Cobbett's Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and Other Crimes and Misdemeanors from the Earliest Period [1163] to the Present Time [1820].R. Bagshaw, 1811 - Trials |
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... command of the lord Elphingstoun ; Berwick to meet at Fogo - muir upon the 11th day of June in- stant , and to be under the command of the earl of Hume , and in his absence , his brother Charles Hume ; Roxburgh and Selkirk to meet at ...
... command of the lord Elphingstoun ; Berwick to meet at Fogo - muir upon the 11th day of June in- stant , and to be under the command of the earl of Hume , and in his absence , his brother Charles Hume ; Roxburgh and Selkirk to meet at ...
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... commands , as well as us in our , may be more zealous and forward , than well advised and really dutiful obedience ... command of officers appointed by the council , are like two mines sprung upon the chief bas- tions of our liberties ...
... commands , as well as us in our , may be more zealous and forward , than well advised and really dutiful obedience ... command of officers appointed by the council , are like two mines sprung upon the chief bas- tions of our liberties ...
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... command us to serve as sol- diers ourselves , though it were but to uphold some particular interests amongst us , which , thus circumstantiate , will be found to be some- what more than what either our old custom of waiting upon the ...
... command us to serve as sol- diers ourselves , though it were but to uphold some particular interests amongst us , which , thus circumstantiate , will be found to be some- what more than what either our old custom of waiting upon the ...
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... command and procure , that justice and equity be kept to all ' creatures without exception , as the Lord and Father ... commands ? " Can any man think it his majesty's will , that Bailie Baird's son , who was never a sol- dier , should ...
... command and procure , that justice and equity be kept to all ' creatures without exception , as the Lord and Father ... commands ? " Can any man think it his majesty's will , that Bailie Baird's son , who was never a sol- dier , should ...
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... commands , while these have the honour to testify their zeal , by far greater condescen- dency of serving under command , and some under those they hate , some under those that hate them , some under insignificant green- horns , and ...
... commands , while these have the honour to testify their zeal , by far greater condescen- dency of serving under command , and some under those they hate , some under those that hate them , some under insignificant green- horns , and ...
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Page 887 - ... the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation ; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb; and the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever ; and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
Page 877 - It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him: if we suffer, we shall also reign with him...
Page 433 - The judgment of the law is, and this high court doth award, that you, William, Earl of Kilmarnock, George, Earl of Cromartie, and Arthur, Lord Balmerino, and every one of you, return to the prison of the Tower, from whence you came ; from thence you must be drawn to the place of execution ; when you come there, you must be hanged by the neck, but not till you are dead ; for you must be cut down alive...
Page 299 - The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in the which the pure Word of God is preached, and the Sacraments be duly ministered according to Christ's ordinance, in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same.
Page 603 - In case the conditions of peace shall be accepted, the king expects to have six millions of livres a year for three years, from the time that this agreement shall be signed between his majesty and the king of France ; because it will probably be two or three years before the parliament will be in humour to give him any supplies after the making of any peace with France...
Page 355 - ... would have sent for them, with an intimation that, if they did not come quickly, he would adjourn, and let them lie by it all night...
Page 483 - I'll look after thee. I know thou hast a mighty party, and I see a great many of the brotherhood in corners, waiting to see what will become of their mighty Don, and a Doctor of the party (looking to Dr. Bates) at your elbow; but, by the grace of Almighty God, I'll crush you all.
Page 309 - Know, friend, there is no religion that any man can pretend to, can give a countenance to lying, or can dispense with telling the truth: Thou hast a precious immortal soul, and there is nothing in the world equal to it in value: There is no relation to thy mistress, if she be so ; no relation to thy friend ; nay, to thy father or thy child; nay, not all the temporal relations in the world can be equal to thy precious immortal soul. Consider that the Great God of Heaven and Earth, before whose tribunal...
Page 813 - Again, that the prince may not make use of this high and perpetual power to the hurt of those for whose good he hath it, and make use of the name of public necessity for the gain of his private favourites and followers to the detriment of his people...
Page 483 - I observe you are in all these dirty causes ; and were it not for you gentlemen of the long robe, who should have more wit and honesty than to support and hold up these factious knaves by the chin, we should not be at the pass we are." " My lord," says Mr. Wallop, " I humbly conceive that the passages accused are natural deductions from the text.