An historical sketch of the municipal constitution of the city of Edinburgh. To which is added, An historical account of the blue blanket, or the craftsmen's banner, by A. PennecuikJ. Anderson, Jun., 1826 - 178 sider |
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Side viii
... hand of time has yet left standing , and the occasional remarks of subsequent writers ; but with all these helps , as will be seen , much is still left to be supplied by conjecture . In con- tinuing its history , having no particular ...
... hand of time has yet left standing , and the occasional remarks of subsequent writers ; but with all these helps , as will be seen , much is still left to be supplied by conjecture . In con- tinuing its history , having no particular ...
Side xxviii
... hands of the Trades . This order , be- sides being a palpable stretch of arbitrary power , ad- vanced a manifest falsehood in asserting , that the Dea- cons of Crafts formerly had a right to vote in all the steps of burgh elections ...
... hands of the Trades . This order , be- sides being a palpable stretch of arbitrary power , ad- vanced a manifest falsehood in asserting , that the Dea- cons of Crafts formerly had a right to vote in all the steps of burgh elections ...
Side xxxvi
... hand , brought an action for having that decreet con- firmed , and the various other privileges they now claim- ed determined . This dispute was carried on for nearly ten years , when both parties thought proper to submit their dif ...
... hand , brought an action for having that decreet con- firmed , and the various other privileges they now claim- ed determined . This dispute was carried on for nearly ten years , when both parties thought proper to submit their dif ...
Side xlvii
... hand , offered a protest against the election as brought about by undue influence , which was rejected amidst great confusion , he and his party being forced out of the Council - room . The affair caused great dis- sension at the time ...
... hand , offered a protest against the election as brought about by undue influence , which was rejected amidst great confusion , he and his party being forced out of the Council - room . The affair caused great dis- sension at the time ...
Side l
... hands of the committee , they , Jan. 17. 1787 , appointed a sub - committee to examine and decide upon the best method of arranging and publishing as evidence , the sets of the Royal Burghs , with the various other historical documents ...
... hands of the committee , they , Jan. 17. 1787 , appointed a sub - committee to examine and decide upon the best method of arranging and publishing as evidence , the sets of the Royal Burghs , with the various other historical documents ...
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An historical sketch of the municipal constitution of the city of Edinburgh ... Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1826 |
An Historical Sketch of the Municipal Constitution of the City of Edinburgh ... Alexander Pennecuik Ingen forhåndsvisning tilgjengelig - 2016 |
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Act of Council Alexander Andrew annually appointed Archibald auld Baillies baith bill Blue Blanket Brugh Buiks Burgesses Chamberlain Charter chosen City of Edinburgh Clerk collectioun Commissioners committee convention Coun Councillors Counsel Court Court of Session David Deacons of Crafts Deakens Dean of Gild declared decreet Decreet-arbitral delegates dewties Dundas Edin election Ensigns extraordinary deacons Favours foresaid fourteen George Gildrie granted Guild hail haill hereby Honour House Incorporations John King James leets Leith Lord Archibald Hamilton Lord Justice Clerk Lord Provost lytts Magistrates Magistrats maist Majesty manner Master meeting Merchants and Craftsmen Michaelmas motion oath Old Bailie ordinary Council Patrick persons petition Preses privileges quhilk Robert Robert Wight Robert Wightman Royal Burghs sall samen Scotland Scots Session Sheridan Sheriff successors tacks thereafter thereof thereto Thesaurer thir presents Thomas tion Town Council Town's Trades Treasurer tyme coming uther vote William William Dundas William Somer
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Side 130 - Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father's house: far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch.
Side 105 - ... and he will appoint for himself commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties, and some to plow his ground and to reap his harvest, and to make his implements of war and the equipment of his chariots.
Side 107 - His heart it was as blythe as birds on the tree: ' Never was I sent for before any king, My father, my grandfather, nor none but mee.
Side 130 - Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me : thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.
Side 175 - He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.
Side 73 - Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth.
Side 63 - That by virtue of this treaty, of the peers of Scotland at the time of the union sixteen shall be the number to sit and vote in the House of Lords, and forty-five the number of the representatives of Scotland in the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain...
Side 81 - Awake : The morning shines, and the fresh field Calls us ; we lose the prime, to mark how spring Our tender plants, how blows the citron grove, What drops the myrrh, and what the balmy reed, How nature paints her colours, how the bee Sits on the bloom extracting liquid sweet.
Side 107 - Fight on, my merry men all, And see that none of you be taine; For rather then men shall say we were hange'd, Let them report how we were slaine.
Side 67 - Ireland, in which no Essoign or Wager of Law, or more than One Imparlance, shall be granted ; or in Scotland, by summary Action in the Court of Session, or by Prosecution before the Court of Justiciary there...