...the name and official description prefixed to this Proem will se- cure it, from the sedate and reflecting part of man- kind, to whom only I would be u... ...those recommendations of my labours which they must necessarily anticipate from the perusal of the title-page. Nevertheless, I am not unaware, that, a... ...vel (si fas sit dicere) of this our native realm of Scotland; so that men, from every corner thereof, when travelling on their concernments of busines... ...ted), must have seen more of the manners and customs of various tribes and people, than if I had sought them out by my own painful travel and bodily l... ...in the sequestered vale of the small river Manor, in Peeblesshire. The few people who had occasion to pass that way were much surprised, and some supe... ...y man present. “Our commerce is destroyed,” hollowed old John Rewcastle, a Jedburgh smuggler, from the lower end of the table. “Our agriculture is rui... ...o him agony and breaking on the wheel. He regarded the laugh of the common people whom he passed on the street, and the suppressed titter, or yet more... ...lieslaw, a dependency, it is believed by antiquaries, on the rich Abbey of Jedburgh. Their possessions had long passed away under the changes introduc...

...Introduction: As I may, without vanity, presume that the name and official description prefixed to this Proem will secure it, from the sedate and reflecting part of mankind, to whom only I would be understood to address myself, such attention as is due to the sedulous instructor of youth, and the careful performer of my Sabbath duties, I will forbea...

...ea was not alive, then, with great ships and brave sailors, sailing to and from all parts of the world. It was very lonely. The Is lands lay solitary... ... nothing of them. It is supposed that the Phoenicians, who were an ancient people, famous for carrying on trade, came A Child’s Histroy of England 8... ...iling over to the opposite coasts of France and Belgium, and saying to the people there, ‘We have been to those white cliffs across the water, which y... ...hose white cliffs across the water, which you can see in fine weather, and from that country, which is called Britain, we bring this tin and lead,’ te... ...nd lead,’ tempted some of the French and Belgians to come over also. These people settled themselves on the south coast of England, which is now calle... ...ved that part of the Is lands. It is probable that other people came over from Spain to Ireland, and settled there. Thus, by little and little, stran... ...y for his good behaviour in future, the three strong Scot tish Castles of Jedburgh, Roxburgh, and Berwick. Nothing of this being done; on the con tr...

...d now about to come into this busy and changeful world. I will not conceal from you that I am skilful in understanding and interpreting the movements ... ... the family. He hastened to draw the stranger into a private room. “I fear from your looks,” said the father, “that you have bad tidings to tell me of... ...hip in the Temple by his parents. You must regard him as a being separated from the rest of the world. In childhood, in boyhood, you must sur- round h... ...n predicted by the Astrologer; and thus his confi- dence, which, like most people of the period, he had freely given to the science, was riveted and c... ...prevail on her to accept so much as a single guinea. “I have heard the old people at Jedburgh say, that all Jean’s sons were condemned to die there on... ... her to accept so much as a single guinea. “I have heard the old people at Jedburgh say, that all Jean’s sons were condemned to die there on the same ... ...quipt in a habit which mingled the national dress of the Scottish com- mon people with something of an Eastern costume, she spun a thread, drawn from ... ...t Hen. I have seen one of these formidable stoups at Provost Haswell’s, at Jedburgh, in the days of yore. It was a pewter measure, the claret being in...

...y prince are those painfully evinc- ing a broken heart, which seeks refuge from its own thoughts in sordid enjoyments. Still, however, it was long ere... ...auntlet be, perhaps it was long ere he altogether became, so much degraded from his original self; as he enjoyed for a time the lustre attending the p... ...so prudent as to be aware their complaints would meet with little sympathy from the world. It may be added, that the greater part of the banished Jaco... ...you will say. He lays the blame of former inaccuracies on evil company—the people who were at the livery-stable were too seductive, I suppose—he denie... ...hich he wished to attain, by preserving me from the society of other young people, that, upon my word, I am always rather astonished how I should have... ...nd, that though there is as great a difference between thee and one of our people as there is between a lion and a sheep, yet I know and believe thou ... ...iracy, which involved malefactors of every kind, was tried and executed at Jedburgh, where the author was present as Sheriff of Selkirkshire. Mendham ...

...shire, by John Duthy, Esq. An interleaved copy re- ceived many annotations from members of the Heathcote family. There was a proposal that it should b... ...an interest in provincial dialect, some specimens are appended, which come from personal knowledge. The lists of birds and of flowers are both from th... ...RBOURNE TERBOURNE THE SOUTH D OWNS of England descend at about eight miles from the sea into beds of clay, diversified by gravel and sand, and with an... ...star on their base, are picked up in the gravels and called by the country people Shep- herds’ Crowns—or even fossil toads. Large boulder stones are a... ...difficulties or controversies attended to, confirmation given to the young people and children, and, after a meal, the bishop proceeded, sometimes to ... .... Oliver writes in the summer after the marriage that he is glad the young people have leisure to make a journey to eat cherries. There is little doub... ... Lothian—a pupil for some years of Mr. Wilson at Ampfield—to the church at Jedburgh, built by his mother. Now that he has passed away, it may be remar...

... reached a second edition, and a good deal of it was used in Sketches of Hampshire, by John Duthy, Esq. An interleaved copy received many annotations from members of the Heathcote family. There was a proposal that it should be re-edited, but ninety years could not but make a great difference in these days of progress, so that not only had the narrative to be brought up to ...

...THE REIGN OF HENRY VIII., a family of the name of Jenkin, claiming to come from York, and bearing the arms of Jenkin ap Philip of St. Melans, are foun... ... settled in the county of Kent. Persons of strong genealogical pinion pass from William Jenkin, Mayor of Folkestone in 1555, to his contemporary ‘John... ... for the present, that these Kentish Jenkins must have undoubtedly derived from Wales, and being a stock of some efficiency, they struck root and grew... ...is mother, his unmarried sister, and his sick brother John. Out of the six people of whom his nearest family consisted, three were in his own house, a... ...nder the great spreading chestnuts of the old fore court,’ where the young people danced and made merry to the music of the village band. Or perhaps, ... ...to have ‘bump- tious notions,’ and his head was ‘somewhat turned with fine people’; as to some extent it remained throughout his inno- cent and honour... ... experience of another class. His education, in the formal sense, began at Jedburgh. Thence he went to the Edinburgh Academy, where he was the classma...