Miscellanea Scotica: A Collection of Tracts Relating to the History, Antiquities, Topography, and Literature of Scotland, Volume 3sold, 1820 |
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... lived peaceably and quietly under the established government , yet were inhumanly mas- sacred . Now , which had the best on't ? Dundee and his clans for their rebellion , or Glenco and his followers for their loyalty . It will puzzle a ...
... lived peaceably and quietly under the established government , yet were inhumanly mas- sacred . Now , which had the best on't ? Dundee and his clans for their rebellion , or Glenco and his followers for their loyalty . It will puzzle a ...
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... lived in rocks and caves for some weeks . John Gib , sailor in Borrowstowness , Wal- ter Ker , in Trafritham , Gemmison in Lin lithgow , were their chief leaders . They called themselves the sweet singers of Israel , eat nothing that ...
... lived in rocks and caves for some weeks . John Gib , sailor in Borrowstowness , Wal- ter Ker , in Trafritham , Gemmison in Lin lithgow , were their chief leaders . They called themselves the sweet singers of Israel , eat nothing that ...
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... lived many years in King William's reign , without ever being questioned for the murders , because he was a holy brother . At Bella - Path near Cumlock , in the shire of Ayr , the Whigs took one Houston a prisoner , from a small party ...
... lived many years in King William's reign , without ever being questioned for the murders , because he was a holy brother . At Bella - Path near Cumlock , in the shire of Ayr , the Whigs took one Houston a prisoner , from a small party ...
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... lived , would be in a condition fully to reward their fidelity . " Then his Majesty gave them his orders , that the Clans should make the best articles they could for themselves , aud live peaceably and quietly under the government , as ...
... lived , would be in a condition fully to reward their fidelity . " Then his Majesty gave them his orders , that the Clans should make the best articles they could for themselves , aud live peaceably and quietly under the government , as ...
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... these pretended deliverers ; which made the Sicilians think them more happy who expired in servitude , than those who lived to see such a dismal freedom . " PLUTARCH'S LIFE OF TIMOLEON . LETTER FROM A GENTLEMAN IN SCOTLAND , TO HIS FRIEND ...
... these pretended deliverers ; which made the Sicilians think them more happy who expired in servitude , than those who lived to see such a dismal freedom . " PLUTARCH'S LIFE OF TIMOLEON . LETTER FROM A GENTLEMAN IN SCOTLAND , TO HIS FRIEND ...
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Page xv - How can it enter into the thoughts of man, that the soul, which is capable of such immense perfections, and of receiving new improvements, to all eternity, shall fall away into nothing, almost as soon as it is created...
Page 47 - Joel ; and it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my spirit upon all flesh ; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams ; and on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit, and they shall prophesy.
Page xviii - That cherubim, which now appears as a God to a human soul, knows very well that the period will come about in eternity, when the human soul shall be as perfect as he himself now is : nay, when she shall look down upon that degree of perfection, as much as she now falls short of it.
Page 173 - ... seen above the middle, death is not to be expected for the space of a year, and perhaps some months longer ; and as it is frequently seen to ascend higher towards the head, death is concluded to be at hand within a few days, if not hours, as daily experience confirms.
Page 46 - And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.
Page 3 - Placed far amid the melancholy main, (Whether it be lone fancy him beguiles ; Or that aerial beings sometimes deign To stand embodied, to our senses plain) Sees on the naked hill, or valley low, The whilst in ocean Phoebus dips his wain, A vast assembly moving to and fro: Then all at once in air dissolves the wondrous show.
Page 173 - ... object, time, nor place of a vision, before it appears ; and the same object is often seen by different persons living at a considerable distance from one another. The true...
Page xvi - He does not seem born to enjoy life, but to deliver it down to others. This is not surprising to consider in animals, which are formed for our use, and can finish their business in a short life.
Page xiii - At the same time I think a person who is thus terrified with the imagination of ghosts and spectres much more reasonable than one who, contrary to the reports of all historians sacred and profane, antient and modern, and to the traditions of all nations, thinks the appearance of spirits fabulous and groundless.
Page xvii - Would an infinitely wise being make such glorious creatures for so mean a purpose ? Can he delight in the production of such abortive intelligences, such short-lived reasonable beings ? Would he give us talents that are not to be exerted ; capacities that are never to be gratified ? How can we find that wisdom which shines through all his works, in the formation of man, without looking on this world as only a nursery for the next...