Memoirs of Mr. William Veitch, and George BryssonW. Blackwood, 1825 - 540 pages |
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... carried prisoner to Edinburgh , by Sir Adam Blair of Carberry , younger ; and lay all night in the guard keeped at ... carry any word to him , nor take out any from him , nor suffer any to speak to him ; and , in his absence , lest any ...
... carried prisoner to Edinburgh , by Sir Adam Blair of Carberry , younger ; and lay all night in the guard keeped at ... carry any word to him , nor take out any from him , nor suffer any to speak to him ; and , in his absence , lest any ...
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... carried before the council , and examined ; confesses he was at Pentland hills , and at Bothwell bridge fight , but came only there to advise the people to accept of the Duke of Mon- mouth's offers he made them in the King's name ...
... carried before the council , and examined ; confesses he was at Pentland hills , and at Bothwell bridge fight , but came only there to advise the people to accept of the Duke of Mon- mouth's offers he made them in the King's name ...
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... carrying him into a house in that fainting fit , laying him in a bed , and giving him some- thing for a cordial , by which his spirits returned , and he recovered . After a little respite there , they marched up the water of Ayr toward ...
... carrying him into a house in that fainting fit , laying him in a bed , and giving him some- thing for a cordial , by which his spirits returned , and he recovered . After a little respite there , they marched up the water of Ayr toward ...
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... carry him thither ; which they did by the back of Heriot Work walls . The pri- soner now , leading his own beast in his hand , and walking with them , thinking on his dan- gerous case , sent up some desires to God , that , if he had a ...
... carry him thither ; which they did by the back of Heriot Work walls . The pri- soner now , leading his own beast in his hand , and walking with them , thinking on his dan- gerous case , sent up some desires to God , that , if he had a ...
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... carry- ed to Magdalen's Chapell ; and when his grave clothes were put on , he was carryed to the Gray Friar's Church Yard , and was interred near the east dyke , a little above the stair , at the entry , being conveyed by a great ...
... carry- ed to Magdalen's Chapell ; and when his grave clothes were put on , he was carryed to the Gray Friar's Church Yard , and was interred near the east dyke , a little above the stair , at the entry , being conveyed by a great ...
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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.