The History of Scotland, from the Union to the Abolition of the Heritable Jurisdictions in MDCCXLVIII.: To which is Subjoined a Review of Ecclesiastical Affairs, the Progress of Society, the State of the Arts, &c. to the Year MDCCCXXVII.Blackie, Fullarton, & Company, 1827 - Jacobite Rebellion, 1715 |
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... manner in which it is executed , should it be found remarkably defective , it is probable none would be accepted . Waving , therefore , every thing like prefatory remark , the author begs leave merely to state , that his great object ...
... manner in which it is executed , should it be found remarkably defective , it is probable none would be accepted . Waving , therefore , every thing like prefatory remark , the author begs leave merely to state , that his great object ...
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... manner than in Scotland at this time . Her nobility were almost to a man dipped in the iniquitous measures of the late reigns ; they were needy , and of course dependant , and a great proportion of them looked to the restoration of ...
... manner than in Scotland at this time . Her nobility were almost to a man dipped in the iniquitous measures of the late reigns ; they were needy , and of course dependant , and a great proportion of them looked to the restoration of ...
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... manner , " says Murray , " in which he proposes to dispose of this money , is to take a share of it to himself , to assist him to defray the great expense which he will be obliged to make for maintaining his credit with his party - to ...
... manner , " says Murray , " in which he proposes to dispose of this money , is to take a share of it to himself , to assist him to defray the great expense which he will be obliged to make for maintaining his credit with his party - to ...
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... manner in which it was distributed , may with the utmost certainty be denominated the purchase money of the Union.t The parliament which was to determine the question , was assembled on the third day of October , 1706. To this ...
... manner in which it was distributed , may with the utmost certainty be denominated the purchase money of the Union.t The parliament which was to determine the question , was assembled on the third day of October , 1706. To this ...
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... manner , and pursued along the streets with showers of stones , but the duke of Hamilton was regularly escorted to his lodgings in the Abbey , by a mixed multitude of disorderly persons , who , with loud huzzas , exhorted him to stand ...
... manner , and pursued along the streets with showers of stones , but the duke of Hamilton was regularly escorted to his lodgings in the Abbey , by a mixed multitude of disorderly persons , who , with loud huzzas , exhorted him to stand ...
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Page xxiv - For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way : because we had spoken unto the king, saying, " The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him ; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.
Page 264 - Our sovereign Lord the King chargeth and commandeth all persons, being assembled, immediately to disperse themselves, and peaceably to depart to their habitations, or to their lawful business, upon the pains contained in the act made in the first year of King George, for preventing tumults and riotous assemblies. God save the King.
Page 282 - An Act for the further security of His Majesty's person and Government, and the succession of the Crown in the Heirs of the late Princess Sophia, being Protestants, and for extinguishing the hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales, and his open and secret abettors...
Page 263 - ... be it enacted by the King's most excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal, and of the Commons in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same...
Page 102 - God bless your majesty and the church. We hope your majesty is for Dr. Sacheverel.
Page 207 - Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end, thus saith the Lord God ; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high. I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him.
Page xliv - Britain may hereafter enjoy the same except the Right and Privilege of sitting in the House of Lords and the Privileges depending thereon and particularly the Right of sitting upon the Trials of Peers.
Page xliii - An act for the more effectual preserving the King's person and government, by disabling papists from sitting in either house of parliament.
Page 158 - And all these things I do plainly and sincerely acknowledge and swear, according to these express words by me spoken, and according to the plain and common sense and understanding of the same words, without any equivocation, mental evasion, or secret reservation whatsoever. And I do make this recognition, acknowledgment, abjuration, renunciation, and promise, heartily, willingly, and truly, upon the true faith of a Christian : So help me God.
Page xlii - That the Court of Session or College of Justice do after the union and notwithstanding thereof remain in all time coming within Scotland as it is now constituted by the laws of that kingdom, and with the same authority and privileges as before the union, subject nevertheless to such regulations for the better administration of justice as shall be made by the Parliament of Great Britain...