antiquary

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Some of these essays appeared in the Antiquary, others were read to the Arch�ological Section of the Belfast Naturalists' Field Club, but are now published for the first time in extenso.

From Ulster Folklore by Andrews, Elizabeth

George Constable of Wallace Craigie, the prototype of Jonathan Oldbuck in Sir Walter Scott’s Antiquary, had a residence in the east end of Seagate, the house standing until about 1820.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various

Antiquary" states:—"It was always looked upon as decorous for the laity to take off their gloves in church where ecclesiastics alone might wear them.

From The Evolution of Fashion by Gardiner, Florence Mary

I forget whether that fine thing of the Serjeant is Fielding or Smollett, but it gives me more pleasure than the whole novel of the Antiquary.

From Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends by Keats, John

This has been reported to Mr. Riddell, as Commissioner, and to me as Antiquary in chief, on the estate.

From Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6 by Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson)