The Lives and Characters of the Most Eminent Writers of the Scots Nation;: With an Abstract and Catalogue of Their Works; Their Various Editions; and the Judgement of the Learn'd Concerning Them, Volume 2James Watson in Craig's-Close, on the North-side of the Cross., 1711 - Authors, Scottish |
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... defired to provide for his own Safety by a timeous Flight , he rejected the Pro- pofal with Contempt , notwithstanding that he was shot with an Arrow thro ' the Arm , and with another thro ' the Leg . At length , not being able , for ...
... defired to provide for his own Safety by a timeous Flight , he rejected the Pro- pofal with Contempt , notwithstanding that he was shot with an Arrow thro ' the Arm , and with another thro ' the Leg . At length , not being able , for ...
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... defired that he might fet at Liberty , either by Ranfom or other Means , their Cousin Edmond Mortimer Earl of March . This Earl of March , being the next lawful Heir of the Crown to King Richard , was then detain'd in Prison ; whose ...
... defired that he might fet at Liberty , either by Ranfom or other Means , their Cousin Edmond Mortimer Earl of March . This Earl of March , being the next lawful Heir of the Crown to King Richard , was then detain'd in Prison ; whose ...
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... defired , that they might aggravate and re- new the Procefs , intented by the Council of Pifa , against his Two Competitors , Peter de Luna and Angelo de Corario ; yet he was willing , that nothing should be done in it , till fuch time ...
... defired , that they might aggravate and re- new the Procefs , intented by the Council of Pifa , against his Two Competitors , Peter de Luna and Angelo de Corario ; yet he was willing , that nothing should be done in it , till fuch time ...
Page 127
... defired Li- berty of the Council to give an Answer to it : But this was delay'd till the 17th of May , upon which Day a Bishop answered in the Name of the Council , That John Hus had no Safe Conduct , when he was Arrested ; and that it ...
... defired Li- berty of the Council to give an Answer to it : But this was delay'd till the 17th of May , upon which Day a Bishop answered in the Name of the Council , That John Hus had no Safe Conduct , when he was Arrested ; and that it ...
Page 129
... defired to Renounce and Condemn . He Anfwer'd , That there were many of these Propofitions , that were none of his : And as for the reft , he was willing to let the Council know his Mind about them . Upon which , there arofe feveral ...
... defired to Renounce and Condemn . He Anfwer'd , That there were many of these Propofitions , that were none of his : And as for the reft , he was willing to let the Council know his Mind about them . Upon which , there arofe feveral ...
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Page 326 - And a river went out of Eden to water the garden ; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
Page 463 - Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the Scripture cannot be broken; Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest: because I said I am the Son of God?
Page 463 - If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.
Page 338 - And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.
Page 141 - That no man is without sin so long as he liveth. 4. That every true Christian may know himself to be in a state of grace. 5. That a man is not justified by works, but by faith only. 6. That good works make not a good man, but that a good man doeth good works.
Page 322 - And he beheld them, and said, what is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?
Page 12 - Africa :, that about Midnight it fell Calm, and being carried away with the Tide, by the time it was Day, he found he had left Britain on the left hand ; but then the Tide turning they fell to their Oars, and by Noon reached that part of the Ifland where he Landed before, and came on Shore without oppofition : and then March'd up into the Country, leaving his Ships at Anchor in lit
Page 505 - ... who practised rebellion against the state. To this our prelate replied, that he had neither raised nor practised rebellion ; but, perceiving the adversaries of queen Mary countenanced, and her deprived of all hope of liberty, he could not abandon his sovereign in her afflictions, but do his best to procure her freedom ; and that it would never be found that the privileges of ambassadors were violated, via juris, by course of law, but only via facti, by way of fact, which seldom had good success....