The Scottish Nation: Or, The Surnames, Families, Literature, Honours, and Biographical History of the People of Scotland, Part 2A. Fullarton & Company, 1862 - 739 pages |
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... approached , their consciences revolted against the crime . Lord Bargeny's evidence was ready to be pro- duced before parliament , 28th July 1681 , but the duke of BARNARD , 251 ily into the Revolution , and in BARCLAY . BARGENY . 250.
... approached , their consciences revolted against the crime . Lord Bargeny's evidence was ready to be pro- duced before parliament , 28th July 1681 , but the duke of BARNARD , 251 ily into the Revolution , and in BARCLAY . BARGENY . 250.
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... parliament 9th May 1695 , and exerted himself in opposition to the treaty of Union in 1706. He died about 1712. He was twice married . first to Mary , eld- est daughter of Sir William Primrose of Carrington , sister of the first ...
... parliament 9th May 1695 , and exerted himself in opposition to the treaty of Union in 1706. He died about 1712. He was twice married . first to Mary , eld- est daughter of Sir William Primrose of Carrington , sister of the first ...
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... parliament , on condition of their electing from each sheriffdom , in proportion to its extent , two or more commissioners as their representatives . [ Act 1427. c . 101. ] From this dispensation , however , the greater barons were ...
... parliament , on condition of their electing from each sheriffdom , in proportion to its extent , two or more commissioners as their representatives . [ Act 1427. c . 101. ] From this dispensation , however , the greater barons were ...
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... parliament ; and another that no office should be given afterwards in fee or heritage . Our sovereigns , nevertheless , continued to make grants of heritable jurisdictions , most of which were confirmed by parliament ; others , without ...
... parliament ; and another that no office should be given afterwards in fee or heritage . Our sovereigns , nevertheless , continued to make grants of heritable jurisdictions , most of which were confirmed by parliament ; others , without ...
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... Parliament , from the Union in 1708 , to the Third Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 1807 Lond . 1808 , 3 vols . 8vo . BEATTIE , JAMES , LL.D. , a distinguished po- et , moralist , and miscellaneous writer ...
... Parliament , from the Union in 1708 , to the Third Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 1807 Lond . 1808 , 3 vols . 8vo . BEATTIE , JAMES , LL.D. , a distinguished po- et , moralist , and miscellaneous writer ...
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Page 443 - Now Spring returns ; but not to me returns The vernal joy my better years have known ; Dim in my breast life's dying taper burns, And all the joys of life with health are flown.
Page 243 - An apology for the true Christian divinity as the same is held forth and preached by the people called in scorn Quakers...
Page 280 - He was a fellow of the royal societies of London and Edinburgh, and a member of some other learned bodies.
Page 249 - These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
Page 324 - Strahan, however, had sent one of the sermons to Dr. Johnson for his opinion ; and after his unfavourable letter to Dr. Blair had been sent off, he received from Johnson on Christmaseve, a note in which was the following paragraph :
Page 271 - An Experiment in Education, made at the Male Asylum of Madras ; suggesting a System by which a School or Family may teach itself under the Superintendence of the Master or Parent.
Page 266 - IX. 0 how canst thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which Nature to her votary yields! The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields; All that the genial ray of morning gilds, And all that echoes to the song of even, All that the mountain's sheltering bosom shields, And all the dread magnificence of heaven, O how canst thou renounce, and hope to be forgiven ! X.
Page 280 - BELL (Sir Charles). The Anatomy and Philosophy of Expression, as Connected with the Fine Arts.
Page 266 - I wrote in the mould, with my finger, the three initial letters of his name ; and, sowing garden cresses in the furrows, covered up the seed, and smoothed the ground. Ten days after, he came running to me, and with astonishment in his countenance told me, that his name was growing in the garden. I smiled at the report, and seemed inclined to disregard it ; but he insisted on my going to see what had happened. Yes...
Page 460 - ... venison passing his very door, seized on it ; and to the expostulations of the keepers, who told him it belonged to King James, he answered insolently, that if James was King in Scotland, he, Buchanan, was King in Kippen ; being the name of the district in which the castle of Arnpryor lay.