The Story of EdinburghJ. M. Dent & Company, 1905 - 426 trang |
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Abbey adorned aisle Albany Allan Ramsay ancient architecture Argyll beautiful Bridge building burgh called Canongate capital Castle Castlehill chapel Charles Church of Scotland Close College Court of Session Cowgate Cross Crown David death doorway Douglas Duke Earl east edifice Edin Edinburgh Edinburgh Castle England English erected famous George Giles Grange Grassmarket Greyfriars Hall head Henry High Street Hill Holyrood Holyrood Palace James James II king King's kingdom Lady land later Leith lived Loch Lord President Lord Provost magistrates mansion Mary Mary of Gueldres Mary of Guise Mary's Moray Netherbow noble North British Railway occupied Palace Parliament pass poet Port Princes Street Professor Queen Ramsay reach Regent reign residence Robert Royal Scots Scottish Sir Walter Scott Sir William square stands stood style thoroughfare Tolbooth tower Town Council Tron walls Water of Leith West Bow Wynd
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Trang 2 - Such dusky grandeur clothed the height, Where the huge Castle holds its state, And all the steep slope down, Whose ridgy back heaves to the sky, Piled deep and massy, close and high, Mine own romantic town!
Trang 317 - ... passed away. The time when he was most brilliant was generally towards the early morning hours ; and then, more than once, in order to show him off, my father arranged his supper parties so that, sitting till three or four in the morning, he brought Mr.
Trang 95 - I myself/' says the traveller, Fynes Morrison, in the end of Queen Elizabeth's reign, the scene being the Lowlands of Scotland, " was at a knight's house, who had many servants to attend him, that brought in his meat with their heads covered with blue caps, the table being more than half furnished with great platters of porridge, each having a little piece of sodden meat. And when the table was served, the servants did sit...
Trang 405 - I DO confess thou'rt smooth and fair, And I might have gone near to love thee, Had I not found the slightest prayer That lips could speak, had power to move thee; But I can let thee now alone As worthy to be loved by none. I do confess thou'rt sweet; yet find Thee such an unthrift of thy sweets, Thy favours are but like the wind That kisseth everything it meets: And since thou canst with more than one, Thou'rt worthy to be kiss'd by none.
Trang 288 - AND NEVER LIKELY TO SEE THE LIGHT AGAIN TILL ALL THE SURROUNDING STRUCTURES ARE CRUMBLED TO DUST BY THE DECAY OF TIME, OR BY HUMAN OR ELEMENTAL VIOLENCE, MAY THEN TESTIFY TO A DISTANT POSTERITY THAT HIS COUNTRYMEN BEGAN ON THAT DAY TO RAISE AN EFFIGY AND ARCHITECTURAL MONUMENT TO THE MEMORY OF SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART., WHOSE ADMIRABLE WRITINGS WERE THEN ALLOWED TO HAVE GIVEN MORE DELIGHT AND SUGGESTED BETTER FEELING TO A LARGER CLASS OF READERS IN EVERY RANK OF SOCIETY THAN THOSE OF ANY OTHER AUTHOR,...
Trang 142 - ... had once been a member, came to the castle with a message from his brethren, and demanded admittance to the earl. It was answered, that the earl was asleep. The privy councillor thought that this was a subterfuge, and insisted on entering. The door of the cell was softly opened, and there lay Argyle on the bed, sleeping in his irons the placid sleep of infancy. The conscience of the renegade smote him. He turned away sick at heart, ran out of the castle, and took refuge in the dwelling of a lady...
Trang 254 - And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
Trang 171 - ... edge of a cheerful crowded thoroughfare, connecting together the Old and New Town, the latter of which lies spread before him, a contrast to the gloom from which he has emerged. When he looks up to the building containing the upright street through which he has descended, he sees that vast pile of tall houses, standing at the head of the mound, which creates astonishment in every visitor of Edinburgh. This vast fabric is built on the declivity of a hill, and thus one entering on the level of...
Trang 175 - Antique in form, gloomy and haggard in aspect, its black stanchioned windows, opening through its dingy walls like the apertures of a hearse, it was calculated to impress all beholders with a sense of what was meant in Scots Law by squalor carceris.