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... spirit which marked the Scottish aris- tocracy then and for long after an era of milder manners had dawned upon the South . When nearly fifty years old he was engaged in a memorable brawl on the High Street of Edinburgh between a party ...
... spirit which marked the Scottish aris- tocracy then and for long after an era of milder manners had dawned upon the South . When nearly fifty years old he was engaged in a memorable brawl on the High Street of Edinburgh between a party ...
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... spirit , " writes one of his friends , " which began to appear in him to the wonder and expectation of all men , even in his childhood . " And again : " He was exceeding constant and loving to those who did adhere to him , and very ...
... spirit , " writes one of his friends , " which began to appear in him to the wonder and expectation of all men , even in his childhood . " And again : " He was exceeding constant and loving to those who did adhere to him , and very ...
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... spirits within it . All the nobles took thought for was to prevent the creation of a new spiritual aristocracy , that might come in time to be as rich and powerful as the old Catholic hierarchy they had crushed and despoiled . And of.
... spirits within it . All the nobles took thought for was to prevent the creation of a new spiritual aristocracy , that might come in time to be as rich and powerful as the old Catholic hierarchy they had crushed and despoiled . And of.
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... spirit in which he interpreted it and believed it to have been framed , the one and only plan for redressing the grievances of the Scottish nation with- out violating the lawful prerogative of the Crown . So long as he believed this to ...
... spirit in which he interpreted it and believed it to have been framed , the one and only plan for redressing the grievances of the Scottish nation with- out violating the lawful prerogative of the Crown . So long as he believed this to ...
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... spirit of the original Covenant , which had been subscribed by King James as well as by his sub- jects , to tend to the re - establishment of Popery , and , in short , to be dangerous to the religion , laws , and liberties of the nation ...
... spirit of the original Covenant , which had been subscribed by King James as well as by his sub- jects , to tend to the re - establishment of Popery , and , in short , to be dangerous to the religion , laws , and liberties of the nation ...
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