Memoirs of Mr. William Veitch, and George BryssonW. Blackwood, 1825 - 540 pages |
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... tion more complete , I have introduced distinctly , in the form of extract and of abridgement , such parts of Sir Patrick Hume's Narrative as state facts which did not fall under the personal obser- vation of Brysson , or which he has ...
... tion more complete , I have introduced distinctly , in the form of extract and of abridgement , such parts of Sir Patrick Hume's Narrative as state facts which did not fall under the personal obser- vation of Brysson , or which he has ...
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... tion which he presented to the Council for liberation , was reject- ed . Having sickened in the end of the year , he was permitted to go to a private house in Edinburgh , on a bond of five thousand merks , that he shall re - enter in a ...
... tion which he presented to the Council for liberation , was reject- ed . Having sickened in the end of the year , he was permitted to go to a private house in Edinburgh , on a bond of five thousand merks , that he shall re - enter in a ...
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... tion , and march instantly towards Bathgate ; where night coming on , and no quarters could be had for such a number , they were forced to stand with their arms without in the field . And a great snow coming on like to discourage the ...
... tion , and march instantly towards Bathgate ; where night coming on , and no quarters could be had for such a number , they were forced to stand with their arms without in the field . And a great snow coming on like to discourage the ...
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... tion , they told that they never heard of his com- ing home , and it were a pity to disturb such a follows . After the battle of Naseby , Mrs. Hutchinson states , that " Fairfax tooke again the towne of Liécester , and went into the ...
... tion , they told that they never heard of his com- ing home , and it were a pity to disturb such a follows . After the battle of Naseby , Mrs. Hutchinson states , that " Fairfax tooke again the towne of Liécester , and went into the ...
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... tion to take God for all . He should be the hus- band , and he should be the farm ; he should be the stock and the crop ; he should be the provid- er , the food , and the raiment , the master of the family , and the father of the ...
... tion to take God for all . He should be the hus- band , and he should be the farm ; he should be the stock and the crop ; he should be the provid- er , the food , and the raiment , the master of the family , and the father of the ...
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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.