"Tolbooth" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... libertie." It seems also that the jury that had before condemned her had acquitted her of the main charge, that of treasonable witchcraft against the king. The king was angered at the default of justice, went to the Tolbooth, and made an address on the subject. He spoke of "his own impartiality, the use of witchcraft, the enormity of the crime, ... the ignorance of thinking such matters mere fantasies, the cause of his own interference in the matter, the ignorance of the assizes in the late trial, ...
— A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 • Wallace Notestein
... the Laird of Ury said, Turning slow his horse's head Toward the Tolbooth prison, Where, through iron grates, he heard Poor disciples of the Word Preach ...
— Selections From American Poetry • Various
... No stone quoining, or presence of any contrasting color, should be admitted. Quoins in general (though, by the by, they are prettily managed in the old Tolbooth of Glasgow, and some other antique buildings in Scotland), are only excusable as giving an appearance of strength; while their zigzag monotony, when rendered conspicuous by difference of color, is altogether detestable. White cornices, niches, and the other superfluous ...
— The Poetry of Architecture • John Ruskin
... 1582 the kirk-session (which for some time was designated the 'Assembly') ordained their box-master to give the witch in the Tolbooth eight doits (eight twelfths of a ...
— The Mysteries of All Nations • James Grant
... James appears to have patched up a peace with the Government, and probably eked out a livelihood by cattle-stealing and spying, till, on December 8, 1750, he helped his brother Robin to abduct a young widow of some property. {231b} Soon after he was arrested, tried, and lodged, first in the Tolbooth, next, for more security, in ...
— Pickle the Spy • Andrew Lang |
