The Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott: With a Biography, and His Last Additions and Illustrations, Volume 6Conner & Cooke, 1833 - English literature |
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Page 73
... tion of punishment ; but yet were not so wicked as to deserve instant and eternal condemnation . For the benefit of these , they invented the intermediate situation of Purgatory , a place of punishment , to which almost every one , not ...
... tion of punishment ; but yet were not so wicked as to deserve instant and eternal condemnation . For the benefit of these , they invented the intermediate situation of Purgatory , a place of punishment , to which almost every one , not ...
Page 81
... tion . But the Lords who had seized the revenues of the church were determined not to part with the spoil they had obtained , and those whom the preach- ers had found most active in destroying Popery , were wonderfully cold when it was ...
... tion . But the Lords who had seized the revenues of the church were determined not to part with the spoil they had obtained , and those whom the preach- ers had found most active in destroying Popery , were wonderfully cold when it was ...
Page 90
... tion . Having learned that the Regent was to pass through Linlithgow on a certain day , he secretly in- troduced himself into a house belonging to the Arch- bishop of St. Andrews , which had in front a wooden balcony looking upon the ...
... tion . Having learned that the Regent was to pass through Linlithgow on a certain day , he secretly in- troduced himself into a house belonging to the Arch- bishop of St. Andrews , which had in front a wooden balcony looking upon the ...
Page 95
... tion . In this , however , they were unsuccessful . The King advanced against them with considerable forces ; Gowrie was made prisoner , tried , and exe- cuted . Angus and the other insurgents fled to Eng- land , the ordinary refuge of ...
... tion . In this , however , they were unsuccessful . The King advanced against them with considerable forces ; Gowrie was made prisoner , tried , and exe- cuted . Angus and the other insurgents fled to Eng- land , the ordinary refuge of ...
Page 128
... tion of nineteen noblemen to a bond , engaging them- selves to unite in support of Charles . This act of defection being discovered by the Covenanters , Mon- trose was imprisoned ; and the King , on coming to Scotland , had the ...
... tion of nineteen noblemen to a bond , engaging them- selves to unite in support of Charles . This act of defection being discovered by the Covenanters , Mon- trose was imprisoned ; and the King , on coming to Scotland , had the ...
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