 | Gilbert Burnet - 1753 - 670 sider
...practice by the Church of Rome. The fouth-weft counties of Scotland have feldom corn enough to ferve them round the year : And the northern parts producing more than they need, thofe in the weft come in the fummer to buy at Leith the ftores that come from the north : And from... | |
 | William Marrat, Pishey Thompson - 1812 - 488 sider
...Hanover. The origin of 'the term is stated by Burnet to ha\e been as follows : — " The southwest parts of Scotland hav'e seldom corn enough to serve them...stores that come from the north ; and from a word vihiggam used in driving their horses, all that drove were called whiggamors, and shorter, the whigs.... | |
 | George Buchanan - 1827 - 642 sider
...Hist. p. 46. Unmet calls it the Whiggamores' inroad, and thus gives the derivation of the term : — " The south-west counties of Scotland have seldom corn...the stores that come from the north, and from a word Wiggam, used in driving their horses, all that drove were called Whiggamores — shorter Whiggs." —... | |
 | George Buchanan - 1827 - 646 sider
...Whiggamores' inroad, and thus gives the derivation of the term:—" The south-west counties of Scotland hare seldom corn enough to serve them round the year, and...the stores that come from the north, and from a word Wiggam,used in driving their horses, all that drove were called Whiggamores— shorter Whiggs."—Hist.... | |
 | 1829 - 298 sider
...Burnet in his " own times." " The south west counties of Scotland have seldom corn enough to serve thern round the year; and the northern parts producing more...stores that come from the north ; and from a word wiggam, useiT'in driving <heir horses, aU that drove were called the whiggamors and shorter the whiggs.... | |
 | 1845 - 488 sider
...other languages. The following table was the result of his labors : — OKIGIN OF THE WORD "WHIG." 'THE southwest counties of Scotland have seldom corn...stores that come from the North ; and from a word, wiggam, used in driving their horses, all that drove were called the Whiggamores, and, shorter, the... | |
 | 1849 - 506 sider
...origin of this word. Bunict, in bis 'History of his Own Time' (i. 43), under the year 1648, say«, •* The southwest counties of Scotland have seldom corn...parts producing more than they need, those in the west came iu the summer to bay at Lcith the «lores that came from the north: and from л word jr.'.iujr,í.... | |
 | Gilbert Burnet - 1850 - 996 sider
...opposition to the state, little inferior to what was pretended to and put in practice by the church of Home. The south-west counties of Scotland have seldom corn...stores that come from the north : and from a word, tc/iigffam, used in driving their horses, all that drove were called the ir/tiffgamors, and shorter... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1851 - 594 sider
...about that time. Bishop Burnet, in his History of hie own Times, gives the following explanation : " The southwest counties of Scotland have seldom corn...stores that come from the north ; and, from a word, wliiggam, used in driving their horses, all that drove were called whiggamore», and snorter, whiggi.... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1851 - 606 sider
...about that time. Bishop Burnet, in his Hittory of hit men Timei, gives the following explanation : " The southwest counties of Scotland have seldom corn...stores that come from the north ; and, from a word, vsliiggam, used in driving their horses, all that drove were called whiggamorts, and shorter, whiggs.... | |
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The southwest counties of Scotland have seldom corn enough to serve them round the year : and the northern parts producing more than they need, those in the west come in the summer to buy at Leith the stores that come from the north ; and, from a word,... 
