 | 1817 - 526 pàgines
...destroyed, bear a wonderful disproportion in extent to any which were erected in subsequent times. Nay, the Castle of Jedburgh was so strongly and solidly constructed,...pennies on every hearth in Scotland to defray the expence. But Duke Robert of Albany, then regent, to shun the unpopularity of this impost, defrayed... | |
 | 1817 - 526 pàgines
...destroyed, bear a wonderful disproportion in extent to any which were erected in subsequent times. Nay, the Castle of Jedburgh was so strongly and solidly constructed,...labour as would render it necessary to impose a tax of twopennies on every hearth in Scotland to defray the expence. But Duke Robert of Albany, then regent,... | |
 | 1817 - 258 pàgines
...destroyed, bear a wonderful disproportion in extent to any which were erected in subsequent times. Nay, the Castle of Jedburgh was so strongly and solidly constructed,...there was no military opposition, that it was thought h could not be destroyed without such time and labour as would render it necessary to impose a tax... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1827 - 412 pàgines
...testified by the circumstance that, on the Scottish government determining to destroy it, it was meditated to impose a tax of two pennies on every hearth in Scotland, as the only means of accomplishing so arduous an undertaking. If the quality of self-sufficiency in... | |
 | Mr. Forsyth - 1833 - 348 pàgines
...destroyed, bear as wonderful disproportion in extent to any which were erected in subsequent times. Nay, the castle of Jedburgh was so strongly and solidly constructed,...there was no military opposition, that it was thought that it could not be destroyed without such time and labor, as would render it necessary to impose... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1848 - 498 pàgines
...destroyed, bear a wonderful disproportion in extent to any which were erected in subsequent times. Nay, the Castle of Jedburgh was so strongly and solidly constructed,...every hearth in Scotland to defray the expense. But Duke Robert of Albany, then regent, to shun the unpopularity of this impost, defrayed the charge of... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1834 - 482 pàgines
...destroyed, bear a wonderful disproportion in extent to any which were erected in subsequent times. Nay, the Castle of Jedburgh was so strongly and solidly constructed,...every hearth in Scotland to defray the expense. But Duke Robert of Albany, then regent, to shun the unpopularity of this impost, defrayed the charge of... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1834 - 484 pàgines
...destroyed, bear a wonderful disproportion in extent to any which were erected in subsequent times. Nay, the Castle of Jedburgh was so strongly and solidly constructed,...every hearth in Scotland to defray the expense. But Duke Robert of Albany, then regent, to shun the unpopularity of this impost, defrayed the charge of... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1834 - 490 pàgines
...destroyed, bear a wonderful disproportion in extent to any which were erected in subsequent times. Nay, the Castle of Jedburgh was so strongly and solidly constructed,...every hearth in Scotland to defray the expense. But Duke Robert of Albany, then regent, to shun the unpopularity of this impost, defrayed the charge of... | |
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Jedburgh, and of several others which were thus destroyed, bear a wonderful disproportion in extent to any which were erected in subsequent times. Nay, the Castle of Jedburgh was so strongly and solidly constructed, and the Scottish so unskilful in the... 
