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... occasion , when he was engaged in high dispute with a com- mittee of the clergy , Andrew Melville , the most fiery of their number , seized his majesty by the sleeve , and , addressing him as " God's silly vas- sal , " asserted , in a ...
... occasion , when he was engaged in high dispute with a com- mittee of the clergy , Andrew Melville , the most fiery of their number , seized his majesty by the sleeve , and , addressing him as " God's silly vas- sal , " asserted , in a ...
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... occasion so monstrously insulted in a riot at the council - house of Edinburgh ( December 17 , 1596 ) ; that he did not take the town again into favour for three months . When he at length relented , he went to that very council - house ...
... occasion so monstrously insulted in a riot at the council - house of Edinburgh ( December 17 , 1596 ) ; that he did not take the town again into favour for three months . When he at length relented , he went to that very council - house ...
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... occasion , " agreeth as well with a monarchy as God with the devil . Were such a system established , then Jack and Tom , and Will and Dick , would meet , and at their -pleasures censure me , my councils , and all my pro- ceedings ...
... occasion , " agreeth as well with a monarchy as God with the devil . Were such a system established , then Jack and Tom , and Will and Dick , would meet , and at their -pleasures censure me , my councils , and all my pro- ceedings ...
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... occasions , a prodigious number of country clergymen had flocked to Edin burgh , to protest against the proceedings of the legislature , and maintain in the public mind a sa- lutary horror of what was going forward . A de putation of ...
... occasions , a prodigious number of country clergymen had flocked to Edin burgh , to protest against the proceedings of the legislature , and maintain in the public mind a sa- lutary horror of what was going forward . A de putation of ...
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... occasion , it is only neces sary to mention the conduct of Sir John Hamil . ton , the Laird of Preston , in East Lothian , one of the four uncompromising Lords of the Articles . It being thought necessary to gain over Sir John , on ...
... occasion , it is only neces sary to mention the conduct of Sir John Hamil . ton , the Laird of Preston , in East Lothian , one of the four uncompromising Lords of the Articles . It being thought necessary to gain over Sir John , on ...
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Page 183 - I'll never love thee more. As Alexander I will reign, And I will reign alone ; My thoughts did evermore disdain A rival on my throne. He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who dares not put it to the touch To gain or lose it all.
Page 115 - And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God ; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.
Page 115 - And the people said unto Samuel, Who is he that said, Shall Saul reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death. 13 And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day: for to-day the Lord hath wrought salvation in Israel.
Page 317 - Those rugged names to our like mouths grow sleek That would have made Quintilian stare and gasp. Thy age, like ours, O soul of Sir John Cheek, Hated not learning worse than toad or asp, When thou taught'st Cambridge and King Edward Greek.
Page 86 - King's greatness and authority ; but on the contrary, we promise and swear that we shall to the uttermost of our power with our means and lives stand to the defence of our dread Sovereign, the King's Majesty, his person and authority in the defence and preservation of the foresaid true Religion...
Page 121 - Why should I mention Juba's overthrow, And Scipio's death ? Numidia's burning sands Still smoke with blood. 'Tis time we should decree What course to take. Our foe advances on us, And envies us even Libya's sultry deserts. Fathers, pronounce your thoughts...
Page 217 - Let them bestow on every airth a limb, Then open all my veins that I may swim To Thee, my Maker, in that crimson lake ; Then place my parboiled head upon a stake, Scatter my ashes, strew them in the air.
Page 247 - That because of their numbers, because of their advantages, because of their confidence, because of our weakness, because of our strait, we were in the Mount, and in the Mount the Lord would be seen ; and that He would find out a way of deliverance and salvation for us : — and indeed we had our consolations and our hopes.
Page 219 - ... dressed in a scarlet cloak trimmed with gold lace: he walked along the street with such a grand air, and so much beauty, majesty, and gravity appeared in his countenance, as shocked the whole city at the cruelty that was designed him; and extorted even from his enemies this unwilling confession, that he was a man of the most lofty and elevated soul, and of the most unshaken constancy and resolution that the age had produced.
Page 301 - I have not leisure to write much. But I could chide thee that in many of thy letters thou writest to me, That I should not be unmindful of thee and thy little ones. Truly, if I love you not too well, I think I err not on the other hand much. Thou art dearer to me than any creature ; let that suffice.