The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 114A. Constable, 1861 |
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... Scotland from the Com- mencement of the Christian Era to the present Cen- tury . By the Rev. John Cunningham , Minister of Crieff . 2 vols . 1859 . 2. Lectures on the History of the Church of Scotland from the Reformation to the ...
... Scotland from the Com- mencement of the Christian Era to the present Cen- tury . By the Rev. John Cunningham , Minister of Crieff . 2 vols . 1859 . 2. Lectures on the History of the Church of Scotland from the Reformation to the ...
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... Scotland , who refused to salute the beaver hat of the English general , Marlborough Malbrun , nailed to a pole for that purpose . From thence came the insurrection and war of Thirty Years , in which , at the end , my hero came out a ...
... Scotland , who refused to salute the beaver hat of the English general , Marlborough Malbrun , nailed to a pole for that purpose . From thence came the insurrection and war of Thirty Years , in which , at the end , my hero came out a ...
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... Scotland , projected in concert with France in 1744 , was postponed , he was with difficulty prevented from placing himself under the command of Marshal Saxe , who was to have made an attempt on the English coast about the same time . 6 ...
... Scotland , projected in concert with France in 1744 , was postponed , he was with difficulty prevented from placing himself under the command of Marshal Saxe , who was to have made an attempt on the English coast about the same time . 6 ...
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... Scotland , the Montmorencys and Créquis in France , the de Croys and de Lignes in the Low Countries , the Colonnas and Orsinis in Italy , the Gonzagas and Medinacelis in Spain . The circum- stances of the family were not on a par with ...
... Scotland , the Montmorencys and Créquis in France , the de Croys and de Lignes in the Low Countries , the Colonnas and Orsinis in Italy , the Gonzagas and Medinacelis in Spain . The circum- stances of the family were not on a par with ...
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... Scotland , was married to an English lady , and was alive in 1831. * Towards the end of October 1774 , the royal pair took up their abode in Florence . The Grand Duke Peter Leopold followed the example of the Pope , or rather improved ...
... Scotland , was married to an English lady , and was alive in 1831. * Towards the end of October 1774 , the royal pair took up their abode in Florence . The Grand Duke Peter Leopold followed the example of the Pope , or rather improved ...
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Page 167 - Nor do not saw the air too much with your hand, thus; but use all gently; for in the very torrent, tempest, and (as I may say) whirlwind of your passion, you must acquire and beget a temperance that may give it smoothness.
Page 274 - I purpose to write the history of England from the accession of King James the Second down to a time which is within the memory of men still living.
Page 550 - No amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will authorize, or give to Congress the power to abolish or interfere, within any State, with the domestic institutions thereof, including that of persons held to labor or service by the laws of said State.
Page 511 - WITH stammering lips and insufficient sound I strive and struggle to deliver right That music of my nature, day and night With dream and thought and feeling interwound, And inly answering all the senses round With octaves of a mystic depth and height Which step out grandly to the infinite From the dark edges of the sensual ground...
Page 543 - Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holy day, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days : which are a shadow of things to come ; but the body is of Christ.
Page 552 - But if the Government be National with regard to the operation of its powers, it changes its aspect again when we contemplate it in relation to the extent of its powers. The idea of a National Government involves in it, not only an authority over the individual citizens, but an indefinite supremacy over all persons and things, so far as they are objects of lawful Government.
Page 407 - That prelacy and the superiority of any office in the Church above presbyters is and hath been a great and insupportable grievance and trouble to this nation, and contrary to the inclinations of the generality of the people ever since the Reformation (they having reformed from popery by presbyters), and therefore ought to be abolished...
Page 543 - One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.
Page 415 - And though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so Truth be in the field, we do injuriously by licensing and prohibiting to misdoubt her strength. Let her and Falsehood grapple. Who ever knew Truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter ? Her confuting is the best and surest suppressing.