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... stories high ; on the lowest floor are some lodging - rooms , and some rooms of entertainment ; but I suppose it is chiefly taken up with butteries , kitchens , cellars , & c . On the second story is an excellent gallery , and one very ...
... stories high ; on the lowest floor are some lodging - rooms , and some rooms of entertainment ; but I suppose it is chiefly taken up with butteries , kitchens , cellars , & c . On the second story is an excellent gallery , and one very ...
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... stories high , and four rooms and studies on a floor . We were treated by Mr Middleton , the master of the College . We saw the Cathedral Church , not far from the College ; it has been built in form of our churches , the steeple in the ...
... stories high , and four rooms and studies on a floor . We were treated by Mr Middleton , the master of the College . We saw the Cathedral Church , not far from the College ; it has been built in form of our churches , the steeple in the ...
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... stories high , we saw twenty sheep standing , which was no small amazement to us . We crossed a bank by a mill , near Stewart Castle , 1 a quarter of a mile over , in the middle whereof were a pair of flood - gates , whereby the dam was ...
... stories high , we saw twenty sheep standing , which was no small amazement to us . We crossed a bank by a mill , near Stewart Castle , 1 a quarter of a mile over , in the middle whereof were a pair of flood - gates , whereby the dam was ...
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... story of the barnacles and geese , he was told that it was in Orkney the phenomenon was to be seen.- Early Travellers , p . 26. Later travellers than Kirk fully accepted the story . 1 they tell us , hatches her eggs in the THOMAS KIRK . 31.
... story of the barnacles and geese , he was told that it was in Orkney the phenomenon was to be seen.- Early Travellers , p . 26. Later travellers than Kirk fully accepted the story . 1 they tell us , hatches her eggs in the THOMAS KIRK . 31.
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... stories were told us to confirm the truth thereof . One gentleman in the company , who had been an excellent gunner , told us that he went to a 1 Dornoch . 2 The Earl's Cross ( better known as King's Cross ) , one of the market ...
... stories were told us to confirm the truth thereof . One gentleman in the company , who had been an excellent gunner , told us that he went to a 1 Dornoch . 2 The Earl's Cross ( better known as King's Cross ) , one of the market ...
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