Quotations (texts).
Found in 49 Collections and/or Records:
Notebook of David Gray containing notes on algebra and moral philosophy, as well as quotations drawn from David Gray's wide reading., 1859.
Interspersed with the notes are many drafts of poems, including a considerable number that are apparently unpublished.
Notebook of quotations of Mary Caroline, Countess of Minto., ?1857.
As well as material of inherent literary or intellectual interest, the papers in this section, deriving from various members of the family, provide a record of entertainment and leisure in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Notebook of Robert Garioch Sutherland containing a collection of quotations titled ‘Powder and Shot’., 1936.
The quotations are followed by two lectures for schoolchildren on the Christian faith (folio l5), 'Poems of the Thirties', a collection (folio 22), and notes from Joseph Klausner, ‘Jesus of Nazareth’ (London, 1925) (folio 31).
Notebook of William Edmondstoune Aytoun, originally labelled on the spine, 'My Barbarossa Succedaneum 1833-1834'., 1833-1834.
Notebook of William Soutar containing quotations from prose and verse., 1914.
William Soutar's output of work, most of it produced during the last thirteen bed-ridden years of his life, is quite remarkable. Apart from his regular and lively correspondence, and his poetry both in English and in Scots, he left a long sequence of diaries and journals, as well as a record of his dreams extending over more than twenty years.
Notebook, undated, of Canon Andrew John Young containing botanical notes from printed sources and literary quotations about flowers and plants., [1937-1971.]
Much of the material consists of notes made by Canon Andrew John Young of his reading. Some of the notebooks include page references to other volumes of notes which are not in this collection.
Notebook, undated, of Canon Andrew John Young containing botanical notes from printed sources and literary quotations about flowers and plants., [1937-1971.]
Much of the material consists of notes made by Canon Andrew John Young of his reading. Some of the notebooks include page references to other volumes of notes which are not in this collection.
Notebook, undated, of Canon Andrew John Young containing botanical notes from printed sources and literary quotations about flowers and plants., [1937-1971.]
Much of the material consists of notes made by Canon Andrew John Young of his reading. Some of the notebooks include page references to other volumes of notes which are not in this collection.
Notebook, undated, of Canon Andrew John Young containing botanical notes from printed sources and literary quotations about flowers and plants., [1937-1971.]
Much of the material consists of notes made by Canon Andrew John Young of his reading. Some of the notebooks include page references to other volumes of notes which are not in this collection.
Notebooks of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid' containing miscellaneous notes., 1942-1944, 1954, undated.
Included in the notebooks are notes for talks, fragments of poems, addresses, quotations, and other jottings.
Notebooks, undated, of Canon Andrew John Young containing botanical notes from printed sources and literary quotations about flowers and plants., [1937-1971.]
Much of the material consists of notes made by Canon Andrew John Young of his reading. Some of the notebooks include page references to other volumes of notes which are not in this collection.
Notes, memoranda, minutes, reports, quotations, etc of George Combe., 1805-1845.
MSS.7443-7445 are written in German, having been delivered on George Combe's tour in Germany in 1842.
The phrenological reports (MSS.7452-7455) comprise the phrenological measurements of many persons, both well-known and obscure, with reports and descriptions of their mental capabilities and weaknesses.
The papers of Cecilia Combe contain a selection of literary efforts, diaries of tours, and the usual memoranda and inventories kept by nineteenth-century housewives.
Notes, memoranda, minutes, reports, quotations, etc of George Combe., 1846-1858.
MSS.7443-7445 are written in German, having been delivered on George Combe's tour in Germany in 1842.
The phrenological reports (MSS.7452-7455) comprise the phrenological measurements of many persons, both well-known and obscure, with reports and descriptions of their mental capabilities and weaknesses.
The papers of Cecilia Combe contain a selection of literary efforts, diaries of tours, and the usual memoranda and inventories kept by nineteenth-century housewives.
Papers and translations collected by the Highland Society of Scotland Ossian Committee and its successor the Committee on Celtic Literature.
Papers, autograph and typescript, of Edmund Crosby Quiggin, chiefly relating to the Book of the Dean of Lismore (Adv.MS.72.1.37)., Early 20th century.
Papers of the Earls of Minto and other members of the family., 1791-1888, undated.
As well as material of inherent literary or intellectual interest, the papers in this section, deriving from various members of the family, provide a record of entertainment and leisure in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Pen drawings and Latin quotations illustrative of death, compiled in Flanders.
This volume containing a collection of pen drawings, with mottoes and verse (chiefly extracts from the Roman poetry) emblematical of death, bears the following title ‘Admodum Reuerendo Patri Jacobo Stratio per Prouinciam Flandro-Belgicam Præposito Prouinciali Tranfactor in Religione vitæ fuæ suinquagefimum annum Deo Opt. Max. inter communes omnium acclamationes consecranti post placatam Mortam Suinquaginta de morte Emblematis Applaudebat Poësis Aldenardensis’.
Printed list of Quotations on food and drink., 2006.
Quotations from fan letters to Dorothy Dunnett., Undated.
Sermons of James Blair and William Eccles, Ministers at Paisley, taken down in shorthand.
There are some notes and summaries (folios 84, 204), proper names, and quotations in Latin (passim) in cursive script. A few leaves at the beginning are missing. The shorthand used resembles the system devised by T Metcalfe, (‘Radio-stenography, or short writing’) from which it was probably adapted by the copyist himself.
Songs, airs from oratorios, minuets, etc., written out at the end of an imperfect copy of ‘Lessons on the practice of singing, with an addition of the church tunes, in four parts, and a collection of hymns ; canons, airs and catches, for the improvement of beginners', by Cornforth Gilson (Edinburgh, 1759).
On the first end-paper and on the fly-leaves (folios i, ii) there are quotations of poetry about music. The date of the manuscript is probably not much later than the date of publication of the book.
Style book of Scots Law forms., Late 17th century.
In an appendix there are quotations (folio 155) from Stair's ‘Decisions’ (Edinburgh, 1683, 1687).
Working notebooks of William Sharp containing miscellaneous notes., [Before 1906.]
On the whole, the notebooks were used for quotations from English, Italian, Gaelic and Greek writers, as well as for many Gaelic expressions, customs, etc., which William Sharp evidently considered for possible inclusion in his own writings. The notebooks contain lists and arrangements of stories, poems, etc., as well as outlines and rough drafts of particular works.