The Book of Scotland: By William ChambersR. Buchanan, 1830 - 532 Seiten |
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... Edinburgh Almanack -or Red Book of Scotland - have answered both as texts from whence to diverge into disquisitions respect- ing the duties of public functionaries , and as refer- ences in sparing the insertion of dry details . EDINBURGH ...
... Edinburgh Almanack -or Red Book of Scotland - have answered both as texts from whence to diverge into disquisitions respect- ing the duties of public functionaries , and as refer- ences in sparing the insertion of dry details . EDINBURGH ...
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... Edinburgh as breakfast is in modern times , the estates ordered the ministers of Edinburgh to have their daily morning sermons finished by 9 o'clock , when the bell of the cathedral was tolled for the meeting of the par- liament . 14 ...
... Edinburgh as breakfast is in modern times , the estates ordered the ministers of Edinburgh to have their daily morning sermons finished by 9 o'clock , when the bell of the cathedral was tolled for the meeting of the par- liament . 14 ...
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... Edinburgh castle . " The cir- cumstance of a nobleman refusing to pay such a miser- able sum as eighteen pence , agreeable to rules possibly framed by himself , presents us with an amusing idea of the Scottish peerage two hundred years ...
... Edinburgh castle . " The cir- cumstance of a nobleman refusing to pay such a miser- able sum as eighteen pence , agreeable to rules possibly framed by himself , presents us with an amusing idea of the Scottish peerage two hundred years ...
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... Edinburgh , in the last and most honourable rank . This was probably on account of the jurisdiction of Inverkeithing , which was formerly very extensive , marching with that of Edinburgh in the middle of the Frith of Forth . 16 LORDS OF ...
... Edinburgh , in the last and most honourable rank . This was probably on account of the jurisdiction of Inverkeithing , which was formerly very extensive , marching with that of Edinburgh in the middle of the Frith of Forth . 16 LORDS OF ...
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... Edinburgh , where these ancient " honours " are now open to the inspection of visitors . The royal palaces had previously been aban- doned to the charge of hereditary keepers , by whom they are still preserved in order . In order to ...
... Edinburgh , where these ancient " honours " are now open to the inspection of visitors . The royal palaces had previously been aban- doned to the charge of hereditary keepers , by whom they are still preserved in order . In order to ...
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Act of Parliament amount appointed authority bills bishops Britain called cause character church circumstances civil classes clergy clerk commissioners congregations constitution Court of Session creditors criminal crown custom debtor debts duties Edinburgh elected endowments England English entails Episcopal erected establishment estates execution expense Faculty of Advocates fees heirs heritable heritors instances institution judges judicial jurisdiction jury justice Justiciary king kingdom kirk land letters of horning Lord Advocate Lord Justice Clerk magistrates Majesty matter ment ministers mode moveable nation nature Pandects parish Parliament of England Parliament of Scotland payment peculiar peers period persons poor possess presbyterian present principles privileges procured racter registers regulations royal burghs sanctuary schools Scot Scotch Scotland Scottish banks Scottish parliament sheriff society species statutes stipends teinds tion town Union usages whole writ
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 503 - That the two kingdoms of England and Scotland shall upon the first day of May which shall be in the year one thousand seven hundred and seven, and for ever after, be united into one kingdom by the name of Great Britain...
Seite 503 - THIS INDENTURE made the twenty sixth day of June in the thirtieth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c.
Seite 504 - An act declaring the rights and liberties of the subject, and settling the succession of the crown...
Seite 504 - An Act for the further Limitation of the Crown, and better securing the Rights and Liberties of the Subject...
Seite 511 - Britain for the time being and that the Court of Admiralty now established in Scotland be continued and that all reviews reductions or suspensions of the sentences in maritime cases competent to the jurisdiction of that court remain in the same manner after the union as now in Scotland until the Parliament of Great Britain shall make such regulations and alterations as shall be judged expedient for the whole United Kingdom...
Seite 515 - Act for securing the Protestant religion and Presbyterian Church government within the kingdom of Scotland is as follows. OUR sovereign lady and the estates of Parliament considering that by the late Act of Parliament for a treaty with England for an union of both kingdoms it is provided that the commissioners for that treaty should not treat of or concerning any alteration of the worship discipline and government of the Church of this kingdom as now by law established...
Seite 518 - That all laws and statutes in either kingdom, so far as they are contrary to or inconsistent with the terms of these articles or any of them, shall from and after the union cease and become void, and shall be so declared to be by the respective Parliaments of the said kingdoms.
Seite 519 - Queen's most excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the lords spiritual and temporal and the commons in this present Parliament assembled and by authority of the same...
Seite 510 - ... that the laws which concern public right, policy and civil government may be made the same throughout the whole united kingdom, but that no alteration be made in laws which concern private right except for evident utility of the subjects within Scotland.
Seite 518 - Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the Laws of God, the true Profession of the Gospel, and the Protestant Reformed Religion established by law? And will you maintain and preserve inviolably the Settlement of the Church of England, and the Doctrine, Worship, Discipline, and Government thereof, as by law established in England?