The Story of Scotland from the Earliest Times to the Present Century ...G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1890 - 336 páginas |
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The Story of Scotland from the Earliest Times to the Present Century John Mackintosh Vista completa - 1894 |
The Story of Scotland from the Earliest Times to the Present Century John Mackintosh Vista completa - 1890 |
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Aberdeen Andrew Moray Andrews appeared appointed Argyle army Assembly authority battle Berwick bishops Bothwell Bruce castle of Edinburgh century Charles chief Church of Scotland claim clergy commanded Comyn congregation Court of Session Covenant Covenanters Crown Darnley defeated Douglas Duke Duke of Albany duty Earl Earl of Mar Edward elected enemy England English executed feudal fled followers gallons Glasgow Government Hamilton Highlands History of Scotland Holyrood House hundred Huntly imprisoned Inverness Jacobites James June king king's kingdom Knox land liberty liturgy Lord malt tax March Mary ment ministers moderate party monasteries Moray murder mustered nation ordered organisation parish Parlia party passed peace Perth Picts poems political popular presbytery prince Privy Council proceeded proclaimed proposed queen Reformation regent reign religion religious resolved Revolution Roman Scone Scotch nobles Scotch whisky Scots seized sermon slain soon Stirling STORY struggle summoned throne treaty Union Wallace
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Página 285 - Now this is the question for consideration — Is the panel guilty of sedition, or is he not? Now, before this can be answered, two things must be attended to that require no proof : First, that the British constitution is the best that ever was since the creation of the world, and it is not possible to make it better.
Página 333 - PUTNAM'S SONS take pleasure in announcing that they have in course of publication a series of historical studies, intended to present in a graphic manner the stories of the different nations that have attained prominence in history.
Página 334 - Jewett. PERSIA. SGW Benjamin. ANCIENT EGYPT. Prof. Geo. Rawlinson. ALEXANDER'S EMPIRE. Prof. JP Mahaffy. ASSYRIA. ZA Ragozin. THE GOTHS. Henry Bradley. IRELAND. Hon. Emily Lawless. TURKEY. Stanley Lane-Poole. MEDIA, BABYLON, AND PERSIA. ZA Ragozin.
Página 334 - ... definite conclusions. The subjects of the different volumes have been planned to cover connecting and, as far as possible, consecutive epochs or periods, so that the set when completed will present in a comprehensive narrative the chief events in the great STORY OF THE NATIONS ; but it is, of course, not always practicable to issue the several volumes in their chronological order. The " Stories " are printed in good readable type, and in handsome I2mo form.
Página 315 - O could the bard I loved so long, Reprove my fond aspiring song ! Or could his tongue of candour say, That I should throw my harp away ! Just when her notes began with skill To sound beneath the southern hill, And twine around my bosom's core, How could we part for evermore ! 'Twas kindness all, I cannot blame, For bootless is the minstrel flame ; But sure a bard might well have known Another's feelings by his own...
Página 268 - The pious mother, doom'd to death, Forsaken, wanders o'er the heath; The bleak wind whistles round her head, Her helpless orphans cry for bread; Bereft of shelter, food, and friend, She views the shades of night descend, And stretch'd beneath the inclement skies Weeps o'er her tender babes and dies. While the warm blood bedews my veins. And unimpair'd remembrance reigns, Resentment of my country's fate Within my filial breast shall beat...
Página 336 - Grosvenor," etc. Gustavus Adolphus, and the Struggle of Protestantism for Existence. By CRL FLETCHER, MA, late Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford.
Página 116 - ... to spoil and turn upside down the cardinal's town of St Andrews, as the upper stone may be the nether, and not one stick stand by another, sparing no creature alive within the same, specially such as either in friendship or blood be allied to the cardinal.
Página 334 - GREECE. Prof. JAS. A. HARRISON. " " " ROME. ARTHUR OILMAN. THE JEWS. Prof. JAMES K. HOSMER. CHALDEA. ZA RAGOZIN. GERMANY. S. BARING-GOULD. NORWAY. HJALMAR H. BOYESEN. SPAIN. Rev. EE and SUSAN HALE. HUNGARY. Prof. A. VAMBERY. CARTHAGE. Prof. ALFRED J. CHURCH. THE SARACENS. ARTHUR OILMAN.