The Scottish Nation: Or The Surnames, Families, Literature, Honours, and Biographical History of the People of Scotland, Volumen21862 |
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... took the oaths , and his seat as president of the court of session , 7th June 1698. He represented the burgh of New Galloway in the Scots parliament from 1696 to 1702 , and in 1703 he sat as member for North Berwick . In 1706 he was one ...
... took the oaths , and his seat as president of the court of session , 7th June 1698. He represented the burgh of New Galloway in the Scots parliament from 1696 to 1702 , and in 1703 he sat as member for North Berwick . In 1706 he was one ...
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... took a prominent part in accomplish- ing the renewal of the National Covenant . In the General Assembly held at Dundee in 1598 , he opposed the proposition that the clergy should vote in parliament in name of the Church , as a mere ...
... took a prominent part in accomplish- ing the renewal of the National Covenant . In the General Assembly held at Dundee in 1598 , he opposed the proposition that the clergy should vote in parliament in name of the Church , as a mere ...
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... took a leading part in promoting the manufactures and the agriculture of Scotland . He was the first to suggest the plan of sending fresh salmon to the London market packed in boxes filled with ice , instead of being pickled as former ...
... took a leading part in promoting the manufactures and the agriculture of Scotland . He was the first to suggest the plan of sending fresh salmon to the London market packed in boxes filled with ice , instead of being pickled as former ...
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... took an active part in the proceedings . In the short campaign of 1639 , he acted as chaplain to a regiment of Ayrshire men commanded by the earl of Loudoun ; and after the disbanding of the army he was almost unanimously chosen ...
... took an active part in the proceedings . In the short campaign of 1639 , he acted as chaplain to a regiment of Ayrshire men commanded by the earl of Loudoun ; and after the disbanding of the army he was almost unanimously chosen ...
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... took possession of his landed property , in prejudice of the rights of the heir male , Walter Butler , eleventh earl of Ormond , in whose favour a settle- ment had been made by the late earl . For not submitting to an adverse decision ...
... took possession of his landed property , in prejudice of the rights of the heir male , Walter Butler , eleventh earl of Ormond , in whose favour a settle- ment had been made by the late earl . For not submitting to an adverse decision ...
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Aberdeen Aberdeenshire afterwards Andrews appointed April Archibald army Banffshire Baron baronet battle became bishop born brother burgh Captain castle Charles charter church Church of Scotland colonel command commissioners court court of session daugh daughter of Sir David death descended died Douglas Drummond duke duke of Hamilton Duncan earl earl of Fife earl of Mar Edin Edinburgh elder Elizabeth eminent England English Erskine father Forbes France Fraser George Glasgow Gordon Graham Grant Hamilton heir Henry issue July June King James king's knight Lady lands latter Lond London lord of session lordship March Margaret marquis married Mary Mid Lothian minister parish parliament Patrick peerage peerage of Scotland Perthshire privy Queen regiment reign royal Scotland Scots Scottish Sir Alexander Sir James Sir John Sir Robert Sir William sons soon succeeded surname third Thomas tion took university of Edinburgh Viscount wife
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Página 354 - Trusting to the known heroism of British troops, regardless of the numbers and position of their enemy, an immediate attack was determined on. Major Duncan soon opened a powerful battery of ten guns in the centre.
Página 177 - I think I can observe that you are touched with this way of considering the subject, and I can account for it. I have not been considering it through the cold medium of books, but have been speaking of man and his nature, and of human dominion, from what I have seen of them myself among reluctant nations submitting to our authority.
Página 303 - For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of : for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel...
Página 177 - ... if he was the faithful deputy of a power which could not maintain itself for an hour without trampling upon both. He may and must have offended against the laws of God and nature, if he was the faithful viceroy of an empire wrested in blood from the people to whom God and nature had given it. He may and must have preserved that unjust dominion over timorous and abject nations by a terrifying, overbearing...
Página 178 - ... oriental empire. Until this be done, neither religion nor philosophy can be pressed very far into the aid of reformation and punishment. If England, from a lust of ambition and dominion, will insist on maintaining despotic rule over distant and hostile nations, beyond all comparison more numerous and extended than herself, and...
Página 72 - ... how he came thither, he told his name, his country, and the place of his residence! and that on such a day of the month, which proved to be the day immediately preceding, being in the fields, he heard the noise of a whirlwind, and of voices, crying 'Horse and Hattock...
Página 176 - This is, without colour or exaggeration, the true question you are to decide. Because I assert, without the hazard of contradiction, that if Mr. Hastings himself could have stood justified or excused...
Página 206 - No sculptured marble here, nor pompous lay, ' No storied urn nor animated bust ;' This simple stone directs pale Scotia's way To pour her sorrows o'er her poet's dust.
Página 175 - the first command and counsel of my youth, always to do what my conscience told me to be my duty, and to leave the consequences to God. I shall carry with me the memory, and I trust the practice, of this...
Página 177 - I have heard them in my youth from a naked savage, in the indignant character of a prince surrounded by his subjects, addressing the governor of a British colony, holding a bundle of sticks in his hand, as the notes of his unlettered eloquence. <{ Who is it...