Peeblesshire
Britishnoun
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"The forest" mentioned in the song comprehended the county of Selkirk, with portions of Peeblesshire and Lanarkshire.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Rogers, Charles
My home, Glen, is on the border of Peeblesshire and Selkirkshire, sixteen miles from Abbotsford and thirty from Edinburgh.
From Margot Asquith, an Autobiography - Two Volumes in One by Asquith, Margot
We understand that Mr. Stevenson has in the press another volume of unconventional travels: Personal Adventures in Peeblesshire.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 23 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
During a period of about thirty years, he has been engaged in the humble capacity of a dry-stone mason in Peeblesshire.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles
Poetically, the Tweed is said to take its rise in the tiny Tweed's Well among the Southern Highlands, 1250 feet above sea level, and close to where the marches of Peeblesshire, Lanarkshire, and Dumfriesshire meet.
From In the Border Country by W. S.
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