The Lives and Characters of the Most Eminent Writers of the Scots Nation;: With an Abstract and Catalogue of Their Works; Their Various Editions; and the Judgement of the Learn'd Concerning Them, Volume 2James Watson in Craig's-Close, on the North-side of the Cross., 1711 |
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Page iii
... give a brief View of what our Hiftorians have faid of our Tranfactions , as being only answerable to my Defign . And ' tis very obvious to any unbyass'd Reader , that all Parties mif reprefent Facts in fuch a Manner , efpecially where ...
... give a brief View of what our Hiftorians have faid of our Tranfactions , as being only answerable to my Defign . And ' tis very obvious to any unbyass'd Reader , that all Parties mif reprefent Facts in fuch a Manner , efpecially where ...
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... give over my Defign , and refer the Lift of the Friories , Provoftries , Nunneries and other Religious Orders , to the Third Volume , to which I ball likewife annex a large Index of the Principal Mat- ters treated of in all the Three ...
... give over my Defign , and refer the Lift of the Friories , Provoftries , Nunneries and other Religious Orders , to the Third Volume , to which I ball likewife annex a large Index of the Principal Mat- ters treated of in all the Three ...
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... give the Reader an Abridgment of our Hiftory , from the ftory . First Foundation of our Monarchy to our Author's ... gives us the fame Account , that Fordon gives as to the Original of the Scots Nation ; which the Reader will find , in ...
... give the Reader an Abridgment of our Hiftory , from the ftory . First Foundation of our Monarchy to our Author's ... gives us the fame Account , that Fordon gives as to the Original of the Scots Nation ; which the Reader will find , in ...
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... give the Emperor , the Surname of Britannicus ; but gave it alfo to his Son , Germanicus ; and Order'd thofe Divine Honours to be paid to Meffalina , which had been paid to Livia , the Wife of Au- guftus , Not long after this , Plautius ...
... give the Emperor , the Surname of Britannicus ; but gave it alfo to his Son , Germanicus ; and Order'd thofe Divine Honours to be paid to Meffalina , which had been paid to Livia , the Wife of Au- guftus , Not long after this , Plautius ...
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... give them Liberty to march thro ' their Country ; That the Enemies of the Scots and Picts fhould be theirs alfo ; That , without their Permiffion , they should not make Peace or War , nor fend Aid to any , who defir'd it ; That the ...
... give them Liberty to march thro ' their Country ; That the Enemies of the Scots and Picts fhould be theirs alfo ; That , without their Permiffion , they should not make Peace or War , nor fend Aid to any , who defir'd it ; That the ...
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Page 326 - And a river went out of Eden to water the garden ; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
Page 463 - Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the Scripture cannot be broken; Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest: because I said I am the Son of God?
Page 463 - If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.
Page 338 - And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.
Page 141 - That no man is without sin so long as he liveth. 4. That every true Christian may know himself to be in a state of grace. 5. That a man is not justified by works, but by faith only. 6. That good works make not a good man, but that a good man doeth good works.
Page 322 - And he beheld them, and said, what is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?
Page 12 - Africa :, that about Midnight it fell Calm, and being carried away with the Tide, by the time it was Day, he found he had left Britain on the left hand ; but then the Tide turning they fell to their Oars, and by Noon reached that part of the Ifland where he Landed before, and came on Shore without oppofition : and then March'd up into the Country, leaving his Ships at Anchor in lit
Page 505 - ... who practised rebellion against the state. To this our prelate replied, that he had neither raised nor practised rebellion ; but, perceiving the adversaries of queen Mary countenanced, and her deprived of all hope of liberty, he could not abandon his sovereign in her afflictions, but do his best to procure her freedom ; and that it would never be found that the privileges of ambassadors were violated, via juris, by course of law, but only via facti, by way of fact, which seldom had good success....