10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BURROWSTOWN»
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burrowstown in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
The British Quarterly Review
There it was upon its quiet brae, looking down upon Burrowstown, with the thorn
hedge grown up high about it, and the ash trees midway down the road arching
over to meet one another, and the very apple trees and currant bushes grown ...
Robert Vaughan, Henry Allon, 1869
2
The English and Scottish Popular Ballads
See beerly. burn, bourn, I, 438, A 3, 4; III, 440, 16; 460, 27: brook. burnbrae,IV, 76,
1: hillside withabrook at the bottom. burnyssht, III, 63, 136: shining, made bright.
burrowtown, burrowstown, IV, 288,E3; 299, d 13:properly, chartered town, ...
Francis James Child, 2013
3
Passages in the Life of Mrs. Margaret Maitland of Sunnyside
... nor the Blythes, nor us, and my aunt is not pleased, for she says there were
Elders in the old Place at Bour- tree, before a stone of the Castle was laid, and I
am sure no one would compare Adam Blythe, of the Meadows, to Lord
Burrowstown, ...
Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret), 1849
4
Waverley Novels: ¬The antiquary ; [2]
... do till the coble's afloat again l—And the wife, she maun get the scull
onherback, and awa wi' the fish to the next burrowstown, and scauld and ban wi'
ilka wife that will scauld and ban wi' her till it's sauld—and that's the gait fisher-
wives live, ...
And the wife she maun get the scull on her back, and awa wi' the fish to the next
burrowstown, and scauld and ban wi'ilka wife that will scauldand ban wi'her till it's
sauld— and that's the gait fisherwives live, puir slavingbodies.” “Slaves?
6
Second series of bibliographical collections and notes on ...
1681. Folio, A—-—E', 2 leaves each. A True Account of a New and Strange Sec-t
now practising, and set up at Burrowstown, 15 Miles from Ed-enburrough, in
Scotland. “7110 assemble and meet in the Night-time. London, Printed for J.
Smith .
7
Passages in the life of mrs. Margaret Maitland [by M.O. ...
... nor the Blythes, nor us, and my aunt is not pleased, for she says there were
Elders in the old Place at Bour- tree, before a stone of the Castle was laid, and I
am sure no one would compare Adam Blythe, of the Meadows, to Lord
Burrowstown, ...
Margaret Oliphant Oliphant, Margaret Maitland (fict. name.), 1849
8
The canary bird or, Gentlemen and lady's polite amusement
The brawest beau in burrowstown, In a' his airs with art made ready, Compar'd to
him his but a clown ; He's siner far in's tartan plaidy. O my bonny, &c. O'er Benty
hill with him I'll run, And leave my lawland kin and daddy ;; Free winter's cauld ...
9
The Fortunes of Nigel (Annotated)
BROCHES, kitchen spits. BROSE, pottage ofmean and water. BROWNIE,
domestic goblin. BUNEMOST, uppermost. BUCKET,cheat. BURROWSTOWN,
boroughtown. BUSS, kiss. CALFWARD, place where calves are kept in the field.
CALLAN,
There it was upon its quiet hrae, looking down upon Burrowstown, with the thorn
hedge grown up high around it, and the ash trees midway down the road arching
over to meet one another, and the very apple trees and cnrrant bushes grown ...
Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell, 1869
