The History of Scotland from the Union to the Abolition of the Heritable Jurisdictions in MDCCXLVIII.: To which is Subjoined a Review of Ecclesiastical Affairs, the Progress of Society, the State of the Arts, &c. to the Year MDCCCXXVII. |
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Page xxxviii
... officers of the Customs , in the port next the abode of the said owner or owners
; and the said officer or officers shall be empowered to administer the said oath ;
and the oath being so administered , shall be attested by the officer or ofñcers ...
... officers of the Customs , in the port next the abode of the said owner or owners
; and the said officer or officers shall be empowered to administer the said oath ;
and the oath being so administered , shall be attested by the officer or ofñcers ...
Page 224
... Hyndford , Hopetoun , and Roseberry , with the lords Belhaven , Elibank ,
Torphichen , Polworth , and Balgony , general Wightman , and a considerable
number of the principal gentry , officers of the army , and chief inhabitants of the
city .
... Hyndford , Hopetoun , and Roseberry , with the lords Belhaven , Elibank ,
Torphichen , Polworth , and Balgony , general Wightman , and a considerable
number of the principal gentry , officers of the army , and chief inhabitants of the
city .
Page 284
All officers of the army , governors of forts , garrisons , & c . & c . were , under pain
of his majesty's highest displeasure , ordered to their respective posts , and all
officers on half pay were , at the request of the house of commons , placed upon ...
All officers of the army , governors of forts , garrisons , & c . & c . were , under pain
of his majesty's highest displeasure , ordered to their respective posts , and all
officers on half pay were , at the request of the house of commons , placed upon ...
Page 378
At the same time , he rode up with some other general officers to the top of the hill
, where the advanced guard was posted , to reconnoitre the rebel army , which
consisted , though there had been a great desertion from it since leaving ...
At the same time , he rode up with some other general officers to the top of the hill
, where the advanced guard was posted , to reconnoitre the rebel army , which
consisted , though there had been a great desertion from it since leaving ...
Page 537
On the arrival , however , of the soldiers about seven o'clock in the evening , they
took possession of the guard - house , beat off the town officers who were sent to
put the soldiers in possession of it , locked the doors , and carried off the keys .
On the arrival , however , of the soldiers about seven o'clock in the evening , they
took possession of the guard - house , beat off the town officers who were sent to
put the soldiers in possession of it , locked the doors , and carried off the keys .
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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.
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| Title | The History of Scotland from the Union to the Abolition of the Heritable Jurisdictions in MDCCXLVIII.: To which is Subjoined a Review of Ecclesiastical Affairs, the Progress of Society, the State of the Arts, &c. to the Year MDCCCXXVII. Volume 1 of The History of Scotland from the Union to the Abolition of the Heritable Jurisdictions in MDCCXLVIII.: To which is Subjoined a Review of Ecclesiastical Affairs, the Progress of Society, the State of the Arts, &c. to the Year MDCCCXXVII, John Struthers Volume 1 of The history of Scotland, from the Union to the abolition of the heritable jurisdictions in MDCCXLVIII, John Struthers |
| Author | John Struthers |
| Publisher | Blcakie [!] Fullarton, & Company, 1828 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 15 Nov 2007 |
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