A narrative of the confinement and exile of William Steel Dickson [the author]. To which is annexed, An account of an assault committed on the author [and 5 appendices. With] Three sermons on the subject of Scripture politics |
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... give a faint idea of what then were , now are , and , I presume , ever will be , my opinions and feelings , on that important subject . The passage , as modified , is as follows : ་ 3dly . Ye ought to extend your views of doing good ...
... give a faint idea of what then were , now are , and , I presume , ever will be , my opinions and feelings , on that important subject . The passage , as modified , is as follows : ་ 3dly . Ye ought to extend your views of doing good ...
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... , and in Dublin - and , that the most tempting offers were made to him , if he would give information against me . On being pressed , in respect to F these • these offers , he declared that a thousand pounds NARRATIVE . 33.
... , and in Dublin - and , that the most tempting offers were made to him , if he would give information against me . On being pressed , in respect to F these • these offers , he declared that a thousand pounds NARRATIVE . 33.
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... give them necessary instructions . Yet , 1 may have been a General , for aught that appears to the contrary ; and I may not have been a General , though people said I was . But be that as it was , General , or no General , it appears ...
... give them necessary instructions . Yet , 1 may have been a General , for aught that appears to the contrary ; and I may not have been a General , though people said I was . But be that as it was , General , or no General , it appears ...
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... give him . Some of our party , however , suspected him of im- posture from the first ; and their suspicion was soon confirmed , by his being removed , for some time every day , to a distant apartment , and detained in secret conference ...
... give him . Some of our party , however , suspected him of im- posture from the first ; and their suspicion was soon confirmed , by his being removed , for some time every day , to a distant apartment , and detained in secret conference ...
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... give about Killinchy fair , as he was at home , all that day , get- ting his barley sown . " Here , I interrupted my informant , by asking how , and what he knew about the barley . He answered , that 66 Magin's barley ground was a bog ...
... give about Killinchy fair , as he was at home , all that day , get- ting his barley sown . " Here , I interrupted my informant , by asking how , and what he knew about the barley . He answered , that 66 Magin's barley ground was a bog ...
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adjutant admitted afterwards alarm answer Antrim appear Armagh asked attention authority Ballee Ballinahinch Ballygown Belfast Black body brethren called Catholics character charge circumstances colonels committee conduct confinement congregation of Keady connexion Cuming dæmon declaration Dickson Dublin Duke of Portland duty equally evidence expressed fact farther feel Fort-George friends gentlemen Governor Greenock happiness hath heart Hence honor hope Hughes Ireland Irish James Horner John Cleland John Hughes justice Killinchy king kingdom Langley letter liberation liberty Lord Lord Castlereagh Magin magistrates Majesty's meeting ment mentioned mind ministers minutes morning never o'clock obliged oppression peace persons political Portaferry Presbyterian present prisoners procure reason received religion respect returned Saintfield seditious servants shew sion Stewart supposed Synod of Ulster Tennent thee thing tion told truth united Irishmen Viscount Castlereagh WILLIAM STEEL words
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Page 369 - I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Page 17 - And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book, out of that which is before the priests the Levites: and it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life...
Page 74 - Thou therefore gird up thy loins and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee : be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.
Page 107 - And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not.
Page 61 - Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy rereward.
Page 92 - Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever...
Page 49 - Ye lust, and have not ; ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain ; ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not ; ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
Page 104 - O house of David, thus saith the LORD; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
Page 73 - Levites: and it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life : that he may learn to fear the Lord his God, to keep all. the words of this law and these statutes, to do them : that his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left : to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.
Page 27 - And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.