The History of Scotland, from the Union to the Abolition of the Heritable Jurisdictions in MDCCXLVIII.: To which is Subjoined a Review of Ecclesiastical Affairs, the Progress of Society, the State of the Arts, &c. to the Year MDCCCXXVII.Blackie, Fullarton, & Company, 1827 - Jacobite Rebellion, 1715 |
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Page xii
... cause more effectually than the most deep laid and long matured schemes . Hitherto the most formidable opposition to the union of the two kingdoms had always been found on the side of England , and perhaps nothing could have so ...
... cause more effectually than the most deep laid and long matured schemes . Hitherto the most formidable opposition to the union of the two kingdoms had always been found on the side of England , and perhaps nothing could have so ...
Page xx
... cause , and the objects they had in view , they were not left to depend solely on principle , or the lofty aspirations of single - handed patriotism . The English ministry aware of the difficulty of their situation , transmitted , at ...
... cause , and the objects they had in view , they were not left to depend solely on principle , or the lofty aspirations of single - handed patriotism . The English ministry aware of the difficulty of their situation , transmitted , at ...
Page xxxiii
... cause . " I shall instance , my lord , one for all , and that is the first and worst treaty ever was set on foot for mankind ; and yet , I am sorry to say it , there appears more ingenuity in it than our procedure . When the ser- pent ...
... cause . " I shall instance , my lord , one for all , and that is the first and worst treaty ever was set on foot for mankind ; and yet , I am sorry to say it , there appears more ingenuity in it than our procedure . When the ser- pent ...
Page xl
... cause at the same time . Thus was this great work , that had occupied the wisest heads and on in this treaty , shall be left to the determination of the Parliament of Great Britain . XV . Whereas , by the terms of this treaty , the ...
... cause at the same time . Thus was this great work , that had occupied the wisest heads and on in this treaty , shall be left to the determination of the Parliament of Great Britain . XV . Whereas , by the terms of this treaty , the ...
Page xlii
... causes in Scotland be cognoscible by the Courts of Chancery , Queen's Bench , Common Pleas , or any other Court in ... cause sixteen Peers , who are to sit in the House of Lords , to be summoned to Parliament , and forty - five members ...
... causes in Scotland be cognoscible by the Courts of Chancery , Queen's Bench , Common Pleas , or any other Court in ... cause sixteen Peers , who are to sit in the House of Lords , to be summoned to Parliament , and forty - five members ...
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Page xxiv - For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way : because we had spoken unto the king, saying, " The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him ; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.
Page 264 - Our sovereign Lord the King chargeth and commandeth all persons, being assembled, immediately to disperse themselves, and peaceably to depart to their habitations, or to their lawful business, upon the pains contained in the act made in the first year of King George, for preventing tumults and riotous assemblies. God save the King.
Page 282 - An Act for the further security of His Majesty's person and Government, and the succession of the Crown in the Heirs of the late Princess Sophia, being Protestants, and for extinguishing the hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales, and his open and secret abettors...
Page 263 - ... be it enacted by the King's most excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal, and of the Commons in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same...
Page 102 - God bless your majesty and the church. We hope your majesty is for Dr. Sacheverel.
Page 207 - Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end, thus saith the Lord God ; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high. I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him.
Page xliv - Britain may hereafter enjoy the same except the Right and Privilege of sitting in the House of Lords and the Privileges depending thereon and particularly the Right of sitting upon the Trials of Peers.
Page xliii - An act for the more effectual preserving the King's person and government, by disabling papists from sitting in either house of parliament.
Page 158 - And all these things I do plainly and sincerely acknowledge and swear, according to these express words by me spoken, and according to the plain and common sense and understanding of the same words, without any equivocation, mental evasion, or secret reservation whatsoever. And I do make this recognition, acknowledgment, abjuration, renunciation, and promise, heartily, willingly, and truly, upon the true faith of a Christian : So help me God.
Page xlii - That the Court of Session or College of Justice do after the union and notwithstanding thereof remain in all time coming within Scotland as it is now constituted by the laws of that kingdom, and with the same authority and privileges as before the union, subject nevertheless to such regulations for the better administration of justice as shall be made by the Parliament of Great Britain...