The Book of Scotland: By William ChambersR. Buchanan, 1830 - 532 Seiten |
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... instances , differ as much from those of the sister country , as the mountainous and ro- mantic regions of the north differ from the broad lux- uriant meadows of the south , and are fully as much en- titled to attract the curiosity and ...
... instances , differ as much from those of the sister country , as the mountainous and ro- mantic regions of the north differ from the broad lux- uriant meadows of the south , and are fully as much en- titled to attract the curiosity and ...
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... , officers of state , and law - givers in general , a striking and faith- ful delineation of those peculiarities in the local admi- nistration of the northern division of the island , of viii PREFACE . which , in many instances , in.
... , officers of state , and law - givers in general , a striking and faith- ful delineation of those peculiarities in the local admi- nistration of the northern division of the island , of viii PREFACE . which , in many instances , in.
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... instances , the official lists of the 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 ...
... instances , the official lists of the 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 ...
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... instance was there a free parliament of the people called together ; the burgh magistracy being then , as they still continue to be , always ready to humour the inclinations of the party in power , of whatsoever prin- ciples that party ...
... instance was there a free parliament of the people called together ; the burgh magistracy being then , as they still continue to be , always ready to humour the inclinations of the party in power , of whatsoever prin- ciples that party ...
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... instance of this mal- practice . On a bill being brought before the puritanic convention , in order to have the legal interest of money changed from ten to six per cent . the “ bur- rowes , " or the commissioners of shires and burghs ...
... instance of this mal- practice . On a bill being brought before the puritanic convention , in order to have the legal interest of money changed from ten to six per cent . the “ bur- rowes , " or the commissioners of shires and burghs ...
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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?