Deliciae Literariae: A New Volume of Table-talkSimpkin, Marshall, 1840 - 273 pages |
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... land , pp . 50 , 51. I think I have heard that in some parts of Scotland the father's breeches were placed under the pillow . Another preventive is described by Alexander Ross : " A clear brunt coal wi ' the het tengs was taen Frae out ...
... land , pp . 50 , 51. I think I have heard that in some parts of Scotland the father's breeches were placed under the pillow . Another preventive is described by Alexander Ross : " A clear brunt coal wi ' the het tengs was taen Frae out ...
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... land . Thus Chaucer writes in the Wif of Bathe's Tale : - " In olde dayes of the King Artour , Of which that Bretons speke gret honour , All was this lond ful filled of faerie ; The elf - queen with her joly compagnie Danced ful oft in ...
... land . Thus Chaucer writes in the Wif of Bathe's Tale : - " In olde dayes of the King Artour , Of which that Bretons speke gret honour , All was this lond ful filled of faerie ; The elf - queen with her joly compagnie Danced ful oft in ...
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... land from the boundary of Dunegal de Stranit [ Strath - Nith , Nithsdale ] to the boundary of Randulf Meschine . And I will and yield him to have and hold that land and his castle , well and honourably , with all its rights ; namely ...
... land from the boundary of Dunegal de Stranit [ Strath - Nith , Nithsdale ] to the boundary of Randulf Meschine . And I will and yield him to have and hold that land and his castle , well and honourably , with all its rights ; namely ...
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... land , among which the pleasing works of Mr Keightley deserve - prominent notice . He alludes to " the marks which natural causes have impressed on the solid and un- yielding granite rock , but which , according to the popular creed ...
... land , among which the pleasing works of Mr Keightley deserve - prominent notice . He alludes to " the marks which natural causes have impressed on the solid and un- yielding granite rock , but which , according to the popular creed ...
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... lands in Dungsby or Duncansby from the Earl of Caithness in 1496 ; and he figures in a legal instrument of the year 1525 as an " honourable man , John Grot , in Dongasby , chamberlain and bailie in that part of a noble and potent lord ...
... lands in Dungsby or Duncansby from the Earl of Caithness in 1496 ; and he figures in a legal instrument of the year 1525 as an " honourable man , John Grot , in Dongasby , chamberlain and bailie in that part of a noble and potent lord ...
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