History of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club, Instituted September 22, 1831, Nide 3[publisher not identified], printed for the club by Martin's Printing Works, Spittal, 1857 Contains it's Proceedings. |
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Sivu 37
... nest at Lyngby , in the old times , so close to the church as to keep the Christian worshippers in per- petual danger and alarm . Both were slain ; and in the church- yard there is still a sculptured stone which bears witness to the ...
... nest at Lyngby , in the old times , so close to the church as to keep the Christian worshippers in per- petual danger and alarm . Both were slain ; and in the church- yard there is still a sculptured stone which bears witness to the ...
Sivu 48
... nest be funden in the trees at Beltane ( 1o of May ) the trees sal be foir- faulted to the King , and hewin downe , and five schillings to the Kingis unlaw . " About the middle of last century a spirit of enterprise broke out amongst ...
... nest be funden in the trees at Beltane ( 1o of May ) the trees sal be foir- faulted to the King , and hewin downe , and five schillings to the Kingis unlaw . " About the middle of last century a spirit of enterprise broke out amongst ...
Sivu 49
... nests in the extensive rookery in Aimesfield park , near Hadding- ton , to be taken down in the month of March , by a gang of men paid by the tenantry ; few birds ever returned to breed in their favourite grove ; no harm , but , on the ...
... nests in the extensive rookery in Aimesfield park , near Hadding- ton , to be taken down in the month of March , by a gang of men paid by the tenantry ; few birds ever returned to breed in their favourite grove ; no harm , but , on the ...
Sivu 72
... nests . It is curious to note the habits of birds in different districts : in the Hebrides , the raven feasts only on carrion ; and " the shepherds and farmers , so far from molesting the ravens , are pleased when a pair of them breed ...
... nests . It is curious to note the habits of birds in different districts : in the Hebrides , the raven feasts only on carrion ; and " the shepherds and farmers , so far from molesting the ravens , are pleased when a pair of them breed ...
Sivu 74
... nest con- structed of turf , grass and seaweed in a crevice in the Skelly Rock about fifty feet above the water ; this ... nests of the guillemot : this gull derives its name from its well - marked cry , Kitty - week , sharp stress being ...
... nest con- structed of turf , grass and seaweed in a crevice in the Skelly Rock about fifty feet above the water ; this ... nests of the guillemot : this gull derives its name from its well - marked cry , Kitty - week , sharp stress being ...
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Sivu 61 - And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five. And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he epake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
Sivu 137 - I chanced to espy Among the mountains ; never one like this ; So lonesome, and so perfectly secure; Not melancholy ; no, for it is green, And bright, and fertile, furnished in itself With the few needful things that life requires.
Sivu 162 - LANG hae thought, my youthfu' friend, A something to have sent you, Tho' it should serve nae ither end Than just a kind memento ; But how the subject theme may gang, Let time and chance determine ; Perhaps, it may turn out a sang, Perhaps, turn out a sermon.
Sivu 78 - Christ, and by devising and phantasing vain opinions of purgatory and masses satisfactory, to be done for them which be departed, the which doctrine and vain opinion by nothing more is maintained and upholden, than by the abuse of trentals, chantries, and other provisions made for the continuance of the said blindness and ignorance ; and further considering and understanding, that the alteration, change, and amendment of the same, and converting to 1547.
Sivu 54 - A little lowly hermitage it was, Down in a dale, hard by a forest's side, Far from resort of people, that did pass In travel to and fro : a little wide There was...
Sivu 192 - I have," answered the Principal. " Then you must have remarked, that when you try to raise the kite by itself, there is no getting it up ; but only add a long string of papers to its tail, and up it goes like a laverock!
Sivu 55 - AVE, mari magno, turbantibus aequora ventis, E terra magnum alterius spectare laborem : Non quia vexari quemquam est jucunda voluptas, Sed , quibus ipse malis careas , quia cernere suave est.
Sivu 89 - Observed on the right several very regular terraces cut on the face of a hill. They are most exactly formed, a little raised in the middle like a firm walk, and about 20 feet broad, and of very considerable length. In some places were three, in others five flights, placed one above the other, terminating exactly in a line at each end, and most precisely finished. I am told that such tiers of terraces are not uncommon in these parts, where they are called baulks.
Sivu 78 - London, hath made with us, we have granted and given licence for us, and our heirs, as much as in us lies to...
Sivu 78 - Among the Records in the custody of the Master of the Rolls, pursuant to Stat. 1 and 2 Viet. c. 94, and preserved in the Tower of London, it is thus contained to wit, Rot. Pat., 9 Edw. II. p. 2. M. 18.' Pro Abbate de I Rex omnib? ad quos etc. Salutem. Licet de Dorkestr'.