The Scottish Nation: Or The Surnames, Families, Literature, Honours, and Biographical History of the People of Scotland, Band 31863 |
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... lord advocate in the reigns of Charles II . and James VII . , of whom a memoir is subse- quently given in larger ... session 12th January 1703 , when he took his seat as Lord Prestonhall . He was super- seded as justice clerk in October ...
... lord advocate in the reigns of Charles II . and James VII . , of whom a memoir is subse- quently given in larger ... session 12th January 1703 , when he took his seat as Lord Prestonhall . He was super- seded as justice clerk in October ...
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... Lord Woodhouselee , one of the lords of session . Major Mercer , the friend of Beattie and the author of a small ... Lord Glenbervie , thus speaks of Sir James ' father and uncle : " John Macintosh was one of the most lively , good ...
... Lord Woodhouselee , one of the lords of session . Major Mercer , the friend of Beattie and the author of a small ... Lord Glenbervie , thus speaks of Sir James ' father and uncle : " John Macintosh was one of the most lively , good ...
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... lord of the Isles , or fought in the English ranks at the head of his clansmen . He sold Gigha to James Macdonald of ... session and justiciary , when he as- sumed the title of Lord Colonsay . In May 1852 he was ap- pointed lord ...
... lord of the Isles , or fought in the English ranks at the head of his clansmen . He sold Gigha to James Macdonald of ... session and justiciary , when he as- sumed the title of Lord Colonsay . In May 1852 he was ap- pointed lord ...
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... lord - advocate 1816 , was appointed a lord of session and justiciary in 1819 , when he also took the title of Lord Meadowbank . He resigned in 1841 , and died Nov. 30 , 1861. On the death of his cousin , Robert Scott Welwood , he ...
... lord - advocate 1816 , was appointed a lord of session and justiciary in 1819 , when he also took the title of Lord Meadowbank . He resigned in 1841 , and died Nov. 30 , 1861. On the death of his cousin , Robert Scott Welwood , he ...
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... Lord Armadale , a lord of session , created a baronet in 1804. The younger married John Macdonald of Clanronald . MACQUEEN , ROBERT , of Braxfield , an emi - baron Ord , without issue . The elder son , Robert nent lawyer and judge , was ...
... Lord Armadale , a lord of session , created a baronet in 1804. The younger married John Macdonald of Clanronald . MACQUEEN , ROBERT , of Braxfield , an emi - baron Ord , without issue . The elder son , Robert nent lawyer and judge , was ...
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Seite 189 - The Lord bless you, and keep you. The Lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious unto you. The Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace, both now and evermore.
Seite 317 - DEGENERATE Douglas ! oh, the unworthy Lord ! Whom mere despite of heart could so far please, And love of havoc, (for with such disease Fame taxes him,) that he could send forth word To level with the dust a noble horde, A brotherhood of venerable trees, Leaving an ancient dome, and towers like these, Beggared and outraged...
Seite 317 - Many hearts deplored The fate of those old Trees ; and oft with pain The Traveller, at this day, will stop and gaze On wrongs, which Nature scarcely seems to heed : For sheltered places, bosoms, nooks, and bays, And the pure mountains, and the gentle Tweed, And the green silent pastures, yet remain.
Seite 44 - Cameron, with orders, if she brought a boy, to destroy him, if a girl, to spare her. Maclonich's wife, who was with child likewise, had a girl about the same time at which Lady Maclean brought a boy ; and Maclonich, with more generosity to his captive than fidelity to his trust, contrived that the children should be changed. Maclean, being thus preserved from death, in time recovered his original patrimony ; and in gratitude to his friend, made his castle a place of refuge to any of the clan that...
Seite 143 - Commonwealth, and there is Christ Jesus, the Head of the Church, whose subject King James VI. is, and of whose kingdom he is not a head, nor a lord, but a member; and they whom Christ hath called, and commanded to watch over His Church, and govern His spiritual kingdom, have sufficient authority and power from Him so to do, which no Christian king nor prince should control or discharge, but assist and support, otherwise they are not faithful subjects to Christ.
Seite 198 - It is as well as it is. I had rather it should go out of the field with me ;" and in that manner, so becoming to a soldier, Moore was borne from the fight.
Seite 324 - The Evergreen. Being a Collection of Scots Poems, Wrote by the Ingenious before 1600.
Seite 335 - An Essay on Quantity, occasioned by reading a Treatise, in which Simple and Compound Ratios are applied to Virtue and Merit...
Seite 225 - ... waste) the country for many miles round; and that he was at length slain by Buccleuch, or some of his clan, at a little mount, covered with fir-trees, adjoining to Newark castle, and said to have been a part of the garden. A varying tradition bears the place of his death to have been near to the house of the Duke of Buccleuch's game-keeper, beneath the castle ; and that the fatal arrow was shot by Scott of Haining, from the ruins of a cottage on the opposite side of the Yarrow.
Seite 44 - Wherever we roved, we were pleased to see the reverence with which his subjects regarded him. He did not endeavour to dazzle them by any magnificence of dress : his only distinction was a feather in his bonnet ; but as soon as he appeared, they forsook their work and clustered about him : he took them by the hand, and they seemed mutually delighted.