Transactions, Volum 19

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The Society, 1895
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Pàgina 134 - O Caledonia ! stern and wild, meet nurse for a poetic child, • land of brown heath and shaggy wood, land of the mountain and the flood, land of my sires!
Pàgina 294 - Our vows, our prayers, we now present Before thy throne of grace : God of our fathers ! be the God Of their succeeding race.
Pàgina 49 - An' monie lads' an' lasses' fates Are there that night decided : Some kindle, couthie, side by side, An' burn thegither trimly; Some start awa, wi' saucy pride, An' jump out-owre the chimlie Fu' high that night. Jean slips in twa, wi...
Pàgina 294 - Through each perplexing path of life Our wandering footsteps guide; Give us each day our daily bread, And raiment fit provide. 4 O spread Thy covering wings around, Till all our wanderings cease, And at our Father's loved abode Our souls arrive in peace!
Pàgina 140 - The dinner was one of the most successful ever held under the auspices of the Society.
Pàgina 126 - A prince can mak a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that; But an honest man's aboon his might, Guid faith he mauna fa' that! For a
Pàgina 279 - THE WATER LADY. ALAS, the moon should ever beam To show what man should never see !I saw a maiden on a stream, And fair was she ! I...
Pàgina 263 - Further, there were two great rounds on ilk side of the gate, and a great portculleis of tree, falling down with the manner of a barrace, with a drawbridge, and a great stank of water of sixteen foot deep, and thirty foot of breadth. And also this palace within was hung with fine tapestry and...
Pàgina 264 - ... and so magnificent an entertainment. But what surprised him most of all, was to see the Highlanders set fire to the wooden castle as soon as the hunting was over, and the King in the act of departing. " Such is the constant practice of our Highlanders...
Pàgina 293 - Through each perplexing path of life our wand'ring footsteps guide ; Give us each day our daily bread, and raiment fit provide. 4 O, spread thy cov'ring wings around, till all our wand'rings cease, And at our Father's lov'd abode our souls arrive in peace. 5 Such blessings from thy gracious hand our humble pray'rs implore ; And thou shalt be our chosen God, and portion evermore.

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