Bruce made for Scone and was crowned king of Scotland in the presence of many of the chief nobility.
The Abbot of Scone was at his post, attended by the domestic chaplain of Kildrummie; there was a strange mixture of admiration and anxiety on the old man's face, but Agnes saw it not; she saw nothing save him at whose side she knelt.
A bustling and joyous aspect did the ancient town of Scone present near the end of March, 1306.
Nor were the prelates of Scotland, who had remained at Scone during the king's engagement, backward in encouraging and blessing their decision.
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As Carlyle said, "Knox wanted no pulling down of stone edifices; he wanted leprosy and darkness to be thrown out of the lives of men," and it is known that he exerted himself to save the Abbey of Scone from destruction.
He ate his scone with great complacency, heartened by this token that something of Miss Mary's vexation was assumed.
She pushed him into a chair and spread thick butter on a scone and thrust it in his hand.
A treaclescone to tell her name, To tell her name, to tell her name; A treacle scone to tell her name, Around about Mary Matanzie.
Every three days, they threw me down a sconeof barley bread and a draught of water; and every month or two the Knight came to the hermitage.
On the fourth day she called for food; so they brought her all kinds of meats that could seduce the sense or delight the sight; but of all this she would eat only a scone with salt.
Maggie had baked a scone and handed it to him; then, after he had bitten it, he handed it back.
Take thisscone imprinted by my royal teeth, and treasure it.
Crowned at Scone a few days after his accession, James began at once to take an active part in the business of government.
She was recognised by a great national assembly at Scone as heiress of the throne; and Alexander had no issue by his second wife, a daughter of the Comte de Dreux.
Charles had been crowned at Scone on January 1, again signing the Covenants.
Mother passed the rescuedscone along, and awkwardly apologised for the absence of plates.
She said: "Won't you try a scone with it, Mr. Macpherson?
But when the meal-hour came, Musa arose and made for him a single scone and no more, and baked it and ate it by himself, while Mohsin sat by looking on.
I will give thee half of myscone on condition that I pluck out thine eye.
Accordingly the man gave him the half scone and plucked out his other eye; and on such wise made him stone blind.
Now of his inexperience the Prince said to him, "We will serve thee;" whereupon his employer rationed him with a scone and a half and went forth leaving him in the Synagogue.
Do thou, O Musa, give the half-scone and pluck out one of mine eyes.
The young man availed himself of the wait for the scone to inform Victoria that it was a cold day.
Victoria helped him through his scone by agreeing with him generally.
Doubtless, unlike Macduff, he was present at Scone to see the new king invested.
On the day following the murder of Duncan his sons fly and Macbeth goes to Scone to be invested (II.
Scone beneath the seat, and the wood-work cut and scratched all over with names and initials.
This may have had nothing whatever to do with the Scone attack, but may have been simply a part in the regular preparations that were going on for the 'Scottish war.
The banner of Freedom waved defiance from the towers of Lochmaben, and in the Chapel-Royal of Scone the Bruce was crowned King of Scotland.
Buck Mulligan slit a steaming scone in two and plastered butter over its smoking pith.
Buck Mulligan, in particoloured jester's dress of puce and yellow and clown's cap with curling bell, stands gaping at her, a smoking buttered split scone in his hand.
The ancient coronation‐stone of Scotland was removed from Scone and placed in Westminster Abbey, where to this hour it still remains.
I brought a scone with me--but it'll never be enough for two.
Jock had already finished his sconeand he thought this a good time to disappear.
The children watched him until he disappeared in the woods, and when at last they turned from the window, the scone on the girdle was burned to a cinder and had to be given to the chickens!
When they were done to a golden brown she put a hot fish on each piece of scone and handed them out to the boys, and when they had eaten every scrap they buried the fish-bones in case Angus should come that way.
The sconewhich Sandy had brought from home had been divided and eaten long ago; and all four of the children were now so hungry that they could think of nothing else, not even of Angus Niel and their adventures by the lake.
Jean was bending over the fire turning a scone on the girdle, when the noise at the door made her jump and look around.
The whole art of baking consists in turning the scone over at the proper moment.
What can better be described as an unturned scone than a community one half of whose number are too rich, and the other too poor?
He lunched with his friends in the club-room, a frugal meal consisting of a scone and butter, with a cup of cocoa, and they talked of the war.
While they ate (Philip had a scone and butter and a cup of chocolate), he discovered that his companion was called Dunsford.
The ancient shrines of Scone were treated in the usual way, despite the remonstrances of Knox, Lord James, and Argyll.
On the following day, irritated by some show of resistance, the people of Dundee and Perth burned the palace of Scone and the abbey, "whereat no small number of us was offended.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "scone" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
