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... according to my precept , " To wit , that land which is in front of the street , which leads from the church of St John Baptist to the Castle of Perth , on the east side , opposite to the house of Andrew , the Son of 12 HISTORY OF PERTH .
... according to my precept , " To wit , that land which is in front of the street , which leads from the church of St John Baptist to the Castle of Perth , on the east side , opposite to the house of Andrew , the Son of 12 HISTORY OF PERTH .
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... According to Blind Harry , Wallace beseiged and took Perth two different times after this period ; but as historians take no notice of his so doing , the accounts of the minstrel seem rather questionable ; besides , there are no events ...
... According to Blind Harry , Wallace beseiged and took Perth two different times after this period ; but as historians take no notice of his so doing , the accounts of the minstrel seem rather questionable ; besides , there are no events ...
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... According to Barbour , he chose a very dark night for this purpose . The king in person , bearing a lad . der in one hand and a spear in the other to feel his way , the water reaching his throat , led the soldiers across the ditch to ...
... According to Barbour , he chose a very dark night for this purpose . The king in person , bearing a lad . der in one hand and a spear in the other to feel his way , the water reaching his throat , led the soldiers across the ditch to ...
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... according to the time , deserved . have endeavoured to take away all discords , abolish factions , and sup- press oppression , as no foreign power hath attempted aught against you hitherto , so that ye should not endeavour ought one ...
... according to the time , deserved . have endeavoured to take away all discords , abolish factions , and sup- press oppression , as no foreign power hath attempted aught against you hitherto , so that ye should not endeavour ought one ...
Page 39
... according to the laws , and do them no wrong . " He appealed to the barons for the truth of what he said ; but they were confounded , and shrunk back from the measures he recommended ; whilst the king , starting from his throne ...
... according to the laws , and do them no wrong . " He appealed to the barons for the truth of what he said ; but they were confounded , and shrunk back from the measures he recommended ; whilst the king , starting from his throne ...
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Page 285 - And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place : and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the Lord for servants and handmaids : and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were ; and they shall rule over their oppressors.
Page 262 - I must not conceal, that when we saw the man whom they called our King, we found ourselves not at all animated by his presence, and if he was disappointed in us, we were tenfold more so in him. We saw nothing in him that looked like spirit. He never appeared with cheerfulness and vigour to animate us. Our men began to despise him ; some asked if he could speak.
Page 209 - THE LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee; 2 Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion; 3 Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah.
Page 205 - And he brought forth the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king.
Page 367 - ... two hundred thousand people begging from door to door. These are not only no way advantageous, but a very grievous burden to so poor a country. And though the number of them be perhaps double to what it was formerly, by reason of this present great distress...
Page 285 - For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land : and the stranger shall join himself with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.
Page 272 - This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
Page 262 - His person was tall and thin, seeming to incline to be lean rather than to fill as he grows in years. His countenance was pale, yet he seems to be sanguine in his constitution, and has something of a vivacity in his eye that perhaps would have been more visible, if he had not been under dejected circumstances and surrounded with...
Page 148 - Lo., with many others of your lovers and his, at a good dinner before I die. Always, I hope that the king's buck-hunting at Falkland this year shall prepare some dainty cheer for us against that dinner the next year. Hoc jocose, to animate your Lo.
Page 234 - And now I leave off to speak any more to creatures, and begin my intercourse with God, which shall never be broken off : farewell father and mother, friends and relations ; farewell the world and all delights ; farewell meat and drink ; farewell sun, moon, and stars ; welcome God and Father ; welcome sweet Jesus...