Memoirs of Mr. William Veitch, and George BryssonW. Blackwood, 1825 - 540 pages |
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... foot soldiers to quarter upon him , from March to the middle of June . These had each of them twelve pence a day , besides free quarters , which amounts to seven hun- dred and fifty - six pounds . By those hardships , Corsack was ...
... foot soldiers to quarter upon him , from March to the middle of June . These had each of them twelve pence a day , besides free quarters , which amounts to seven hun- dred and fifty - six pounds . By those hardships , Corsack was ...
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... foot . The forces following drew up in the citadel ; and through the great rains and coldness of the wea- man . he went out he shutt out the faill , and closed it again . Here he sheltered for the space of 16 years , by taking himself ...
... foot . The forces following drew up in the citadel ; and through the great rains and coldness of the wea- man . he went out he shutt out the faill , and closed it again . Here he sheltered for the space of 16 years , by taking himself ...
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... foot , thought fit that the ministers should preach something suitably to the people , and to the present circumstances of things , both in church and state , which they did ; and there both the National and Solemn League and Covenant ...
... foot , thought fit that the ministers should preach something suitably to the people , and to the present circumstances of things , both in church and state , which they did ; and there both the National and Solemn League and Covenant ...
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... foot met him ; and asked him , " Friend , which way are you going ? " He answered , carelessly , " Into the town . " They tell him that , if he go by the Greenhill house into Bruntsfield Links , he is a dead man ; for there the Lord ...
... foot met him ; and asked him , " Friend , which way are you going ? " He answered , carelessly , " Into the town . " They tell him that , if he go by the Greenhill house into Bruntsfield Links , he is a dead man ; for there the Lord ...
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... foot , being flanked with their horses on each side , firing upon the Whigs broke their ranks , their horses not being used with fire ; then the troops upon the right wing of the enemy broke in upon them and pursued them ; and had taken ...
... foot , being flanked with their horses on each side , firing upon the Whigs broke their ranks , their horses not being used with fire ; then the troops upon the right wing of the enemy broke in upon them and pursued them ; and had taken ...
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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.