The History of Scotland: From Agricola's Invasion to the Extinction of the Last Jacobite Insurrection, Volumen7W. Blackwood, 1873 - 100 páginas |
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... Known as the " Cameronians " The rabbling of " the Curates " -Assembling of the Estates - First Revolution Parliament - Its independent temper - Contest with the Crown - Danger , if victorious , of becoming an oligarchy- Conflict on the ...
... Known as the " Cameronians " The rabbling of " the Curates " -Assembling of the Estates - First Revolution Parliament - Its independent temper - Contest with the Crown - Danger , if victorious , of becoming an oligarchy- Conflict on the ...
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... known that the prince " was to com- municate kneeling . " In the words of one of them , " we that were commissioners from the Church prepared ane paper , and by speech showed the sin of so doing , and provocation against God to procure ...
... known that the prince " was to com- municate kneeling . " In the words of one of them , " we that were commissioners from the Church prepared ane paper , and by speech showed the sin of so doing , and provocation against God to procure ...
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... known . His name is not to be found in any biographical dictionary . He went just a step beyond the place assigned for " Scots worthies , " and so was neither commemorated as friend nor as enemy . It appears that he belonged to a class ...
... known . His name is not to be found in any biographical dictionary . He went just a step beyond the place assigned for " Scots worthies , " and so was neither commemorated as friend nor as enemy . It appears that he belonged to a class ...
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... known . " 2 This was the last blow in Scotland to those who , whether 1 On looking at this building , it will be seen that its windows have been built up at some remote period , and in absence of any other account of this closing up ...
... known . " 2 This was the last blow in Scotland to those who , whether 1 On looking at this building , it will be seen that its windows have been built up at some remote period , and in absence of any other account of this closing up ...
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... known.2 1 A curious and impressive specimen of his " pommelling " will be seen in the wall - plate of the tower of Borthwick , twelve miles from Edinburgh . It is one of the thickest - walled and strongest of the square fortresses in ...
... known.2 1 A curious and impressive specimen of his " pommelling " will be seen in the wall - plate of the tower of Borthwick , twelve miles from Edinburgh . It is one of the thickest - walled and strongest of the square fortresses in ...
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affair afterwards Argyle arms army Assembly authority bishops Blair Castle body brethren brought burgh called Cameronians Castle cause chief Church Church of Scotland clan Claverhouse clergy clergymen command commissioners committee Commonwealth of England Confession conventicles Court Covenant Covenanters Cromwell crown declaration desired documents Dundee duty Earl ecclesiastical Edinburgh Edinburgh Castle enemy England English Episcopacy Episcopalian Erastian established Estates Estates of Parliament Faith favour force friends garrison Glencoe Government hand held Highland indulgence influence Jacobite John King James king's kingdom land Lauderdale lawburrows letter Lord Mackay majesty majesty's ment Middleton ministers monarch nation nature oath occasion officers parish Parliament party passed persons political Prelacy Presbyterian Presbyterian polity present Privy Council Protestant question reign religion Restoration Revolution royal Sanquhar Declaration says Scotland Scots sent settlement soldiers spirit suffer testimony tion town troops William Wodrow
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Página 92 - In behint yon auld fail dyke, I wot there lies a new-slain knight; And naebody kens that he lies there, But his hawk, his hound, and his lady fair. 'His hound is to the hunting gane, His hawk, to fetch the wild-fowl hame, His lady's ta'en another mate, So we may mak our dinner sweet. 'Ye'll sit on his white hause-bane, And I'll pike out his bonny blue een. Wi' ae lock o' his gowden hair, We'll theek our nest when it grows bare.
Página 29 - I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken.
Página 87 - I knew a very wise man so much of Sir Chr — 's sentiment, that he believed if a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care who should make the laws of a nation.
Página 94 - T do confess thou'rt smooth and fair, And I might have gone near to love thee. Had I not found the slightest prayer That lips could speak, had power to move thee; But I can let thee now alone, As worthy to be loved by none.
Página 95 - The verse of Chaucer, I confess, is not harmonious to us; but is like the eloquence of one whom Tacitus commends, it was auribus istius temporis accommodata : they who lived with him, and some time after him, thought it musical ; and it continues so even in our judgment, if compared with the numbers of Lydgate and Gower, his contemporaries : there is the rude sweetness of a Scotch tune in it, which is natural and pleasing, though not perfect.
Página 82 - It opens as follows : — 0 perfect light, which shed away The darkness from the light, And set a ruler o'er the day, Another o'er the night. Thy glory, when the day forth flies, More vively does appear, Nor at mid-day unto our eyes The shining sun is clear.
Página 90 - Gloomy, gloomy was the night, And eerie was the way, As fair Jenny in her green mantle To Miles Cross she did gae. About the middle o the night She heard the bridles ring; This lady was as glad at that As any earthly thing.
Página 136 - We do also resolve to protect and preserve the government of the Church of Scotland, as it is settled by law...
Página 30 - Your pretended fear lest error should step in, is like the man who would keep all the wine out of the country lest men should be drunk. It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy, to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon a supposition he may abuse it. When he doth abuse it, judge.
Página 278 - October 24, 1684 ; for their adherence to the word of God, and Scotland's covenanted work of reformation.