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In February 1687 Sir John Dalrymple succeeded him as Lord Advocate ,
receiving 1 , 2001 . from the king — 5001 . being the fine enacted from him some
years before , and 7001 . for the charges of the journey to London which had
resulted in ...
In February 1687 Sir John Dalrymple succeeded him as Lord Advocate ,
receiving 1 , 2001 . from the king — 5001 . being the fine enacted from him some
years before , and 7001 . for the charges of the journey to London which had
resulted in ...
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On the other hand , it is as little matter for surprise that his appointment was
received by the Presbyterian leaders with even greater indignation than the
appointment of his father to the office of President some months later . They
resented it not ...
On the other hand , it is as little matter for surprise that his appointment was
received by the Presbyterian leaders with even greater indignation than the
appointment of his father to the office of President some months later . They
resented it not ...
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William , as is well known , was not satisfied with the treatment the Episcopalians
had received . His first wish was to continue Episcopacy in Scotland ; short of this
, he desired to obtain for Episcopalians the same toleration as was enjoyed by ...
William , as is well known , was not satisfied with the treatment the Episcopalians
had received . His first wish was to continue Episcopacy in Scotland ; short of this
, he desired to obtain for Episcopalians the same toleration as was enjoyed by ...
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To have adopted such a course , without bribing the rebel chiefs into a simulated
submission , and receiving from them an oath of allegiance which everybody
knew to be worthless , would have been wise and salutary , if severe ...
To have adopted such a course , without bribing the rebel chiefs into a simulated
submission , and receiving from them an oath of allegiance which everybody
knew to be worthless , would have been wise and salutary , if severe ...
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And we would record our dissent from a condemnation of both father and son
which has received publicity and authority from the Times . ' † ' Even in an age
when ideas of political morality were singularly loose , and when the most
shameless ...
And we would record our dissent from a condemnation of both father and son
which has received publicity and authority from the Times . ' † ' Even in an age
when ideas of political morality were singularly loose , and when the most
shameless ...
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Página 172 - Consider it well ; each tone of our scale in itself is nought ; It is everywhere in the world—loud, soft, and all is said : Give it to me to use ! I mix it with two in my thought, And there ! ye have seen and heard ; consider and bow the
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Página 581 - except himself to speak. He has told us how his debt to them was incalculable ; how they guided him to truth; how they filled his mind with noble and graceful images; how they stood by him in all vicissitudes,—comforters in sorrow, nurses in sickness, companions in solitude, " the old friends who are
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Página 580 - History will have been printed and sold in the United Kingdom alone.' Caring little for money, except in so far as he was able to make a liberal and generous use of it, Macaulay enjoyed the power his new opulence had conferred on him. Until he was fifty-two years of age, he had never had a
Página 497 - was thrown out of gear. The scarcity of hands made it difficult for the minor tenants to perform the services due for their lands, and only a temporary abandonment of half the rent by the landowners induced the farmers to refrain from the abandonment of their farms.