Miscellanea Scotica: Memoirs of Lord Viscount Dundee. The Highland clans. The massacre of Glenco. An account of Dundee's officers after they went to France. Siege of the castle of Edinburgh. Siege of the Bass. Navigation of King James V. round Scotland. Letter from the nobility, &c. of Scotland, in the year 1320, to Pope John, declaringtheir adherence to Robert Bruce. Treatises on second sight, by M'Leod, Fraser, Martin, and John Aubrey, F. R. Ssold, 1820 |
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Página 47
... seen , was not a doubling their guards , in order to any ill design , but that being in a strange place , and at a distance from the gar- rison , they were to send out sentinels far from the guard , and because of the extremity of the ...
... seen , was not a doubling their guards , in order to any ill design , but that being in a strange place , and at a distance from the gar- rison , they were to send out sentinels far from the guard , and because of the extremity of the ...
Página 53
... seen . They produced nine letters of Dalrymple's ( of which I have copies ) concerning the massacre of Glenco : and I shall have occasion to mention them hereafter . I will now set down their several dates and directions , and quote ...
... seen . They produced nine letters of Dalrymple's ( of which I have copies ) concerning the massacre of Glenco : and I shall have occasion to mention them hereafter . I will now set down their several dates and directions , and quote ...
Página 85
... seen the difference between gen- tlemen who are tenderly and plentifully brought up , and the poorer sort , who are pinched of all ne- cessaries . The other two companies , who were all Scotsmen , had less pay , and did equal duty with ...
... seen the difference between gen- tlemen who are tenderly and plentifully brought up , and the poorer sort , who are pinched of all ne- cessaries . The other two companies , who were all Scotsmen , had less pay , and did equal duty with ...
Página 92
... seen several of the officers standing by his table , he used to say , he admired where his Scots Protestant officers were , and confess , of all the subjects that followed James , he loved them best . As for priests , he could never ...
... seen several of the officers standing by his table , he used to say , he admired where his Scots Protestant officers were , and confess , of all the subjects that followed James , he loved them best . As for priests , he could never ...
Página 7
... seen for upwards of two hours , when darkness in- tervened . Several troops were seen in succession , and PREFACE .
... seen for upwards of two hours , when darkness in- tervened . Several troops were seen in succession , and PREFACE .
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Página xvii - How can it enter into the thoughts of man, that the soul, which is capable of such immense perfections, and of receiving new improvements, to all eternity, shall fall away into nothing, almost as soon as it is created...
Página 49 - Joel ; and it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my spirit upon all flesh ; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams ; and on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit, and they shall prophesy.
Página 48 - And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh : and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: And on my servants and on my hand-maidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy...
Página 48 - And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.
Página 3 - Placed far amid the melancholy main, (Whether it be lone fancy him beguiles, Or that aerial beings sometimes deign To stand embodied to our senses plain,) Sees on the naked hill, or valley low, The whilst in ocean Phoabus dips his wain, A vast assembly moving to and fro ; Then all at once in air dissolves the wondrous show.
Página xx - That cherubim, which now appears as a God to a human soul, knows very well that the period will come about in eternity, when the human soul shall be as perfect as he himself now is : nay when she shall look down upon that degree of perfection, as much as she now falls short of it.
Página xviii - He does not seem born to enjoy life, but to deliver it down to others. This is not surprising to consider in animals, which are formed for our use, and can finish their business in a short life.
Página ix - I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made : marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
Página xv - At the same time I think a person who is thus terrified with the imagination of ghosts and spectres much more reasonable than one who, contrary to the reports of all historians sacred and profane, antient and modern, and to the traditions of all nations, thinks the appearance of spirits fabulous and groundless.
Página xix - Would an infinitely wise being make such glorious creatures for so mean a purpose ? Can he delight in the production of such abortive intelligences, such short-lived reasonable beings ? Would he give us talents that are not to be exerted ; capacities that are never to be gratified ? How can we find that wisdom which shines through all his works, in the formation of man, without looking on this world as only a nursery for the next...