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Page 409
... bishop of St. Andrew's , who girded the king with a military belt , probably as an emblem of his temporal juris- diction . He then explained in Latin , and after- wards in Gaelic , the laws and oaths relating to the kingdom ; and the ...
... bishop of St. Andrew's , who girded the king with a military belt , probably as an emblem of his temporal juris- diction . He then explained in Latin , and after- wards in Gaelic , the laws and oaths relating to the kingdom ; and the ...
Page 410
... bishop of Dunkeld ; the estates of the royalists were plundered ; and even the churches were not spared . The king at last was delivered by the death of the earl of Monteith , who is said to have been poisoned by his wife to gratify her ...
... bishop of Dunkeld ; the estates of the royalists were plundered ; and even the churches were not spared . The king at last was delivered by the death of the earl of Monteith , who is said to have been poisoned by his wife to gratify her ...
Page 411
... bishop of Glasgow , Sir James Cummin of Badenoch , senior , James lord high steward of Scotland , who were to have the superintendancy of all that part of Scot- land which lies south of the Forth ; William Fraser bishop of St. Andrew's ...
... bishop of Glasgow , Sir James Cummin of Badenoch , senior , James lord high steward of Scotland , who were to have the superintendancy of all that part of Scot- land which lies south of the Forth ; William Fraser bishop of St. Andrew's ...
Page 412
... bishop of St. Andrew's and John Baliol . That prelate , while he was in England , was highly caressed by Edward , from whom he had great expectations of preferment ; and Ba- liol , having great estates in England , considered the latter ...
... bishop of St. Andrew's and John Baliol . That prelate , while he was in England , was highly caressed by Edward , from whom he had great expectations of preferment ; and Ba- liol , having great estates in England , considered the latter ...
Page 413
... bishop of Durham to draw up the historical evidence of his right to the crown of Scotland ; which has since been published . In this paper mention is made of the fealty and homage performed by the kings of Scotland to the Anglo - Saxon ...
... bishop of Durham to draw up the historical evidence of his right to the crown of Scotland ; which has since been published . In this paper mention is made of the fealty and homage performed by the kings of Scotland to the Anglo - Saxon ...
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Page 635 - But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, He shall testify of me : And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
Page 677 - And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.
Page 594 - I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen : but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me. 19 Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he.
Page 743 - Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice. His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff : you shall seek all day ere you find them, and when you have them, they are not worth the search.
Page 596 - Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer ; For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
Page 628 - Matthew then, among the Jews, wrote a Gospel in their own language, while Peter and Paul were preaching the Gospel at Rome, and founding a church there : and after their exit...
Page 582 - Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow : Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Page 594 - Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.
Page 604 - And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the LORD with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the people.
Page 603 - We entertain a suspicion concerning any matter of fact when the witnesses contradict each other, when they are but few or of a doubtful character, when they have an interest in what they affirm, when they deliver their testimony with hesitation, or, on the contrary, with too violent asseverations. There are many other particulars of the same kind which may diminish or destroy the force of any argument derived from human testimony.