The History of Scotland, Volume 6T. Ireland, junior, 1829 - Scotland |
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Page 23
... letter concluded with renewed assurances of her royal protection in the free enjoyment of all the rights and privileges that by law they were possessed of . In their an- swer the assembly were equally guarded . " Next to the di- vine ...
... letter concluded with renewed assurances of her royal protection in the free enjoyment of all the rights and privileges that by law they were possessed of . In their an- swer the assembly were equally guarded . " Next to the di- vine ...
Page 36
... Letters from a gentleman in the north of Scotland , Letter xix . Introd . to Hume's Hist . of the Rebellion . Introd . to Stewart's Sketches . Cullo- den Papers . Stuart Papers . Macpherson's State Papers . Johnson's Tour . Boswell's ...
... Letters from a gentleman in the north of Scotland , Letter xix . Introd . to Hume's Hist . of the Rebellion . Introd . to Stewart's Sketches . Cullo- den Papers . Stuart Papers . Macpherson's State Papers . Johnson's Tour . Boswell's ...
Page 39
... letters from the high constable , express- ing great impatience to see him , and adding , that all the well - affected would exert themselves to the utmost on this occasion as their last resource , being persuaded that at the worst they ...
... letters from the high constable , express- ing great impatience to see him , and adding , that all the well - affected would exert themselves to the utmost on this occasion as their last resource , being persuaded that at the worst they ...
Page 40
... letter from the French king , and another from the pretender , along with his credentials , with which his lordship seemed satisfied , and said he would consult his friends respecting a treaty . Hooke , however , whose powers did not ...
... letter from the French king , and another from the pretender , along with his credentials , with which his lordship seemed satisfied , and said he would consult his friends respecting a treaty . Hooke , however , whose powers did not ...
Page 42
... letter from the queen of England , and as that princess had not written to him , he concluded that the scheme was not approved of by her ; and he had too much . respect for her judgment to concern himself with an affair of which she did ...
... letter from the queen of England , and as that princess had not written to him , he concluded that the scheme was not approved of by her ; and he had too much . respect for her judgment to concern himself with an affair of which she did ...
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Page 612 - For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake ; 30 Having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me.
Page 571 - And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel. 5 And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baal-peor.
Page 558 - This whole fabric hung, as it were, by a large tree, which reclined from the one end all along the roof to the other, and which gave it the name of the Cage, and by chance there happened to be two stones at a small distance from one another, in the side next the precipice, resembling the pillars of a chimney, where the fire was VOL.
Page 436 - Act, Declaration, and Testimony for the doctrine, worship, discipline, and government of the Church of Scotland, agreeable to the Word of God, the Confession of Faith, the National Covenant of Scotland, and the Solemn League and Covenant of the three nations...
Page 162 - ... shall be granted before the party produces a certificate of his having received the sacrament, according to the communion of the Church of England, within the last year, and also subscribed the oaths of allegiance and supremacy.
Page 441 - He said, that by wrapping myself so close in my plaid, I would be unprepared for any sudden defence in the case of a surprise. I answered, that in such times of danger or during a war, we had a different method of using the plaid...
Page 132 - Majesty with advice aforesaid expressly declares and statutes that none of the subjects of this kingdom shall be liable to, but all and every one of them for ever free of, any oath, test or subscription within this kingdom contrary to or inconsistent with the foresaid true Protestant religion and Presbyterian Church government, worship and discipline as above established...
Page 418 - Leuconomus (beneath well-sounding Greek , I slur a name a poet must not speak) Stood pilloried on infamy's high stage, And bore the pelting scorn of half an age ; The very butt of slander, and the blot For every dart that malice ever shot.
Page 199 - Ye was in the right not to come with the hundred men ye sent up to-night, when I expected four times the number. It is a pretty thing, when all the Highlands of Scotland are now rising upon their king and country's account, as I have accounts from them since they were with me, and the gentlemen of our neighbouring lowlands expecting us down to join them, that my men should be only refractory.