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... told . Among the books of the sixteenth century there are few more worthy of republication than the " Chronicles of Scotland . " If wisely annotated , it would be eagerly laid hold of by the students of Scottish history . At Pitscottie ...
... told . Among the books of the sixteenth century there are few more worthy of republication than the " Chronicles of Scotland . " If wisely annotated , it would be eagerly laid hold of by the students of Scottish history . At Pitscottie ...
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... told its re- mains had been carried away , piece by piece , by visitors , until all that remained of it was a fragment a few inches square , which the farmer at Clermont Cross , an adjoining farm , had taken away for safety , and laid ...
... told its re- mains had been carried away , piece by piece , by visitors , until all that remained of it was a fragment a few inches square , which the farmer at Clermont Cross , an adjoining farm , had taken away for safety , and laid ...
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... told them the bishop's coach was near . This at once changed their purpose . They had missed the servant , but the master , their arch - enemy , and the fountain of all the evil they had suffered , the traitor Sharp , had come in their ...
... told them the bishop's coach was near . This at once changed their purpose . They had missed the servant , but the master , their arch - enemy , and the fountain of all the evil they had suffered , the traitor Sharp , had come in their ...
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... told he had been without mercy , and need expect none , and was charged to prepare for death . Instead of praying , he crept on his hands and feet to Hackston , who kept aloof on horseback from the others , and cried on him as a ...
... told he had been without mercy , and need expect none , and was charged to prepare for death . Instead of praying , he crept on his hands and feet to Hackston , who kept aloof on horseback from the others , and cried on him as a ...
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... told it with the simplicity and yet power that , in addition to the interest of the theme , has raised his work to the rank of a classic , that is likely to last as long as our language is spoken . Recent historians have added one or ...
... told it with the simplicity and yet power that , in addition to the interest of the theme , has raised his work to the rank of a classic , that is likely to last as long as our language is spoken . Recent historians have added one or ...
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Page 33 - And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree : his body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day ; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God ;) that thy land be not defiled, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
Page 106 - They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword. They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
Page 200 - I know in whom I have believed, and that he is able to keep that which I have committed to him against that day.
Page 127 - Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people : for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.
Page 274 - But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir, come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.
Page 26 - God alone is Lord of the conscience, and hath left it free from the doctrines and commandments of men which are in any thing contrary to his word, or beside it, in matters of faith or worship.
Page 218 - O cruel woman, how can you name his name to me ? the first news I expect to hear of him is, that he is hanged for a thief.
Page 239 - Knox and Welch !" exclaimed he, " the devil never made such a match as that." — " It's right like, sir," said she, "for we never speired* his advice." He asked her how many children her father had left, and if they were lads or lasses. She said three, and they were all lasses,