The beauties of Scotland, 3. köide1805 |
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... formerly employed in thrashing two hours or more before day - light during winter ; which prac- tice was general throughout this country , but gives way to thrashing machines . The horses are of the best kind , and draw in a single ...
... formerly employed in thrashing two hours or more before day - light during winter ; which prac- tice was general throughout this country , but gives way to thrashing machines . The horses are of the best kind , and draw in a single ...
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... formerly the castle or principal mansion - house of the barony of Finlaystoun Maxwell , which about the middle of the fif- teenth century , with divers other lands , came to Sir Ro bert Maxwell of Calderwood , as younger son of the fa ...
... formerly the castle or principal mansion - house of the barony of Finlaystoun Maxwell , which about the middle of the fif- teenth century , with divers other lands , came to Sir Ro bert Maxwell of Calderwood , as younger son of the fa ...
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... formerly called the bay of St Lawrence , from a chapel near it dedicated to that saint . Greenock stands upon the shore of this bay , on a piece of level territory . The adjoining land is hilly , and from the distance of two miles the ...
... formerly called the bay of St Lawrence , from a chapel near it dedicated to that saint . Greenock stands upon the shore of this bay , on a piece of level territory . The adjoining land is hilly , and from the distance of two miles the ...
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... formerly . But by far the most important town in this county , and Paisley . one of the most considerable manufacturing towns in Scot- land , is Paisley . It stands upon the banks of the river Cart , at the distance of six miles and a ...
... formerly . But by far the most important town in this county , and Paisley . one of the most considerable manufacturing towns in Scot- land , is Paisley . It stands upon the banks of the river Cart , at the distance of six miles and a ...
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... formerly appeared . Spittal- fields was obliged to relinquish the manufacture ; compa- nies came down from London to carry it on at Paisley , where it prospered and increased , it is believed , beyond any manufacture which any town in ...
... formerly appeared . Spittal- fields was obliged to relinquish the manufacture ; compa- nies came down from London to carry it on at Paisley , where it prospered and increased , it is believed , beyond any manufacture which any town in ...
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acres adjoining afterwards Agricul Airshire already mentioned ancient Antiquities appears arches bailies banks barony battle of Langside Biggar bishop of Glasgow Bothwell breadth bridge building built called Cambuslang Carnwath Cart castle Cathedral centre chiefly church coal considerable consists contains distance Douglas Duke Earl east Edinburgh elected erected established expence feet in length formerly free-stone frequently furnace Glas Gorbals Greenock ground Hamilton height High Church High Street horses Inchinnan inhabitants institution iron iron-stone King Lanark land lime logy Lord magistrates manufacture ment merchants miles mineral moss neighbourhood Paisley parish persons pillars Port Glasgow principal provost quantity Ramsay remarkable ridge river Clyde rock royal borough Rutherglen Salt Market Scotland Scots Scottish scription side soil St Kentigern stands stone strata Strathaven stratum surface Tintoc tion town town-council tract ture Upper Ward village Wallace walls whin-stone whole wood