Universal History, Ancient and Modern: From the Earliest Records of Time, to the General Peace of 1801, Volume 21Isaac Collins and sons, 1804 - Chronology, Historical |
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... friends . CHAPTER II . From the Union of the Scots and Picts to Mal- colm Canmore . DONALD , brother to Kenneth , reigned four years . He was Donald Con- stantine . followed by Constantine , his ne- phew , son of Kenneth . At this time ...
... friends . CHAPTER II . From the Union of the Scots and Picts to Mal- colm Canmore . DONALD , brother to Kenneth , reigned four years . He was Donald Con- stantine . followed by Constantine , his ne- phew , son of Kenneth . At this time ...
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... friendship subsisted between Alfred and Gregory , and that the for- mer agreed to yield to the latter all the lands be- longing to the Scots and Picts between the two prætentures . Donald III . This friendship continued under Donald III ...
... friendship subsisted between Alfred and Gregory , and that the for- mer agreed to yield to the latter all the lands be- longing to the Scots and Picts between the two prætentures . Donald III . This friendship continued under Donald III ...
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... 1000 marks of silver in two years , and 100 marks yearly for ever af- As a cement of friendship , a treaty of mar- riage was concluded between Margaret , Alexan- ter . der's daughter , then only four years of age , SCOTLAND . 47.
... 1000 marks of silver in two years , and 100 marks yearly for ever af- As a cement of friendship , a treaty of mar- riage was concluded between Margaret , Alexan- ter . der's daughter , then only four years of age , SCOTLAND . 47.
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... friends of liberty under his banner . A. D. The lustre of his birth is lost in that of his ac- tions : the rapidity of his victories , and the frequency of his exploits , have disordered the chronology of his history . Many of his ...
... friends of liberty under his banner . A. D. The lustre of his birth is lost in that of his ac- tions : the rapidity of his victories , and the frequency of his exploits , have disordered the chronology of his history . Many of his ...
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... friends . David returned from France , repulsed Ba- liol , and was himself taken prisoner near Durham . A. D. 1342 . Baliol resigned his claims to Edward , A. D. who soon after acknowledged king David , 1356 . and restored him to ...
... friends . David returned from France , repulsed Ba- liol , and was himself taken prisoner near Durham . A. D. 1342 . Baliol resigned his claims to Edward , A. D. who soon after acknowledged king David , 1356 . and restored him to ...
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Page 304 - He professed, that he would have no enemies but the enemies of the covenant...
Page 314 - Armagh) proposed that all the members thereof should receive the sacrament of the Lord's supper from his grace's own hands. With the like view of preventing the Irish catholics from sending over agents to England to...
Page 326 - So that the whole of your island has been confiscated, with the exception of the estates of five or six families of English blood, some of whom had been attainted in the reign of Henry VII. but recovered their possessions before Tyrone's rebellion, and had the good fortune to escape the pillage of the English republic inflicted by Cromwell; and no inconsiderable portion of the island has been confiscated twice, or perhaps thrice, in the course of a century.
Page 141 - Weep not, good Melvil, there is at present great cause for rejoicing. Thou shalt this day see Mary Stewart delivered from all her cares, and such an end put to her tedious sufferings, as she has long expected. Bear witness that I die constant in my religion ; firm in my fidelity towards Scotland ; and unchanged in my affection to France. Commend me to my son. Tell him I have done nothing injurious to his kingdom, to his honour, or to his rights ; and God forgive all those who have thirsted, without...
Page 230 - Even in ordinary times, the poor claim charity as a matter less of favour than of right; and approach the rich man's door, almost with the freedom of an inmate; but they now, in frightful numbers, besieged every house, and forced their way into kitchens, parlours, and even rooms the most remote.
Page 314 - ... by which the catholics were prevented from going from one province to another to transact their business, such as had the more considerable estates were imprisoned, and all their letters to and from the capital were intercepted : the gentry were forbidden to meet, and' were thereby deprived of the means of agreeing •upon agents to take care of their interests, and of an opportunity to represent their grievances at the foot of the throne.
Page 92 - I acknowledge his doctrine to be sound. His prayer is daily for her, ' that God will turn her obstinate heart against God and his truth; or, if the holy will be otherwise, to strengthen the hearts and hands of his chosen and elect, stoutly to withstand the rage of all tyrants,
Page 304 - ... popery, superstition, and idolatry, together with prelacy, resolving not to tolerate, much less to allow those in any part of his dominions, and to endeavour the extirpation thereof to the utmost of his power.
Page 311 - Shannon on pain of death; and this sentence of deportation was rigidly enforced until the restoration. Their ancient possessions were seized and given up to the conquerors, as were the possessions of every man who had taken part in the rebellion, or followed the fortune of the king after the murder of Charles I.
Page 235 - We therefore, with that grace and acceptance suited to your pious and laudable design, and favorably assenting to your petition, do hold it good and acceptable, that, for extending the borders of the Church...