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Page 101
... Buchanan , Gordon of Straloch , and , as has already been shown , Drummond of Hawthornden , all of whom he regarded through life with the warmest esteem , and with the greatest respect for their talents and accomplishments . He ...
... Buchanan , Gordon of Straloch , and , as has already been shown , Drummond of Hawthornden , all of whom he regarded through life with the warmest esteem , and with the greatest respect for their talents and accomplishments . He ...
Page 115
... Buchanan and others , as counsellors to the Earl of Murray , in the celebrated inquiry by English and Scottish commissioners into the alleged guilt of Queen Mary . He died , accord- ing to Mackenzie , in 1579 . " In his Treatise upon ...
... Buchanan and others , as counsellors to the Earl of Murray , in the celebrated inquiry by English and Scottish commissioners into the alleged guilt of Queen Mary . He died , accord- ing to Mackenzie , in 1579 . " In his Treatise upon ...
Page 154
... Buchanan and other king- killers , Paris , 1600 ; 2 , a treatise on the power of the Pope , showing that he has no right of rule over secular princes , 1609 ; 3 , a commentary on the title of the pandects de rebis creditis , & c ; 4 , a ...
... Buchanan and other king- killers , Paris , 1600 ; 2 , a treatise on the power of the Pope , showing that he has no right of rule over secular princes , 1609 ; 3 , a commentary on the title of the pandects de rebis creditis , & c ; 4 , a ...
Page 161
... Buchanan . In this sequester- ed and tranquil scene , he spent many years , which he often referred to in after life as the happiest he had ever known . He here married Miss Potter , daughter of Dr Michael Potter , professor of divinity ...
... Buchanan . In this sequester- ed and tranquil scene , he spent many years , which he often referred to in after life as the happiest he had ever known . He here married Miss Potter , daughter of Dr Michael Potter , professor of divinity ...
Page 167
... Buchanan , whom we think a very suf- ficient authority in this case , says that he also assumed as an assessor his cousin by the mother's side , the Earl of Arran , who was , after Mary , the next heir to the crown , but was believed to ...
... Buchanan , whom we think a very suf- ficient authority in this case , says that he also assumed as an assessor his cousin by the mother's side , the Earl of Arran , who was , after Mary , the next heir to the crown , but was believed to ...
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