The baronial and ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland . ttle less public importance, andwas tenanted by the busy ministers of a new power, that, though working quietly and unosten-tatiously, has been no small state engine in modern times. It became the office of the old andimportant banking establishment, called The British Linen Company of Scotland. It wassubsequently occupied as a private house, but has been for some years deserted. The latestoccasion on which Moray House attracted any public notice was about two years ago, when somepassengers along the street at night declared that they s
The baronial and ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland . ttle less public importance, andwas tenanted by the busy ministers of a new power, that, though working quietly and unosten-tatiously, has been no small state engine in modern times. It became the office of the old andimportant banking establishment, called The British Linen Company of Scotland. It wassubsequently occupied as a private house, but has been for some years deserted. The latestoccasion on which Moray House attracted any public notice was about two years ago, when somepassengers along the street at night declared that they saw through the dark dusty windows, afigure in spectral white gliding along the deserted apaitments. A small crowd, which gatheredon the occasion, exorcised the apparition by casting stones through the windows, a measure whichprobably was pretty efficacious, as it is believed that some jocularly inclined person, having accessto the premises, was practising on the terrors of the people, by repeating the performance ofthe ghost. * Dougls-s Peerage, i.
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