Memoirs of Mr. William Veitch, and George BryssonW. Blackwood, 1825 - 540 pages |
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... arms at this time , was an additional induce- ment to publish it ; as all the separate accounts of this affair already before the public , were written by persons attached to the opposite party . Biographical notices of the writers of ...
... arms at this time , was an additional induce- ment to publish it ; as all the separate accounts of this affair already before the public , were written by persons attached to the opposite party . Biographical notices of the writers of ...
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... arms and apprehending Sir James Turner , which might put a stop to the cruel usages of that cor- ner and then they resolved to march to Edin- burgh to represent their grievances ; but were broken at Pentland Hills , near the city , by ...
... arms and apprehending Sir James Turner , which might put a stop to the cruel usages of that cor- ner and then they resolved to march to Edin- burgh to represent their grievances ; but were broken at Pentland Hills , near the city , by ...
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... arms without in the field . And a great snow coming on like to discourage the company , some of the officers , thinking it was better to be marching than standing in such a posture , gave a 1 MEMOIRS OF WILLIAM VEITCH . 29.
... arms without in the field . And a great snow coming on like to discourage the company , some of the officers , thinking it was better to be marching than standing in such a posture , gave a 1 MEMOIRS OF WILLIAM VEITCH . 29.
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... arms , the prisoner says , " My Lord , if you have any arms to give me , I'll venture against these Whigs in the first rank . " Το which he replied , " Thou art an honest fellow : if there be any arms there let him have some . " But the ...
... arms , the prisoner says , " My Lord , if you have any arms to give me , I'll venture against these Whigs in the first rank . " Το which he replied , " Thou art an honest fellow : if there be any arms there let him have some . " But the ...
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... arms , he standing sentry at the town till they came out , in the mean time made his escape . But , passing through Roslin Muir , and coming to Glencross water , a frontier party of Dalziel's horse had almost taken him up . But being ...
... arms , he standing sentry at the town till they came out , in the mean time made his escape . But , passing through Roslin Muir , and coming to Glencross water , a frontier party of Dalziel's horse had almost taken him up . But being ...
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Page 425 - And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.
Page 2 - For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
Page 186 - Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live : and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
Page 2 - BE MERCIFUL unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.
Page 2 - Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.
Page 177 - ... that conscience ought not to be constrained, nor people forced in matters of mere religion. It has ever been directly contrary to our inclination, as we think it is to the interest of government, which it destroys by spoiling trade, depopulating countries and discouraging strangers; and finally, that it never obtained the end for which it was employed.
Page 349 - ... eye hath not seen, ear hath not heard, neither hath it entered into the heart of man to conceive.
Page 349 - And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not ; I will lead them in paths that they have not known : I will make dark ness light before them, and crooked things straight.
Page 2 - O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Her '-monltes, from the hill Mi'-zar.
Page 78 - vexing thoughts," is, I think, very expressive. It has been familiar to me from my childhood ; for it is to be found in the " Psalms in Metre," used in the churches (I believe I should say kirks) of Scotland, Psal.