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 viii
... towns were by his orders taken off and turned into ploughshares . Finding , however , his kingcraft not so highly relished by his English as it had been by his Scotish subjects , he applied for assistance to the English parliament ...
... towns were by his orders taken off and turned into ploughshares . Finding , however , his kingcraft not so highly relished by his English as it had been by his Scotish subjects , he applied for assistance to the English parliament ...
Page xxii
... town guard arriving after a while , secured his house and protected his family from farther outrage , but the crowd kept possession of the streets during the greater part of the night , threatening destruction to all whom they supposed ...
... town guard arriving after a while , secured his house and protected his family from farther outrage , but the crowd kept possession of the streets during the greater part of the night , threatening destruction to all whom they supposed ...
Page xxiii
... town , parish , hamlet , and corporation , inveighing in the strongest terms against the measure , as necessarily involving the entire ruin of the country in all its interests . That which gave the Jacobites the greatest hopes , however ...
... town , parish , hamlet , and corporation , inveighing in the strongest terms against the measure , as necessarily involving the entire ruin of the country in all its interests . That which gave the Jacobites the greatest hopes , however ...
Page xxiv
... town , searched the houses of all such as they supposed friendly to the Union , for arms , which , wherever they found , they carried away , and headed by a no- Defoe's History of the Union , folio ed . Article - Carrying on of the ...
... town , searched the houses of all such as they supposed friendly to the Union , for arms , which , wherever they found , they carried away , and headed by a no- Defoe's History of the Union , folio ed . Article - Carrying on of the ...
Page xxviii
... towns and fortified places , exacted tribute through the greatest part of England , now walking in the court of requests , like so many English attornies ; laying aside their walking swords when in company with the English peers , lest ...
... towns and fortified places , exacted tribute through the greatest part of England , now walking in the court of requests , like so many English attornies ; laying aside their walking swords when in company with the English peers , lest ...
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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...