 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1818 - 574 pages
...called Robinson, required, rather than besought Omnipotence to be their second ; ' and if,' said he, ' thou wilt not be our secondarie we will not fight for thee at all ; for it is not our cause Sut thine own ; and if thou wilt not fight for it neither will we.' They say,'... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1835 - 394 pages
...called Robinson, required • rather than besought Omnipotence to be their second; " and if," said he, " thou wilt not be our secondarie we will not fight for thee at all; for it is not our cause but thine own, and if thou wilt not fight for it neither will we." " They say,"... | |
 | Walter Scott - English literature - 1835 - 450 pages
...called Robinson, required rather than besought Omnipotence to be the!; second ; " and if, " said he, " thou wilt not be our secondarie we will not fight for thee at all ; for it is not our cause but thine own, and if thou wilt not fight for it neither will we." " They say,"... | |
 | James Maidment, Bannatyne Club (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 1836 - 310 pages
...Allmightie very imperiously to be their secondarie (for that was his language) ; ' and if,' said he, ' thou wilt not be our secondarie, we will not fight for thee at all—for it is not our cause bot thy cause ; and if thou wilt not fight for our cause and thy oune... | |
 | Bannatyne club - 1836 - 314 pages
...Allmightie very imperiouslie to be their secondarie (for that was his language); 'and if,' said he, 'thou wilt not be our secondarie, we will not fight for thee at all—for it is not our cause bot thy cause; and if thou wilt not fight for our cause and thy oune... | |
 | Thomas Stephen - 1839 - 690 pages
...courageously, and were left dead on the field of battle."* An instance of the fanaticism of theCovenanting ministers, and the familiarity with which they addressed...we will not fight for thee at all; for * Notes to Klrkton, &e. p. 245, 246. it is not our cause, but thine own; and if thou wilt not fight for it, neither... | |
 | Walter Scott - English literature - 1841 - 460 pages
...called Robinson, required rather than besought Omnipotence to be their second; " and if," said he, " thou wilt not be our secondarie we will not fight for thee at all; for it is not our cause but thine own, and if thou wilt not fight for it neither will we. They say," added... | |
 | Walter Scott - English literature - 1841 - 456 pages
...called Robinson, required rather than besought Omnipotence to be their second; " and if," said he, " thou wilt not be our secondarie we will not fight for thee at all; for it is not our cause but thine own, and if thou wilt not fight for it neither will we. They say," added... | |
 | Thomas Stephen - Scotland - 1844 - 740 pages
...of his brethren, as Moses had his by Aaron and Hur;" and upon this occasion Robertson, the minister, said in his prayer—" And if Thou wilt not be our secondarie, wo will not tight for Thek at all; for it is uot our cause, but Thine own; and if Thou wilt not fight... | |
 | 1888 - 608 pages
...known as Rullion Green. Sir James Turner heard one of the ministers named Robinson thus praying, ' And if Thou wilt not be our Secondarie, we will not fight for Thee at all, for it is not our cause. but Thine own, and if Thou wilt not fight for it, neither will we.' This prayer,... | |
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ministers, and the familiarity with which they addressed the Almighty, may be gathered from Sir James Turner's Memoirs. Robinson said in his prayer, " And if thou wilt not be our secondarie, we will not fight for thee at all; for 
