Memoirs of Mr. William Veitch, and George BryssonW. Blackwood, 1825 - 540 pages |
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... The Land of Jordan is the Scotch and English ground on both sides of the Tweed : The Hermonites are the Reids- dalites : Mizar is the Carter , where I hardly escaped the enemies ' search . MEMOIRS OF MR . WILLIAM VEITCH . MR . VEITCH.
... The Land of Jordan is the Scotch and English ground on both sides of the Tweed : The Hermonites are the Reids- dalites : Mizar is the Carter , where I hardly escaped the enemies ' search . MEMOIRS OF MR . WILLIAM VEITCH . MR . VEITCH.
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... enemy being on the other side of Clyde , and the rains having made it impassable except by boat , Dalziel and his forces could not reach them ( the boat being broken ) until the water decreased , which could not be very suddenly . And ...
... enemy being on the other side of Clyde , and the rains having made it impassable except by boat , Dalziel and his forces could not reach them ( the boat being broken ) until the water decreased , which could not be very suddenly . And ...
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... enemy was approaching ; and so they concluded to march to Collington , and sent one before with a party of horse to take up their quarters . Now when they came there , it was necessary to consult what was fit to be done in answer to Mr ...
... enemy was approaching ; and so they concluded to march to Collington , and sent one before with a party of horse to take up their quarters . Now when they came there , it was necessary to consult what was fit to be done in answer to Mr ...
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... enemy at Pentland town ; but advising them to go in and search for 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 ...
... enemy at Pentland town ; but advising them to go in and search for 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 ...
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... enemy had obtain- ed the victory . Mr. Crookshanks and Mr. Andrew M'Cormick were both killed at the first rencoun- ter . * Major Learmont commanded the second party , who beat the enemy again ; where Duke Hamilton hardly escaped , by ...
... enemy had obtain- ed the victory . Mr. Crookshanks and Mr. Andrew M'Cormick were both killed at the first rencoun- ter . * Major Learmont commanded the second party , who beat the enemy again ; where Duke Hamilton hardly escaped , by ...
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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.