The Town of Paisley: Historical SketchDaily express, 1878 - 129 pages |
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... appeared and coufessed that he had said " It is said that thou hast taken the health of this man , Gavin Ralston , fra him , the which if thou has done , I pray thee , for God's sake , give him again . " But he denied having humili ...
... appeared and coufessed that he had said " It is said that thou hast taken the health of this man , Gavin Ralston , fra him , the which if thou has done , I pray thee , for God's sake , give him again . " But he denied having humili ...
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... appeared to them as a gentleman in black with a cold hand , the form of a cat , or some other beast . The witches were said to receive little imps for ser- vants , and to communicate between them and their Satanic master . These little ...
... appeared to them as a gentleman in black with a cold hand , the form of a cat , or some other beast . The witches were said to receive little imps for ser- vants , and to communicate between them and their Satanic master . These little ...
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... appeared in your issue to - day , mention is made of the trial and exe- cution of the martyrs James Algie and John Park , whose monument adorns our beautiful Cemetery . Having heard several years since from a venerable member of the ...
... appeared in your issue to - day , mention is made of the trial and exe- cution of the martyrs James Algie and John Park , whose monument adorns our beautiful Cemetery . Having heard several years since from a venerable member of the ...
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... appeared in the girl's hands , the like of which was not in the house before so far as was known . Sometimes the girl was beaten by her tormentors ; and the blows could be dis- tinctly heard , but the giver of them seen only by the girl ...
... appeared in the girl's hands , the like of which was not in the house before so far as was known . Sometimes the girl was beaten by her tormentors ; and the blows could be dis- tinctly heard , but the giver of them seen only by the girl ...
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... appearance of the grand houses which are built on both sides of Gauze Street , which leads east to Paisley East Toll , strikes the attention of the stranger to behold most of these houses three stories high , of good ashlar work , and ...
... appearance of the grand houses which are built on both sides of Gauze Street , which leads east to Paisley East Toll , strikes the attention of the stranger to behold most of these houses three stories high , of good ashlar work , and ...
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Abbey Abbot Abercorn appointed Bailies Baillie and Council Barr & M'Nab Barrhead bell boats Brown building built burgesses burgh called Campbell Canal Cart Causeyside cholera Church City of Glasgow Clyde coach Coats Cochran CONTRIBUTED BY J. W. C. County Craig Cross death died Dunoon Earl Edinburgh Elderslie erected feet Foxbar Gavin Stewart Glasgow Bank Gleniffer Braes Gourock Greenock HISTORICAL SKETCH horse hour inhabitants James John Johnstone Joseph Whitehead July Kelburne Kerr Kilbarchan King kirk Lady Brisbane Lady Kelburne Lord magistrates manufacture meeting Messrs Barr Miss morning named Neilston o'clock Paslay passengers Peter Coats population pounds Scots Presbytery prisoners Provost quhilk race received Renfrew Renfrew Railway Renfrewshire river Robert Saint Mirin sall Scotland Scots Sheriff Sneddon Spiers steamer steeple Stewart stones Stranraer subscriptions taken tion Tolbooth took place Town Council TOWN OF PAISLEY unemployed William Wynd