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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… new houses of parliament. The granite, which is extremely hard, and of great beauty when polished, has lately been …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… the employment of what are called "moss lairds," who, by hard labour, are gradually reducing the large extent, … growth. The plantations consist mostly of oak and other hard-wood trees, intermixed with firs; they are regularly … Scotch and spruce firs, interspersed with various kinds of hard wood; but the larches are not in a thriving state. …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… by the appearance, at low water, of a large tract of hard loam, in which oak-trees have been found, in an almost …
St Martin-in-the-Fields
… to sett at the sayd gutter vj d, for a lode and a halfe of hard stone bought of goodman Jesper iij s iiij d, for tow …