History of the life and death of John, Earl of Gowrie
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HISTORY
OF THE
&ife anu Deat&
OF
JOHN, EARL OF GOWRIE,
PRELIMINARY DISSERTATIONS.
REV. JAMES SCOTT,
VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE LITERARY AND ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY
OF PERTH, AND LATE SENIOR MINISTER OF THAT CITY.
Veritas Temporis Filia. — Eras mi Adagium.
" Truth the Daughter of Time."
According to Calderwood, the following Latin Distich was anciently painted on a
Chimney Brace, in the Castle of Ruthven, now called Huntingtower :
Vera din latitant, sed, longo temporis usu,
Emergunt tandem qua: latuere diu. — Cald. MS.
" Truths which were long conceal'd emerge to light ;
And controverted facts are render'd bright."
EDINBURGH :
Printed by Balfour and Clarice,
AND SOLD BY WILLIAM BLACKWOOD, EDINBURGH
AND DAVID MOKISON, JUN. PERTH.
1818.
OF THE
&ife anu Deat&
OF
JOHN, EARL OF GOWRIE,
PRELIMINARY DISSERTATIONS.
REV. JAMES SCOTT,
VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE LITERARY AND ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY
OF PERTH, AND LATE SENIOR MINISTER OF THAT CITY.
Veritas Temporis Filia. — Eras mi Adagium.
" Truth the Daughter of Time."
According to Calderwood, the following Latin Distich was anciently painted on a
Chimney Brace, in the Castle of Ruthven, now called Huntingtower :
Vera din latitant, sed, longo temporis usu,
Emergunt tandem qua: latuere diu. — Cald. MS.
" Truths which were long conceal'd emerge to light ;
And controverted facts are render'd bright."
EDINBURGH :
Printed by Balfour and Clarice,
AND SOLD BY WILLIAM BLACKWOOD, EDINBURGH
AND DAVID MOKISON, JUN. PERTH.
1818.
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| Description | By the Rev. James Scott, vice-president of the Literary and Antiquarian Society of Perth, and late senior minister of that city. Edinburgh : Printed by Balfour & Clarke, and sold by William Blackwood, 1818. |
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| Description | A selection of almost 400 printed items relating to the history of Scottish families, mostly dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes memoirs, genealogies and clan histories, with a few produced by emigrant families. The earliest family history goes back to AD 916. |
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