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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... means whereby they could attain to influence and emolument . These feelings , however , they , for the most part , attempted to conceal ; and under the pretence of love to their country , and zeal for its liberties , thwarted , as far ...
... means whereby they could attain to influence and emolument . These feelings , however , they , for the most part , attempted to conceal ; and under the pretence of love to their country , and zeal for its liberties , thwarted , as far ...
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... means to recommend themselves to the notice of the pretender , on whom they would willingly have bestowed the crown without any limitations either with regard to liberty or religion ! The fourth pretended to be of no party , but to hold ...
... means to recommend themselves to the notice of the pretender , on whom they would willingly have bestowed the crown without any limitations either with regard to liberty or religion ! The fourth pretended to be of no party , but to hold ...
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... mean time , living in town at a vast expense and doing nothing , began to be uneasy , many of them returned home , and ... means that could be thought of had been employed to retard and to defeat the measure , but in vain , and further ...
... mean time , living in town at a vast expense and doing nothing , began to be uneasy , many of them returned home , and ... means that could be thought of had been employed to retard and to defeat the measure , but in vain , and further ...
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... desired , and so often attempted in vain . It is impossible , however , for any government , be its admin- istrators ever so profligate , and its means of corruption ever so abundant , to satisfy , in this way , all HISTORY OF SCOTLAND . 3.
... desired , and so often attempted in vain . It is impossible , however , for any government , be its admin- istrators ever so profligate , and its means of corruption ever so abundant , to satisfy , in this way , all HISTORY OF SCOTLAND . 3.
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... as a curse , confirmatory of all the evils under which the nation had groaned for ages , and its dissolution considered an end so desirable , as almost to war- By genuine rant the use of any means for its 4 HISTORY OF SCOTLAND .
... as a curse , confirmatory of all the evils under which the nation had groaned for ages , and its dissolution considered an end so desirable , as almost to war- By genuine rant the use of any means for its 4 HISTORY OF SCOTLAND .
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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.