An Historical and Critical Account of the Life and Writings of James I., King of Great-Britain. 2. Ed |
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... favours afterwards , as he almost always did . 1736 . ( ) Id . p . 331 . ( D ) Being seized by the earls of Mar , & c . they obtained a charge for the duke of Lennox to depart the country , clamation from the king , difcharging the ...
... favours afterwards , as he almost always did . 1736 . ( ) Id . p . 331 . ( D ) Being seized by the earls of Mar , & c . they obtained a charge for the duke of Lennox to depart the country , clamation from the king , difcharging the ...
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... favour of the king ) gives credit , to it ; and Vol . I.p. 22. Mr. Crawfurd tells us , that after what the earl of Gro- marty hath lain together in his historical account of the confpiracies by the earls of Gowry against king James , he ...
... favour of the king ) gives credit , to it ; and Vol . I.p. 22. Mr. Crawfurd tells us , that after what the earl of Gro- marty hath lain together in his historical account of the confpiracies by the earls of Gowry against king James , he ...
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... favour to employ them ; and that they are of no worth , any farther than they promote their de- figns . If people therefore knew when they were well , they would be thankful for a peaceable retreat , and ftrive not to mix in counfels ...
... favour to employ them ; and that they are of no worth , any farther than they promote their de- figns . If people therefore knew when they were well , they would be thankful for a peaceable retreat , and ftrive not to mix in counfels ...
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... favour ; who hoped that under him they might acquire honours , power , and wealth , in which they were not much mif- taken . For a prince of great abilities , how valuable foever to a nation , is not the delight of felf - interested ...
... favour ; who hoped that under him they might acquire honours , power , and wealth , in which they were not much mif- taken . For a prince of great abilities , how valuable foever to a nation , is not the delight of felf - interested ...
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... favour much of indecency and difobe- dience , and I doubt not but the reader is inclined to cenfure it accordingly . But let us not be too hafty , left , we judge unrighteous judgment . The minifters , I think , failed more in breeding ...
... favour much of indecency and difobe- dience , and I doubt not but the reader is inclined to cenfure it accordingly . But let us not be too hafty , left , we judge unrighteous judgment . The minifters , I think , failed more in breeding ...
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Page 41 - Witches ought to be put to death, according to the law of God, the civil and imperial law, and the municipal law of all Christian nations...
Page 192 - First, that you do not meddle with the main points of government; that is my craft ... to meddle with that were to lessen me.
Page 49 - Scotland; who being of a provident nature (contrary to his brother the Lord Viscount St. Alban's), and well knowing the advantage of a dangerous secret, would many times cunningly let fall some words, as if he could much amend his fortunes under the Cecilians (to whom he was near of alliance, and in blood also), and who had made (as he was not unwilling should be believed) some great proffers to win him away : which once or twice he pressed so far, and with such tokens and signs of apparent discontent,...
Page 131 - Articles of Religion agreed upon by the Archbishops and Bishops of both provinces, and the whole Clergy in the Convocation holden at London in the year of our Lord...
Page 42 - ... take up any dead man, woman, or child out of his, her, or their grave, or any other place where the dead body resteth, or the skin, bone, or any other part of any dead person...
Page 27 - God that he was born in the time of the light of the gospel, and in such a place, as to be king of such a church, the sincerest [purest] kirk in the world.
Page 246 - Solomon was a writer in prose and verse; so, in a very pure and exquisite manner, was our sweet Sovereign King James. Solomon was the greatest patron we ever read of to church and churchmen; and yet no greater (let the house of Aaron now confess) than King James.
Page 56 - Made him and half his nation Englishmen. Scots from the northern frozen banks of Tay, With packs and plods came Whigging all away, Thick as the locusts which in Egypt swarmed...
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Page 151 - Englishmen, tying them back to back, and then cutting their throats, when they had traded with them a whole month, and came to them on the land without so much as one sword ; and it may not be lawful for your majesty's subjects, being charged first by them, to repel force by force ; we may justly say, O miserable English...