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... Clerks and Apprentices of the Writers to the Signet , to the Right Honourable the Lords of Council and Session , 107 · 24. The Complaint , No. 2 ; or , further reasons why the wages of the Writers ' Clerks and Apprentices should be ...
... Clerks and Apprentices of the Writers to the Signet , to the Right Honourable the Lords of Council and Session , 107 · 24. The Complaint , No. 2 ; or , further reasons why the wages of the Writers ' Clerks and Apprentices should be ...
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... Clerk , ( Lord Eldin , ) who treated him with much disrespect . - Perhaps this feeling of hostility might have arisen from their having been opposed to each other in the Roxburghe cause ; and as Mr. Clerk was deeply interested for ...
... Clerk , ( Lord Eldin , ) who treated him with much disrespect . - Perhaps this feeling of hostility might have arisen from their having been opposed to each other in the Roxburghe cause ; and as Mr. Clerk was deeply interested for ...
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... Clerks of Session , and by their joint influence they were enabled to secure a certain portion of the judges . On the other hand , the Earl of Galloway patronized the heritors , and by his and the other means re- sorted to , the Bench ...
... Clerks of Session , and by their joint influence they were enabled to secure a certain portion of the judges . On the other hand , the Earl of Galloway patronized the heritors , and by his and the other means re- sorted to , the Bench ...
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... Clerk . He expected the Presidency , but the superior influence of Dal- rymple had prevailed . Which side he took in the parish dis- pute alluded to , does not appear . His character is thus pour- trayed by Lockhart , who , after ...
... Clerk . He expected the Presidency , but the superior influence of Dal- rymple had prevailed . Which side he took in the parish dis- pute alluded to , does not appear . His character is thus pour- trayed by Lockhart , who , after ...
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... Clerk got the command They could hardly be worse off in Scotland . The Union was the first effectual step towards a reform of the Court of Session , and we may fairly ascribe to the establish- ment of an appellate jurisdiction , the ...
... Clerk got the command They could hardly be worse off in Scotland . The Union was the first effectual step towards a reform of the Court of Session , and we may fairly ascribe to the establish- ment of an appellate jurisdiction , the ...
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Page 51 - One morn I missed him on the customed hill, Along the heath and near his favorite tree; Another came; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he; "The next with dirges due in sad array Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay, Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Page 52 - He gained from heaven ('twas all he wished) a friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose) The bosom of his father and his God.
Page 54 - Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear : Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village- Hampden, that, with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. Th...
Page 48 - The breezy call of incense-breathing morn, The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed, The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed. For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening care; No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
Page 50 - Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne. And shut the gates of mercy on mankind, The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, Or heap the shrine of Luxury and Pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame.
Page 69 - Shall I bid him go, ; , and spare not?" Clo. "O no, no, no, no, you dare not." 121 Sir To. Out o' tune, sir: ye lie. Art any more than a steward? Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale? Clo. Yes, by Saint Anne, and ginger shall be hot i
Page 51 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
Page 48 - How long didst thou think that his silence was slumber ? When the wind waved his garment, how oft didst thou start '.' How many long days and long weeks didst thou number, Ere he faded before thee, the friend of thy heart?
Page 48 - I CLIMBED the dark brow of the mighty Helvellyn, Lakes and mountains beneath me gleamed misty and wide : All was still, save, by fits, when the eagle was yelling, And starting around me the echoes replied.