The History of Scotland: From the Union of the Crowns on the Accession of James VI, to the Throne of England, to the Union of the Kingdoms in the Reign of Queen Anne : with a Preliminary Dissertation on the Participation of Mary, Queen of Scots in the Murder of DarnleyJ. Mawman, 1804 - Scotland |
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... hand , the white sleeves , or the " Romish rags " of the primate's surplice , and assailed with the same intemperance the courtly doctrines of the suffragan bishops . Neither ex- treme old age , nor his irritable and impetuous temper ...
... hand , the white sleeves , or the " Romish rags " of the primate's surplice , and assailed with the same intemperance the courtly doctrines of the suffragan bishops . Neither ex- treme old age , nor his irritable and impetuous temper ...
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... hands thrice together before he ex- pired . Although Logan and his servant were already dead , his memory was still ... hand - writing was au- thenticated by the most respectable witnesses , his estates were confiscated , his name ...
... hands thrice together before he ex- pired . Although Logan and his servant were already dead , his memory was still ... hand - writing was au- thenticated by the most respectable witnesses , his estates were confiscated , his name ...
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... hands was given ; and they assumed as a rite of divine institution , the exclusive ordination of the inferior clergy . As the Scottish prelates were not yet adopted into the apostolical order , three of their number were summoned to ...
... hands was given ; and they assumed as a rite of divine institution , the exclusive ordination of the inferior clergy . As the Scottish prelates were not yet adopted into the apostolical order , three of their number were summoned to ...
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... hands . This early form of benediction was afterwards de- tached , and appropriated to bishops as a confir- mation of the baptism which the inferior clergy administered , under their auspices , and with a delegated power . Its ...
... hands . This early form of benediction was afterwards de- tached , and appropriated to bishops as a confir- mation of the baptism which the inferior clergy administered , under their auspices , and with a delegated power . Its ...
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... hand , and in the other secreted a dagger , ' to plunge into his heart on the first commotion . Nithisdale , intimidated at their hostile appearance , or apprised perhaps of his danger , suppressed the most violent part of his ...
... hand , and in the other secreted a dagger , ' to plunge into his heart on the first commotion . Nithisdale , intimidated at their hostile appearance , or apprised perhaps of his danger , suppressed the most violent part of his ...
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Page 545 - Let them bestow on every airth a limb, Then open all my veins, that I may swim To thee, my Maker ! in that crimson lake ; Then place my parboiled head upon a stake — Scatter my ashes — strew them in the air ; Lord ! since thou knowest where all these atoms are, I'm hopeful thou'lt recover once my dust, And confident thou'lt raise me with the just.
Page 103 - I have sworn with your father and the whole kingdom to the Confession of Faith, in which the innovations intended by these articles were solemnly abjured.
Page 536 - I had done, and he thought, deserved. Hence my silence of it to your Lordship. As to the King and Duke of York, whom, before I came away, I acquainted with it, when I saw myself not so much considered, in my present disposure, as I did hope I should have been...
Page 507 - It seemed to be a very fiction, and a mere invention of the man's own brain, for neither did he show the letter, nor could any wise man think that Gowrie, who went about the treason so secretly, would have communicated the matter to such a man as Logan was known to be,
Page 514 - ... in those proceedings that most offended him ; and they endeavoured, by doing all the hurt they could, to make evident the power they had to do him good ; he grew so far disobliged and provoked, that he could not in honour gratify them ; and they so obnoxious and guilty, that they could not think themselves secure in his favour...
Page 521 - It may often fall out that the Commons may have just cause to take exceptions at some men for being councillors, and yet not charge those men with crimes, for there be grounds of diffidence which lie not in proof. 199. There are others, which though they may be proved, yet are not legally criminal.
Page 241 - 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...
Page 530 - I showed them, in the lords' house, the written copy of this book, wherein are some corrections and alterations written with the late King Charles the First's own hand,) assure me that this was none of the said King's compiling, but made by Dr. Ganden, Bishop of Exeter : which I here insert for the undeceiving of others in this point, by attesting so much under my own hand. ANGLESEY.
Page 263 - Many were killed in the streets ; and the cruelty of the Irish in particular was so great, that they compelled the wretched citizens to strip themselves of their clothes before they killed them, to prevent their being soiled with blood ! The women durst not lament their husbands or their fathers slaughtered in their presence, nor inter the dead, which remained unburied in the streets until the Irish departed.
Page 536 - This book and figure was wholy and only my invention, making and designe; in order to vindicate the King's wisdome, honor and piety. My wife indeed was conscious to it, and had an hand in disguising the letters of that copy which I sent to the King in the...