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See also:LAIDLAW, See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
WILLIAM (1780-1845) , friend and See also:amanuensis of See also:Sir See also:Walter See also:Scott, was See also:born at Blackhouse, See also:Selkirkshire, on the 19th of See also:November 1780, the son of a See also:sheep See also:farmer. After an elementary See also:education in See also:Peebles he returned to See also:work upon his See also:father's See also:farm. See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James See also:Hogg, the shepherd poet, who was employed at Blackhouse for some years, ' became Laidlaw's friend and appreciative critic. Together they assisted Scott by supplying material for his Border Minstrelsy, and Laidlaw, after two failures as a farmer in Midlothian and Peebleshire, became Scott's steward at See also:Abbotsford. He also acted as Scott's amanuensis at different times, taking down a large See also:part of The See also:- BRIDE (a common Teutonic word, e.g..Goth. bruths, O. Eng. bryd, O. H. Ger. prs2t, Mod. Ger. Bract, Dut. bruid, possibly derived from the root bru-, cook, brew; from the med. latinized form bruta, in the sense of daughter-in-law, is derived the Fr. bru)
Bride of Lammermoor, The See also:Legend of See also:Montrose and Ivanhoe from the author's dictation. He died at Contin near See also:Dingwall, See also:Ross-See also:shire, on the 18th of May 1845. Of his See also:poetry, little is known except See also:Lucy's Flittin' in Hogg's See also:Forest See also:Minstrel.
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