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Page 288 - I knew not, very ordinarily apparelled ; for it was a plain cloth suit, which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor ; his linen was plain, and not very clean; and I remember a speck or two of blood upon his little band, which was not much larger than his collar : his hat was without a hatband. His stature was of a good size ; his sword stuck close to his side ; his countenance swollen and reddish; his voice sharp and untunable ; and his eloquence full of fervour, for the subject-matter...
Page 61 - I'll never love thee more. As Alexander I will reign, And I will reign alone ; My thoughts did evermore disdain A rival on my throne. He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, That dares not put it to the touch, To gain or lose it all.
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Page 195 - I came from home, till my head was again homeward ; for I was as a man who had taken my leave from the world, and was resolved to die in that service without return.
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Page 104 - That bishops have a competence," he wrote, " is agreeable to the law of God and man ; but to invest them into great estates and principal...
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Page 267 - Covenant which we have soe solemnlie sworne and already signed, to wed and study all public ends which may tend to the safety both of Religion, Laws, and Liberties, of this poor Kingdom ; and, as we are to make an account before that Great Judge at the last day, that we shall contribute one with another, in a unanimous and joint way, in whatsomever may concern the Public, or this Cause, to the hazard of our lives, fortunes, and estates, neither of us doing, consulting, nor condescending in any point,...
Page 94 - English, and so discountenanced and slighted the Scottish nation, that, were it not for doing good service for his country, which the King intended to reduce to the form of a province, he could not suffer the indignities which were put upon him. This done he repairs unto -the King, tells him of the Earl's return from France, and of his purpose to attend him at the time appointed, but that he was so powerful, so popular, and of such esteem among the Scots, by reason of an old descent from the royal...
Page 195 - English sumptuosity, both in war and peace, is despised by all their neighbours,' — bursten poke-puddings of Englishers, whose daily care is to dine, not wisely but too well ! ' But had ye lent your ear in the morning, or especially at even, and heard in the tents the sound of some singing psalms, some praying, and some reading Scripture, ye would have been refreshed.
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| Title | Memoirs of the Marquis of Montrose, Volumes 1-2 Memoirs of the Marquis of Montrose, Mark Napier |
| Author | Mark Napier |
| Publisher | T. G. Stevenson, 1856 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 18 Oct 2007 |
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