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 xiii
... taken into favour upon the best possible terms , and , their mercenary motives being but ill concealed , they were hated and despised by all . Their leader at this time was the marquis of Tweedale . When the house proceeded to business ...
... taken into favour upon the best possible terms , and , their mercenary motives being but ill concealed , they were hated and despised by all . Their leader at this time was the marquis of Tweedale . When the house proceeded to business ...
Page xiv
... taken . Having lost this clause , the cavaliers presented another in these words , " Provided always that the said commissioners shall not go forth of this kingdom , to enter into any treaty with those to be appointed for England ...
... taken . Having lost this clause , the cavaliers presented another in these words , " Provided always that the said commissioners shall not go forth of this kingdom , to enter into any treaty with those to be appointed for England ...
Page xv
... taken upon the act for the treaty it was late , and the sederunt having been a long one , many of the members as they gave their votes , went out of the house , not expecting any more busi- ness to come on for that night , but the last ...
... taken upon the act for the treaty it was late , and the sederunt having been a long one , many of the members as they gave their votes , went out of the house , not expecting any more busi- ness to come on for that night , but the last ...
Page xix
... taken in this treaty , and am very well pleased to find your endeavours and applications have brought it to so good a conclusion . The par- ticulars of it seem so reasonable , that I hope they will meet with appro- bation in the ...
... taken in this treaty , and am very well pleased to find your endeavours and applications have brought it to so good a conclusion . The par- ticulars of it seem so reasonable , that I hope they will meet with appro- bation in the ...
Page xxvi
... taken up as rebeis . Such is the history of this affair , as told by Lockhart , and after him by many others ; * but we know that Mr. John Hepburn was never at any period of his life disposed to rise against the government , the ...
... taken up as rebeis . Such is the history of this affair , as told by Lockhart , and after him by many others ; * but we know that Mr. John Hepburn was never at any period of his life disposed to rise against the government , the ...
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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.