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Pagina 4
... Scottish historians were resolved not to be behind their neighbours in the antiquity which they claimed for their nation . Their story was , that a certain prince of Greece - some of them say a grandson of Nim- rod named Gathelus ...
... Scottish historians were resolved not to be behind their neighbours in the antiquity which they claimed for their nation . Their story was , that a certain prince of Greece - some of them say a grandson of Nim- rod named Gathelus ...
Pagina 13
... Scot- land , some of them north of the Grampian Hills in the shires of Aberdeen and Inverness . At Ardoch , in Perth- shire , there stands a fort , consisting of several high ram- parts one within the other , all distinct and sharp in ...
... Scot- land , some of them north of the Grampian Hills in the shires of Aberdeen and Inverness . At Ardoch , in Perth- shire , there stands a fort , consisting of several high ram- parts one within the other , all distinct and sharp in ...
Pagina 15
... Scots are said to have A. D. pillaged the city of London , carrying off its inhab- 367.itants as slaves . Theodosius , father of the emperor of that name , repelled these invaders , and restored the wall of Severus ; but the northern ...
... Scots are said to have A. D. pillaged the city of London , carrying off its inhab- 367.itants as slaves . Theodosius , father of the emperor of that name , repelled these invaders , and restored the wall of Severus ; but the northern ...
Pagina 44
... Scottish king , agreed to do homage for the territory . Canute , now at the height of prosperity , determined to visit Rome , with a wallet on his back and a pilgrim's staff in his hand . Wherever he halted , he left some evidence of ...
... Scottish king , agreed to do homage for the territory . Canute , now at the height of prosperity , determined to visit Rome , with a wallet on his back and a pilgrim's staff in his hand . Wherever he halted , he left some evidence of ...
Pagina 60
... Scots . And where so much learning has been displayed on both sides , it would not be safe to take a part . It would appear pretty certain , however , that , from a very early period , the inhabitants of all the east coast of Scotland ...
... Scots . And where so much learning has been displayed on both sides , it would not be safe to take a part . It would appear pretty certain , however , that , from a very early period , the inhabitants of all the east coast of Scotland ...
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Pagina 229 - From his cradle He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one ; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading : Lofty and sour to them that loved him not ; But, to those men that sought him, sweet as summer...
Pagina 229 - He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one ; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading ; Lofty and sour to them that lov'd him not ; But, to those men that sought him, sweet as summer : And though he were unsatisfied in getting, (Which was a sin), yet in bestowing, madam, He was most princely. Ever witness for him Those twins of learning that he raised in you, Ipswich and Oxford! one* of which fell with him, Unwilling to outlive the good that did it ; The other, though unfinish'd, yet so famous,...
Pagina 229 - His overthrow heaped happiness upon him ; For then, and not till then, he felt himself, And found the blessedness of being little : And, to add greater honours to his age Than man could give him, he died fearing God.
Pagina 270 - I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart of a King, and of a King of England too...
Pagina 83 - ... of forest laws, imported from the continent, whereby the slaughter of a beast was made almost as penal as the death of a man. In the Saxon times, though no man was allowed to kill or chase the king's deer, yet he might start any game, pursue, and kill it upon his own estate.
Pagina 229 - ... had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, he would not have given me over in my gray hairs.
Pagina 63 - What are these, So wither'd, and so wild in their attire ; That look not like the inhabitants o...
Pagina 270 - I am come amongst you, as you see, at this time, not for my recreation and disport, but being resolved, in the midst and heat of the battle, to live or die amongst you all, to lay down for my God, and for my kingdom, and for my people, my honour and my blood, even in the dust.
Pagina 63 - Live you ? or are you aught That man may question ? You seem to understand me, By each at once her choppy finger laying Upon her skinny lips. — You should be women, And yet your beards forbid me to interpret That you are so.
Pagina 321 - Consider, it will soon carry you a great way ; it will carry you from earth to heaven ; and there you shall find, to your great joy, the prize to which you hasten, a crown of glory.