Scottish Notes and QueriesJohn Bulloch, John Alexander Henderson D. Wyllie and Son, 1891 - Genealogy |
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Page 171 - But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry.
Page 148 - The bridegroom may forget the bride Was made his wedded wife yestreen ; The monarch may forget the crown ' That on his head an hour has been ; The mother may forget the child That smiles sae sweetly on her knee ; But I'll remember thee, Glencairn, And a' that thou hast done for me ! " LINES, SENT TO SIR JOHN WHITEFORD, OF WHITEFORD, BART.
Page 171 - Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well.
Page 156 - The chairmen, porters, and coal-heavers in London, and those unfortunate women who live by prostitution, the strongest men and the most beautiful women perhaps in the British dominions, are said to be, the greater part of them, from the lowest rank of people in Ireland, who are generally fed with this root. No food can afford a more decisive proof of its nourishing quality, or of its being peculiarly suitable to the health of the human constitution.
Page 10 - When cruel men against us furiously Rose up in wrath, to make of us their prey...
Page 30 - But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
Page 67 - Evar in yearth beene it also. That holy bread that lasteth ay, Thou send it ous this ilke day, Forgive ous all that we have don, As we forgivet uch other mon : Ne let ous fall into no founding, Ac shield ous fro the fowle thing.
Page 155 - The common people in Scotland, who are fed with oatmeal, are in general neither so strong nor so handsome as the same rank of people in England who are fed with wheaten bread.
Page 169 - That it may please Thee to give and preserve to our use the kindly fruits of the earth, so as in due time we may enjoy them : We beseech Thee to hear us good Lord.
Page 19 - Did wander frae the ha', To the wide forest's dewie gloom, Among the leaves that fa'.