancestors , now sunk into almost utter disuse . Bear baiting was anciently a royal pastime . Sir Thomas ...
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