He also was provost of Edinburgh at various times, and it is a remarkable instance of the esteem in which the lairds of Merchiston were held that three of them in immediate lineal succession repeatedly filled so important an office during perhaps the most memorable period in the history of the city. [Please select]
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The Governmental correspondence with Lairds was demanded by a motion in Parliament, Feb. [Please select]
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)] [Footnote 1040: Lairds brought suit for damages, but the case never reached a decision, for the vessels were purchased by the Government. [Please select]
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I've seen five lairds o' Pettybaw, sax placed meenisters, an' seeven doctors. [Please select]
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We therefore become better acquainted with some of these lairds than with others which are with us only a short season. [Please select]
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"] From far and near the Lowland burghers, the country lairds, the Highland chiefs and clans responded to the summons." [Please select]
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Two Scottish lairds, the Masters of Morton and Oliphant, remained for years prisoners at Algiers. [Please select]
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