The History of Scotland: Related in Familiar Conversations, by a Father to His Children: Interspersed with Moral and Instructive Remarks, and Observations on the Most Leading and Interesting Subjects. Designed for the Perusal of Youth, Volume 2P. Norbury, 1806 |
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... estate of the family of Steward had also been seized upon and parcelled out among the friends of the regent , who ... estates had appertained to his ancestors , and wherever they could be dis- covered , covered , to seize upon them as ...
... estate of the family of Steward had also been seized upon and parcelled out among the friends of the regent , who ... estates had appertained to his ancestors , and wherever they could be dis- covered , covered , to seize upon them as ...
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... estates out of the hands of those who usurped them . In the year 1437 , he was basely assassinated by the connivance of the Earl of Athol , Sir Robert Grahame , from whom the estates of Stratham had been seized , and Robert Steward ...
... estates out of the hands of those who usurped them . In the year 1437 , he was basely assassinated by the connivance of the Earl of Athol , Sir Robert Grahame , from whom the estates of Stratham had been seized , and Robert Steward ...
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... estates he was en- titled to the exercise of royal power , and a right of judicature upon his own domains . In consequence of this resolution , he is- sued his orders , and gave protection to the most abandoned miscreants ; affected to ...
... estates he was en- titled to the exercise of royal power , and a right of judicature upon his own domains . In consequence of this resolution , he is- sued his orders , and gave protection to the most abandoned miscreants ; affected to ...
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... men , women , and children demanding vengeance for the murder of their relations or the plunder of their estates . The multiplicity of the complaints made a their 42 HISTORY OF SCOTLAND . entered with the young monarch at the ...
... men , women , and children demanding vengeance for the murder of their relations or the plunder of their estates . The multiplicity of the complaints made a their 42 HISTORY OF SCOTLAND . entered with the young monarch at the ...
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... estates . The multiplicity of the complaints made a general redress impos- sible , and the unhappy sufferers were dis- missed without relief , and a resolution taken to proceed against the haughty Earl in a different manner . Letters ...
... estates . The multiplicity of the complaints made a general redress impos- sible , and the unhappy sufferers were dis- missed without relief , and a resolution taken to proceed against the haughty Earl in a different manner . Letters ...
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Página 281 - ... her son, and for a long life and peaceable reign to Elizabeth. She declared that she hoped for mercy only through the death of Christ, at the foot of whose image she now willingly...
Página 281 - Jesus, were extended on the cross; so with the outstretched arms of thy mercy receive me, and forgive my sins.
Página 268 - ... as equally repugnant to both. And, if ever I have given consent by my words, or even by my thoughts, to any attempt against the life of the queen of England, far from declining the judgment of men, I shall not even pray for the mercy of God...
Página 280 - Weep not, good Melvil, there is at present great cause for rejoicing. Thou shalt this day see Mary Stewart delivered from all her cares, and such an end put to her tedious sufferings, as she has long expected. Bear witness that I die constant in my religion ; firm in my fidelity towards Scotland ; and unchanged in my affection to France. Commend me to my son. Tell him I have done nothing injurious to his kingdom, to his honour, or to his rights ; and God forgive all those who have thirsted, without...
Página 189 - Rizzio to leave a place of which he was unworthy, and which he had occupied too long. Mary employed tears, and entreaties, and threatenings, to save her favourite. But notwithstanding all these he was torn from her by violence, and before he could be dragged through the next apartment, the rage of his enemies put an end to his life, piercing his body with fifty-six wounds.
Página 282 - None of her women were suffered to come near her dead body, which was carried into a room adjoining to the place of execution, where it lay for some days, covered with a coarse cloth torn from a billiard table. The block, the scaffold, the aprons of the executioners, and every thing stained with her blood, were reduced to ashes.
Página 277 - On Tuesday the seventh of February, the two earls arrived at Fotherin gay, and demanded access to the queen, read in her presence the warrant for execution, and required her to prepare to die next morning. Mary heard them to the end without emotion, and crossing...
Página 281 - When the dean had finished his devotions, she, with an audible voice, and in the English tongue, recommended unto God the afflicted state of the church, and prayed for prosperity to her son, and for a long life and peaceable reign to Elizabeth. She declared that she hoped for mercy only through the death of Christ, at the foot of...
Página 279 - At the bottom of the stairs, the two earls, attended by several gentlemen from the neighbouring counties, received her ; and there sir Andrew Melvil, the master of her household, who had been secluded for some weeks from her presence, was permitted to take his last farewell. At the sight of a mistress, whom he tenderly loved, in such a situation, he melted into tears ; and as he was bewailing her condition, and complaining of his own hard fate, in being appointed to carry the...
Página 277 - is not worthy the joys of heaven, which repines because the body must endure the stroke of the executioner ; and though I did not expect that the queen of England would set the first example of violating the sacred person of a sovereign prince, I willingly submit to that which Providence has decreed to be my lot...