Memoirs of Mr. William Veitch, and George BryssonW. Blackwood, 1825 - 540 pages |
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... servants , we again renew the acknowledgement in our former letter , that informations are to be received against the best of servants ; and we may be the safer in this acknowledgement , that we are so happy as to live under a prince ...
... servants , we again renew the acknowledgement in our former letter , that informations are to be received against the best of servants ; and we may be the safer in this acknowledgement , that we are so happy as to live under a prince ...
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... servant , and Mr. Wil- liam's fair promises , that he would endeavour , both by himself and others that he should in- troduce to them , to convince them of their errors , if they were in any , and reduce them to right : to which ...
... servant , and Mr. Wil- liam's fair promises , that he would endeavour , both by himself and others that he should in- troduce to them , to convince them of their errors , if they were in any , and reduce them to right : to which ...
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... servant told that the barber was triming him , and when he had done Mr. Matthew would get ac- cess . In the mean time , whilst he was walking in the outer room , the Bishop's son ( about 12 years old ) came , and enquired of Mr. Matthew ...
... servant told that the barber was triming him , and when he had done Mr. Matthew would get ac- cess . In the mean time , whilst he was walking in the outer room , the Bishop's son ( about 12 years old ) came , and enquired of Mr. Matthew ...
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... servant with him , as he came in sight of the town , his man perceives a great many troopers , some of them riding about the dikes , and some of them searching the yards , for Major Learmont , the gentleman's son - in - law , whom ...
... servant with him , as he came in sight of the town , his man perceives a great many troopers , some of them riding about the dikes , and some of them searching the yards , for Major Learmont , the gentleman's son - in - law , whom ...
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... servants that waited on her ( the rest being at church ) with a barrow , and they with the boy carried him in . She dressed his wound , and he lay there several weeks under cure ; by which providence their malicious design at that time ...
... servants that waited on her ( the rest being at church ) with a barrow , and they with the boy carried him in . She dressed his wound , and he lay there several weeks under cure ; by which providence their malicious design at that time ...
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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.