The history of Scotland, from the Union to the abolition of the heritable jurisdictions in MDCCXLVIII.Blcakie [!] Fullarton, & Company, 1828 - Scotland |
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... cause more effectually than the most deep laid and long matured schemes . Hitherto the most formidable opposition to the union of the two kingdoms had always been found on the side of England , and perhaps nothing could have so ...
... cause more effectually than the most deep laid and long matured schemes . Hitherto the most formidable opposition to the union of the two kingdoms had always been found on the side of England , and perhaps nothing could have so ...
Page xx
... cause , and the objects they had in view , they were not left to depend solely on principle , or the lofty aspirations of single - handed patriotism . The English ministry aware of the difficulty of their situation , transmitted , at ...
... cause , and the objects they had in view , they were not left to depend solely on principle , or the lofty aspirations of single - handed patriotism . The English ministry aware of the difficulty of their situation , transmitted , at ...
Page xxxiii
... cause . and " I shall instance , my lord , one for all , and that is the first and worst treaty ever was set on foot for mankind ; and yet , I am sorry to say it , there appears more ingenuity in it than our procedure . When the ser ...
... cause . and " I shall instance , my lord , one for all , and that is the first and worst treaty ever was set on foot for mankind ; and yet , I am sorry to say it , there appears more ingenuity in it than our procedure . When the ser ...
Page xl
... cause at the same time . Thus was this great work , that had occupied the wisest heads and on in this treaty , shall be left to the determination of the Parliament of Great Britain . XV . Whereas , by the terms of this treaty , the ...
... cause at the same time . Thus was this great work , that had occupied the wisest heads and on in this treaty , shall be left to the determination of the Parliament of Great Britain . XV . Whereas , by the terms of this treaty , the ...
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... causes in Scotland be cognoscible by the Courts of Chancery , Queen's Bench , Common Pleas , or any other Court in ... cause sixteen Peers , who are to sit in the House of Lords , to be summoned to Parliament , and forty - five members ...
... causes in Scotland be cognoscible by the Courts of Chancery , Queen's Bench , Common Pleas , or any other Court in ... cause sixteen Peers , who are to sit in the House of Lords , to be summoned to Parliament , and forty - five members ...
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Page xxxviii - An Act declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject and settling the Succession of the Crown.
Page 284 - An Act for the further security of His Majesty's person and Government, and the succession of the Crown in the Heirs of the late Princess Sophia, being Protestants, and for extinguishing the hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales, and his open and secret abettors...
Page 209 - Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end, thus saith the Lord God ; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high. I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him.
Page 160 - And all these things I do plainly and sincerely acknowledge and swear, according to these express words by me spoken, and according to the plain and common sense and understanding of the same words, without any equivocation, mental evasion, or secret reservation whatsoever. And I do make this recognition, acknowledgment, abjuration, renunciation, and promise, heartily, willingly, and truly, upon the true faith of a Christian : So help me God.
Page xxiv - For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way : because we had spoken unto the king, saying, " The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him ; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.
Page xliii - An act for the more effectual preserving the King's person and government, by disabling papists from sitting in either house of parliament.
Page xxxviii - ... the said crown and government shall from time to time descend to and be enjoyed by such person or persons being Protestants as should have inherited and enjoyed the same in case the said person or persons so reconciled, holding communion or professing or marrying as aforesaid were naturally dead.
Page 267 - That if any Persons unlawfully, riotously and tumultuously assembled together, to the Disturbance of the Public Peace, shall unlawfully, and with Force demolish or pull down, or begin to demolish or pull down any Church or Chapel, or any Building for Religious Worship...
Page 232 - Queen Anne, intituled An Act for the Security of Her Majesty's Person and Government, and of the Succession to the Crown of Great Britain, in the Protestant Line...
Page xlv - ... free of any oath, test, or subscription within this kingdom, contrary to, or inconsistent with, the foresaid true protestant religion and presbyterian church government, worship, and discipline as above established ; and that the same, within the bounds of this church and kingdom, shall never be imposed upon, or required of them in any sort.