Patrick Welwood: A Tale of the Times of the Kirk and Covenant, for the Young |
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... soon become popular throughout Scotland , and that its contents will be duly appreciated , especially by the young , for whose benefit it has been written . " - Perthshire Constitutional . JUST PUBLISHED , BY THE SAME AUTHOR , Price 1s.
... soon become popular throughout Scotland , and that its contents will be duly appreciated , especially by the young , for whose benefit it has been written . " - Perthshire Constitutional . JUST PUBLISHED , BY THE SAME AUTHOR , Price 1s.
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... soon after- wards to his own home . Copies of the Covenant were transmitted by the Tables to the principal places of the country , where its appearance was hailed like the lifting up of a banner . On the day that it was signed and sworn ...
... soon after- wards to his own home . Copies of the Covenant were transmitted by the Tables to the principal places of the country , where its appearance was hailed like the lifting up of a banner . On the day that it was signed and sworn ...
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... soon be hidden in the grave ; but the days are coming when the golden locks of youth shall be stained with gore , and when the lofty head of manhood shall lie low on the fields of Scotland , or , fixed on the gates of its walled cities ...
... soon be hidden in the grave ; but the days are coming when the golden locks of youth shall be stained with gore , and when the lofty head of manhood shall lie low on the fields of Scotland , or , fixed on the gates of its walled cities ...
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... soon broke up by threats and tor- ture , after which , carrying off silver goods and plenishing , they themselves would depart to rob and ruin some other helpless family . Among the families thus ruined , was Gordon's of Knock- breck ...
... soon broke up by threats and tor- ture , after which , carrying off silver goods and plenishing , they themselves would depart to rob and ruin some other helpless family . Among the families thus ruined , was Gordon's of Knock- breck ...
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... soon came , Dalzell with his whole army was now advancing . Our little army contracting its two wings , went forth to receive him . We opened our fire , its effects I had no opportunity of marking , the enemy's was bitter and deadly ...
... soon came , Dalzell with his whole army was now advancing . Our little army contracting its two wings , went forth to receive him . We opened our fire , its effects I had no opportunity of marking , the enemy's was bitter and deadly ...
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Page 36 - And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind : for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
Page 141 - Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
Page 119 - Athenian walls from ruin bare. IV. TO A VIRTUOUS YOUNG LADY. LADY, that in the prime of earliest youth Wisely hast shunn'd the broad way and the green, And with those few art eminently seen, That labour up the hill of heavenly truth, The better part with Mary and with Ruth Chosen thou hast ; and they that overween, And at thy growing virtues fret their spleen, No anger find in thee, but pity and ruth.
Page 300 - All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house. But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch...
Page 236 - And hears the unexpressive nuptial song In the blest kingdoms meek of joy and love. There entertain him all the saints above In solemn troops, and sweet societies That sing, and singing in their glory move, And wipe the tears for ever from his eyes.
Page 236 - Weep no more, woeful shepherds, weep no more, For Lycidas, your sorrow, is not dead, Sunk though he be beneath the watery floor; So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed, And yet anon repairs his drooping head, And tricks his beams, and with new-spangled ore Flames in the forehead of the morning sky...
Page 47 - He calleth to me out of Seir, 'Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?' "The watchman said, 'The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye; return, come.
Page 170 - How oft do they their silver bowers leave To come to succour us, that succour want ! How oft do they with golden pinions cleave The flitting skies, like flying pursuivant, Against foul fiends to aid us militant ! They for us fight, they watch and duly ward, And their bright squadrons round about us plant, And all for love, and nothing for reward : Oh, why should heavenly God to men have such regard ?1 This agrees with what is recorded of St.
Page 282 - I said, I shall not see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.
Page 123 - Like stars upon some gloomy grove, Or those faint beams in which this hill is drest After the sun's remove. I see them walking in an air of glory, Whose light doth trample on my days; 10 My days, which are at best but dull and hoary, Mere glimmerings and decays.