Lives of the Lindsays: Or, A Memoir of the Houses of Crawford and Balcarres, Band 1J. Murray, 1858 |
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afterwards Alex Alexander Lindsay ancestor ancient Andrews Angus appears argent arms Arran Balcarres barons battle Bishop brother Byres Calderwood Castle century charter Church Crown daughter David de Lindsay death descendants Domini Douglas Duke Dundee Earl David Earl of Crawford Earldom Earldom of Crawford Edinburgh Edzell eldest England English estates father favour fesse-chequée feudal friends Glamis Glenesk granted Haigh Muniment-room heir Henry Hist honour House Huntley James Lindsay John Lindsay Joseph Robertson King James King's Kirk knight Lady Laird lands letter Limesay Lindsay's Lion King Lives Lord Lindsay Lord Menmuir Lyndesay married Mary Master Montrose noble Ogilvie Parliament Patrick Pitscottie Prince Queen resignation Robert says Scotland Scots Scottish seal Sir Alexander Sir David Lindsay Sir James Sir James Lindsay Sir John Sir Walter Sir William sovereign Spotswood Stirling supra thir Tytler wald weill whilk wife William de Lindsay witnessed younger
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Seite xiii - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.
Seite 241 - He was a man of middle age ; In aspect manly, grave, and sage, As on king's errand come ; But in the glances of his eye, A penetrating, keen, and sly Expression found its home...
Seite 6 - Norman gentlemen were orators from the cradle. But their chief fame was derived from their military exploits. Every country from the Atlantic Ocean to the Dead Sea witnessed the prodigies of their discipline and valour.
Seite 5 - Without laying aside that dauntless valour which had been the terror of every land from the Elbe to the Pyrenees, the Normans rapidly acquired all, and more than all, the knowledge and refinement which they found in the country where they settled.
Seite 35 - I dare to say thou wert never matched of none earthly knight's hand. And thou wert the courteousest knight that ever bare shield ; and thou wert the truest friend to thy lover that ever bestrode horse; and thou were the truest lover, of a sinful man, that ever loved woman ; and thou wert the kindest man that ever struck with sword. And thou wert the goodliest person that ever came among press of knights. And thou wert the meekest man, and the gentlest, that ever ate in hall among ladies. And thou...
Seite 163 - I have laboured to make a covenant with myself, that affection may not press upon judgment; for I suppose there is no man that hath any apprehension of gentry or nobleness, but his affection stands to the continuance of a house so illustrious, and would take hold of a twig or twine thread to uphold it.
Seite 6 - One Norman knight, at the head of a handful of warriors, scattered the Celts of Connaught. Another founded the monarchy of the Two Sicilies, and saw the emperors, both of the East and of the West, fly before his arms. A third, the Ulysses of the first crusade, was invested by his...
Seite 5 - Norman presented a striking contrast to the coarse voracity and drunkenness of his Saxon and Danish neighbours. He loved to display his magnificence, not in huge piles of food and hogsheads of strong drink, but in large and stately edifices, rich armour, gallant horses, choice falcons, wellordered tournaments, banquets delicate rather than abundant, and wines remarkable rather for their exquisite flavour than for their intoxicating power.
Seite 176 - With leaden mells, and lances long. There battering blows made sallet sound, There many a sturdy stroke was given, And many a baron brought to ground, And many a banner broad was riven.