An Impartial History of Ireland from the Period of the English Invasion to the Present Time, Volume 2J. Christie, 1810 - Ireland |
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Page 370
... covenanters ; and how readily every man's hand ought to be laid on his sword , to assist the king in reducing them by force to obedience , they desired that themselves , and others of this nation , might have the honor to be employed in ...
... covenanters ; and how readily every man's hand ought to be laid on his sword , to assist the king in reducing them by force to obedience , they desired that themselves , and others of this nation , might have the honor to be employed in ...
Page 433
... covenanters so far reasoned much clearer and more powerfully than David Hume ; but , acute as they were , they seem not to have been aware of the necessary consequences flowing from their principles . Their resistance to the ...
... covenanters so far reasoned much clearer and more powerfully than David Hume ; but , acute as they were , they seem not to have been aware of the necessary consequences flowing from their principles . Their resistance to the ...
Page 434
... covenanters were not more keen to resent , than prompt to avenge this insult to their rights of conscience . They immediately organized them . selves into an independent state . A national assembly was formed , whose first act was to ...
... covenanters were not more keen to resent , than prompt to avenge this insult to their rights of conscience . They immediately organized them . selves into an independent state . A national assembly was formed , whose first act was to ...
Page 435
... covenanters , could here meet with no manner of opposition . A firm determi- nation had been entered into of utterly abolishing episcopacy ; and as a preparative to it , there was laid before the presbytery of Edinburgb , and solemnly ...
... covenanters , could here meet with no manner of opposition . A firm determi- nation had been entered into of utterly abolishing episcopacy ; and as a preparative to it , there was laid before the presbytery of Edinburgb , and solemnly ...
Page 436
... covenanters hands , was , in a very little time , put into a tole- rable posture of defence . " The fortifications of Leith were begun and carried on with great rapidity . Besides the infe- rior sort , and those who laboured for pay ...
... covenanters hands , was , in a very little time , put into a tole- rable posture of defence . " The fortifications of Leith were begun and carried on with great rapidity . Besides the infe- rior sort , and those who laboured for pay ...
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