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  • Duke of Argyle dare adventure to send from Stirling to make any attempt against you at Dalkeith, which is so strong a place naturally; and should the enemy return again from Stirling, you might either follow them in their rear without danger, or take possession of

    Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume I. Mrs. Thomson

  • If you were to increase your number of portraits, I would add the Duchess of Queensberry, from a picture at Dalkeith which is alluded to in the letters; Lady Hervey and her beautiful friend, Mary Bellenden.

    A Publisher and His Friends Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904 1911

  • She also lives in the same family compound that's been her home for much of her life, on the bank of the Swan River that meanders through the leafy Perth suburb of Dalkeith.

    Australia's Tough Boss And Free-Market Crusader Tim Treadgold 2011

  • She also lives in the same family compound that's been her home for much of her life, on the bank of the Swan River that meanders through the leafy Perth suburb of Dalkeith.

    Miner's Daughter Tim Treadgold 2011

  • When Mr. & Mrs. Reid went to Dalkeith or other nearby towns in their single Horse Cart they would take Fred and I and buy us a Treat of Gingerbread Cake and a Lucky Bag, which contained a toy and miscellaneous candies, or a Licorice Strap, that was in strips that we could peel apart and chew.

    "Please forgive me for not accepting your rejection letter..." ewillett 2008

  • You came up a grade from Dalkeith with a Forest on the right hand side and Farmers Fields on the left side, and at the corner was a rise of ground where I used to lie and dream about what I would do when I grew up.

    "Please forgive me for not accepting your rejection letter..." ewillett 2008

  • While we were living in Edinburgh, we were taken to Portobello (at left, ca. 1900 - Ed), a sea-side resort (the saying was Edinburgh, Leith, Portobello, Musselburgh and Dalkeith), by someone who did not know that children left alone have the habit of wandering -- which Fred and I did.

    The First World War Memoirs of Sampson J. Goodfellow, Part 28: Flashback - Early Childhood ewillett 2008

  • One day we decided to go to Dalkeith and have a look at Langside Cottage.

    The First World War Memoirs of Sampson J. Goodfellow, Part 31: Revisiting Boyhood Haunts ewillett 2008

  • Finally, Mother decided we had to leave Edinburgh and after seeing an advertisement in the Scotchman (a newspaper), we were taken to Langside Cottage which is in the Country outside of Dalkeith.

    "Please forgive me for not accepting your rejection letter..." ewillett 2008

  • Amidst the tumult of a tournament, the young Earl of Carrick, such was then his title, received a kick from the horse of Sir James Douglas of Dalkeith, in consequence of which he was lame for the rest of his life, and absolutely disabled from taking share either in warfare or in the military sports and tournaments which were its image.

    The Fair Maid of Perth 2008

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