store-farm

Dumbartonshire, and asking Jeanie "if it werena a pleasant abode?" declared to her his intention of removing his earthly tabernacle to that country, "in respect he was solicited by his Grace the Duke of Argyle, as one well skilled in country labour, and a 'that appertained to flocks and herds, to superintend a store-farm, whilk his Grace had taen into his ain hand for the improvement of stock."

The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Complete Walter Scott 1801

The Antiquary, therefore, took out his portfolio of loose sheets, and after premising that the topographical details here laid down were designed to illustrate a slight essay upon castrametation, which had been read with indulgence at several societies of Antiquaries, he commenced as follows: ` ` The subject, my lord, is the hill-fort of Quickens-bog, with the site of which your lordship is doubtless familiar --- it is upon your store-farm of Mantanner, in the barony of Clochnaben. ''

The Antiquary 1845

` ` in respect he was solicited by his Grace the Duke of Argyle, as one well skilled in country labour, and a that appertained to flocks and herds, to superintend a store-farm, whilk his Grace had taen into his ain hand for the improvement of stock. ''

The Heart of Mid-Lothian 1822

The Antiquary, therefore, took out his portfolio of loose sheets, and after premising that the topographical details here laid down were designed to illustrate a slight essay upon castrametation, which had been read with indulgence at several societies of Antiquaries, he commenced as follows: "The subject, my lord, is the hill-fort of Quickens-bog, with the site of which your lordship is doubtless familiar -- it is upon your store-farm of Mantanner, in the barony of Clochnaben."

The Antiquary — Volume 02 Walter Scott 1801

The Antiquary, therefore, took out his portfolio of loose sheets, and after premising that the topographical details here laid down were designed to illustrate a slight essay upon castrametation, which had been read with indulgence at several societies of Antiquaries, he commenced as follows: "The subject, my lord, is the hill-fort of Quickens-bog, with the site of which your lordship is doubtless familiar -- it is upon your store-farm of Mantanner, in the barony of Clochnaben."

The Antiquary — Complete Walter Scott 1801

The Antiquary, therefore, took out his portfolio of loose sheets, and after premising that the topographical details here laid down were designed to illustrate a slight essay upon castrametation, which had been read with indulgence at several societies of Antiquaries, he commenced as follows: “The subject, my lord, is the hill-fort of Quickens-bog, with the site of which your lordship is doubtless familiar — it is upon your store-farm of Mantanner, in the barony of Clochnaben.”

The Antiquary 1584