Illiam Dhône and the Manx Rebellion, 1651: Records and Proceedings Relating to the Case of William Christian of Ronaldsway, Receiver-general of the Isle of Man, who was Shot for Treason at Hango Hill, 2d January 1662-3, with Copies of the Various Depositions Preserved in the Rolls Office, Castletown, and Other Documents Connected Therewith, Volume 26William Harrison |
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Page xxiv - I received your letter with indignation, and with scorn I return you this answer : that I cannot but wonder whence you should gather any hopes from me, that I should (like you) prove treacherous to my Sovereign ; since you cannot be insensible of my former actings in his late Majesty's service ; from which principle of loyalty I am no way departed.
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Page 116 - XI- -A Description of the Isle of Man : with some Useful and Entertaining Reflections on the Laws, Customs, and Manners of the Inhabitants. By George Waldron, Gent., late of Queen's College, Oxon. Printed for the Widow and Orphans, 1731. Edited, with an Introductory Notice and Notes, by William Harrison, Esq., Member of the House of Keys, Author of Bibliotheca Monensis.
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Page xxiv - This is the immutable resolution, and shall be the undoubted practice of him, who accounts it the chiefest glory to be " ' His Majesty's most loyal and obedient subject, "
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