The History of Scotland: From the Union of the Crowns on the Accession of James VI. to the Throne of England, to the Union of the Kingdoms in the Reign of Queen Anne, Volume 1A. Strahan, 1800 - Gowrie Conspiracy, 1600 |
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... fupport of the nobles . The parliament was held at Perth , and in a preliminary recognition of the royal authority , the concife fimplicity which diftinguishes the Scottish ftatutes , was exchanged for the tone and style of Oriental ...
... fupport of the nobles . The parliament was held at Perth , and in a preliminary recognition of the royal authority , the concife fimplicity which diftinguishes the Scottish ftatutes , was exchanged for the tone and style of Oriental ...
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... fup port its dignity " . The bishops whom the king might nominate , but could not endow , were thus configned by their creation to indigence , by their indigence to popular contempt and obfcurity ; and as none were ambitious of this ...
... fup port its dignity " . The bishops whom the king might nominate , but could not endow , were thus configned by their creation to indigence , by their indigence to popular contempt and obfcurity ; and as none were ambitious of this ...
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... fupport the dignity of the crown . tion of the The clergy had reforted to parliament from Oppofi- different prefbyteries , as fupplicants for the perfe- clergy . cuted ministers , their afflicted brethren . We may believe that every ...
... fupport the dignity of the crown . tion of the The clergy had reforted to parliament from Oppofi- different prefbyteries , as fupplicants for the perfe- clergy . cuted ministers , their afflicted brethren . We may believe that every ...
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... fupport of James ; but in the fuppreffion of feuds , in the regulation of the Borders , the Highlands and the Ifles , his fuccefs correfponded neither with his intentions nor his power . Hereditary quarrels had become fo inveterate ...
... fupport of James ; but in the fuppreffion of feuds , in the regulation of the Borders , the Highlands and the Ifles , his fuccefs correfponded neither with his intentions nor his power . Hereditary quarrels had become fo inveterate ...
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... fupport his weakness , and in the other fecreted a dagger , to plunge into his heart on the firft com . motion . Nithifdale , intimidated at their hoftile appearance , or apprised of his danger , fuppreffed the most violent part of his ...
... fupport his weakness , and in the other fecreted a dagger , to plunge into his heart on the firft com . motion . Nithifdale , intimidated at their hoftile appearance , or apprised of his danger , fuppreffed the most violent part of his ...
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