The New Statistical Account of Scotland: Dumfries, Kirkcudbright, WigtonW. Blackwood and Sons, 1845 |
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Σελίδα 25
... receive pension at their private houses . The af- fairs of the institution are under the excellent management of a ... received donations , subscriptions , & c . amounting to more than L. 6000 . The house accommodates , upon an average ...
... receive pension at their private houses . The af- fairs of the institution are under the excellent management of a ... received donations , subscriptions , & c . amounting to more than L. 6000 . The house accommodates , upon an average ...
Σελίδα 35
... received by him may be L.30 . There is a good school - house and schoolmaster's house , and small garden . The number of scholars attending the school is in winter about 120 , and in summer about 72. The other school is about two miles ...
... received by him may be L.30 . There is a good school - house and schoolmaster's house , and small garden . The number of scholars attending the school is in winter about 120 , and in summer about 72. The other school is about two miles ...
Σελίδα 46
... receive from L. 5 , 10s . to L. 6 ; women , L. 2 , 5s . to L. 2 , 12s . Labourers engaged by the day are paid , in summer , with victuals , -men , from 1s . to 1s . 2d .; women , 6d : without victuals during summer , men receive from 1s ...
... receive from L. 5 , 10s . to L. 6 ; women , L. 2 , 5s . to L. 2 , 12s . Labourers engaged by the day are paid , in summer , with victuals , -men , from 1s . to 1s . 2d .; women , 6d : without victuals during summer , men receive from 1s ...
Σελίδα 50
... receive parochial relief ; but of these there is only one entirely dependent upon the parish , and for his board L. 4 per annum is paid . The others receive from L. 1 to L. 2 yearly , according to their necessities . There are about 6 ...
... receive parochial relief ; but of these there is only one entirely dependent upon the parish , and for his board L. 4 per annum is paid . The others receive from L. 1 to L. 2 yearly , according to their necessities . There are about 6 ...
Σελίδα 60
... receive each L. 50 and upwards of annual rent . Character and Habits of the People . - The people are generally ... received the ap- plause , of strangers . The ordinary food of the people consists of . the different preparations of ...
... receive each L. 50 and upwards of annual rent . Character and Habits of the People . - The people are generally ... received the ap- plause , of strangers . The ordinary food of the people consists of . the different preparations of ...
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agriculture amount Annandale annual annum arable attended average number banks barley breed Broomholm built burgh castle cattle chalders chiefly church Closeburn coal considerable crops cultivated Cummertrees Dalswinton distance district Duke of Buccleuch Earl east Ecclefechan Edinburgh erected Eskdalemuir extent farms feet former Galloway Glasgow glebe greywacke ground heritors Hightae hills houses improvement inhabitants James Johnstone labourers land Langholm late leases lime loch Lochar Lochmaben Lockerbie manse Maxwell meadow miles minister Moffat Moffat Water moss nearly Nith Number of families number of persons parish parochial pasture peat Penpont plantations poor population PRESBYTERY present produce proprietor Queensberry rent residence rish river river Annan river Nith road rock sandstone Sanquhar Scotland sheep side situated soil Springkell stipend stone SYNOD OF DUMFRIES teinds tenants Tinwald tion town turnips upwards V.-PAROCHIAL ECONOMY village whole wood
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Σελίδα 244 - THIS HUMBLE INDIVIDUAL PRACTISED IN REAL LIFE THE VIRTUES WITH WHICH FICTION HAS INVESTED THE IMAGINARY CHARACTER OF JEANIE DEANS; REFUSING THE SLIGHTEST DEPARTURE FROM VERACITY, EVEN TO SAVE THE LIFE OF A SISTER, SHE NEVERTHELESS SHOWED HER KINDNESS AND FORTITUDE, IN RESCUING HER FROM THE SEVERITY OF THE LAW, AT THE EXPENSE OF PERSONAL EXERTIONS WHICH THE TIME RENDERED AS DIFFICULT AS THE MOTIVE WAS LAUDABLE. RESPECT THE GRAVE OF POVERTY WHEN COMBINED WITH LOVE OF TRUTH AND DEAR AFFECTION.
Σελίδα 89 - Far in the bosom of the deep, O'er these wild shelves my watch I keep; A ruddy gem of changeful light, Bound on the dusky brow of night, The seaman bids my lustre hail, And scorns to strike his timorous. sail.
Σελίδα 244 - TO THE MEMORY OF HELEN WALKER, WHO DIED IN THE YEAR OF GOD, 1791. THIS HUMBLE INDIvIDUAL PRACTISED IN REAL LIFE THE vIRTUES WITH WHICH FICTION HAS INvESTED THE IMAGINARY CHARACTER OF JEANIE DEANS; REFUSING THE SLIGHTEST DEPARTURE FROM vERACITY, EvEN TO SAvE THE LIFE OF A SISTER, SHE NEvERTHELESS SHOWED HER KINDNESS AND FORTITUDE, IN RESCUING HER FROM THE SEvERITY OF THE LAW, AT THE EXPENSE OF PERSONAL EXERTIONS WHICH THE TIME RENDERED AS DIFFICULT AS THE MOTIvE WAS LAUDABLE. RESPECT THE GRAvE OF...
Σελίδα 225 - Dei in his bosom; and on the reverse, a representation of the upper part of two human figures in the act of embracing. On comparing this fragment with the monument, it was discovered to coincide with that portion of it which Pennant mistook for the top of a cross...
Σελίδα 182 - Dumfries, there was not as much victual produced as was necessary for the supply of the inhabitants ; and the chief part of what was required for that purpose was brought from the Sandbeds of Esk, in tumbling cars, to Dumfries; and when the waters were high by reason of spates, and there being no bridges so that these cars could not come with the meal, I have seen the tradesmen's wives in the streets of Dumfries crying, because there was none to be got.
Σελίδα 77 - Caledonia ! stern and wild, meet nurse for a poetic child, • land of brown heath and shaggy wood, land of the mountain and the flood, land of my sires!
Σελίδα 420 - Walsatt, for correcting of scolds, which it does too so effectually, and so very safely, that I look upon it...
Σελίδα 353 - Who at command of bloody Lag was shot : A murder strange which should not be forgot. Douglas of Morton did him quarters give ; Yet cruel Lag would not let him survive. This martyr sought some time to recommend His soul to God, before his days did end, The tyrant said,
Σελίδα 141 - ... dried in a pot, together with a crock ewe now and then about Martinmas. They were clothed very plainly, and their habitations were most uncomfortable. Their general wear was of cloth, made of waulked plaiding, black and white wool mixed, very coarse, and the cloth rarely dyed. Their hose...
Σελίδα 63 - Twixt Wigton and the town of Ayr, Portpatrick and the cruives of Cree, No man need think for to bide there, Unless he court Saint Kennedie.