The history of Scotland, from the Roman invasion till the suppression of the rebellion in 1745; with exercises

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Oliver & Boyd, 1826
 

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Página 266 - is not worthy the joys of heaven, which repines because the body must endure the stroke of the executioner ; and though I did not expect that the Queen of England would set the first example of violating the sacred person of a sovereign prince, I willingly submit to that which Providence has decreed to be my lot.
Página 448 - AN Abridgment of the HISTORY of ENGLAND, from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Death of George II.
Página 299 - If you aim at a Scottish presbytery, it agreeth as well with monarchy as God and the devil. Then Jack and Tom and Will and Dick shall meet and censure me and my Council.
Página 261 - I came into the kingdom," said she, " an independent sovereign, to implore the queen's assistance, not to subject myself to her authority. Nor is my spirit so broken by its past misfortunes, or so intimidated by present dangers, as to stoop to any thing unbecoming the majesty of a crowned head, or that will disgrace the ancestors from whom I am descended, and the son to whom I shall leave my throne. If I must be tried, princes alone can be my peers.
Página 300 - Stay, I pray, for one seven years, before you demand ; and then, if you find me grow pursy and fat, I may perchance hearken unto you. For that government will keep me in breath, and give me work enough.
Página 415 - He is a gentleman, steady in his principles, of nice honour, with abundance of learning : brave as the sword he wears, and bold as a lion : a sure friend and an irreconcileable enemy : would lose his life readily to serve his country ; and would not do a base thing to save it.
Página 292 - Ruthven snatching the dagger from the girdle of the man in armour, and holding it to the king's breast, " Remember," said he, " how unjustly my father suffered by your command ; you are now my prisoner ; submit to my disposal without resistance or outcry ; or this dagger shall instantly avenge his blood.
Página 335 - Scotland, in doctrine, worship, discipline, and government, against our common enemies; the reformation of religion in the kingdoms of England and Ireland, in doctrine, worship, discipline, and government, according to the Word of God, and the example of the best reformed churches...
Página 4 - The barbarians chase us into the sea ; the sea throws us back upon the barbarians ; and we have only the hard choice left us of perishing by the sword, or perishing by the waves.
Página 48 - that he had been invited to York to marry the princess of England, not to treat of affairs of state : and that he could not take a step so important without the knowledge and approbation of his parliament.

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