The History of Scotland from the Union to the Abolition of the Abolition of the Heritable Jurisdictions in MDCCXLVII: To which is Subjoined a Review of Ecclesiastical Affairs, the Progress of Society, the State of the Arts, &c., to the Year MDCCCXXVII.Blackie, Fullarton & Company, 1828 |
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Page vii
... England in the year 1707 , of which , as introductory to the more easy and full understanding of the following history , we shall here present the reader with a very brief account . The subjugation of Scotland was an enterprise that ...
... England in the year 1707 , of which , as introductory to the more easy and full understanding of the following history , we shall here present the reader with a very brief account . The subjugation of Scotland was an enterprise that ...
Page viii
... England , was exceedingly elated with his good fortune , nor were his Scotish subjects much behind him in the extravagance of their expectations . A very short time , how- ever , served to convince both , and especially the latter ...
... England , was exceedingly elated with his good fortune , nor were his Scotish subjects much behind him in the extravagance of their expectations . A very short time , how- ever , served to convince both , and especially the latter ...
Page ix
... England with the convention of estates , and General Assembly of the church of Scotland , to enter into the famous Solemn League and Covenant , wherein by solemn oath , the two nations became bound to " remain conjoined in a firm peace ...
... England with the convention of estates , and General Assembly of the church of Scotland , to enter into the famous Solemn League and Covenant , wherein by solemn oath , the two nations became bound to " remain conjoined in a firm peace ...
Page x
... England had determined on the ruin of the Scotish nation . In consequence of these clamours , the Scotish parlia- ment , in place of providing supplies for the necessary expenses of the government , and settling the succession to the ...
... England had determined on the ruin of the Scotish nation . In consequence of these clamours , the Scotish parlia- ment , in place of providing supplies for the necessary expenses of the government , and settling the succession to the ...
Page xi
... England , shall have the sole power of making war with any prince , state , or potentate whatsoever , without consent of parliament . " To the first of these acts , the act of security , the royal assent was re- fused , but the last ...
... England , shall have the sole power of making war with any prince , state , or potentate whatsoever , without consent of parliament . " To the first of these acts , the act of security , the royal assent was re- fused , but the last ...
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Page xxiv - For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way : because we had spoken unto the king, saying, " The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him ; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.
Page xxxviii - An Act declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject and settling the Succession of the Crown.
Page 284 - An Act for the further security of His Majesty's person and Government, and the succession of the Crown in the Heirs of the late Princess Sophia, being Protestants, and for extinguishing the hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales, and his open and secret abettors...
Page 265 - ... be it enacted by the King's most excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and of the Commons in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same...
Page 570 - Fabrice's arms, he never recovered. but expired about eleven o'clock the next morning, in the sixty-eighth year of his age, and the thirteenth of his reign Questions for Examination, \ What was the conduct of the South Sea scheme ? 2 Explain the nature of it, 3.
Page 232 - Queen Anne, intituled An Act for the Security of Her Majesty's Person and Government, and of the Succession to the Crown of Great Britain, in the Protestant Line...
Page xliii - An act for the more effectual preserving the King's person and government, by disabling papists from sitting in either house of parliament.
Page xxxviii - ... the said crown and government shall from time to time descend to and be enjoyed by such person or persons being Protestants as should have inherited and enjoyed the same in case the said person or persons so reconciled, holding communion or professing or marrying as aforesaid were naturally dead.
Page 457 - That it is not sound and orthodox to teach that we must forsake sin in order to our coming to Christ, and instating us in covenant with God...
Page xlii - Queen's Majesty and her Royal successors, may continue a Privy Council in Scotland, for preserving of public peace and order, until the Parliament of Great Britain shall think fit to alter it, or establish any other effectual method for that end.