The History of Scotland, Volume 6T. Ireland, junior, 1829 - Scotland |
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... pretender's birth - day in Edinburgh and throughout the country ; and construed the silent apathy with which their proceedings were regarded by the presbyterians , into marks of approbation , and every expression of discontent at the ...
... pretender's birth - day in Edinburgh and throughout the country ; and construed the silent apathy with which their proceedings were regarded by the presbyterians , into marks of approbation , and every expression of discontent at the ...
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... pretender , 1715 , and Montrose then got possession of Craigrostane [ Rob Roy's lands ] on account of his bond . This rendered Macgregor desperate . Deter- mined that his grace should not enjoy his lands with impunity , he collected a ...
... pretender , 1715 , and Montrose then got possession of Craigrostane [ Rob Roy's lands ] on account of his bond . This rendered Macgregor desperate . Deter- mined that his grace should not enjoy his lands with impunity , he collected a ...
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... pretender , to have em- barked without waiting for the tardy and ungracious suc- cours of France , to have thrown himself , in his desperate circumstances , at once into the arms of our high - spirited and too generous race of mountain ...
... pretender , to have em- barked without waiting for the tardy and ungracious suc- cours of France , to have thrown himself , in his desperate circumstances , at once into the arms of our high - spirited and too generous race of mountain ...
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... pretender , and 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 ...
... pretender , and 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 ...
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... 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 authorize him to treat in the usual acceptation of ...
... 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 authorize him to treat in the usual acceptation of ...
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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.