Memorials and Letters Illustrative of the Life and Times of John Graham of Claverhouse, Viscount Dundee, Volume 1 |
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Page 301 - Thus saith the Lord GOD ; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown ; this shall not be the same : exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high. 27 I will overturn, overturn, overturn it; and it shall be no more, until he come whose right it is ; and I will give it him.
Page 151 - Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel; I will not again pass by them any more: and the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.
Page 301 - And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end, thus saith the Lord God ; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high. I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him.
Page 159 - Cruickshanks, and such chroniclers, he, who was every inch a soldier and a gentleman, still passed among the Scottish vulgar for a ruffian desperado, who rode a goblin horse, was proof against shot, and in league with the Devil.
Page xxxviii - I'll make thee glorious by my pen, And famous by my sword. I'll serve thee in such noble ways Was never heard before : I'll crown and deck thee all with bays, And love thee evermore. POEMS OF LOVE. PART SECOND. My dear and only love, take heed, Lest thou thyself expose, And let all longing lovers feed Upon such looks as those.
Page 160 - But under this soft exterior was hidden a spirit unbounded in daring and in aspiring, yet cautious and prudent as that of Machiavel himself. Profound in politics, and imbued, of course, with that disregard for individual rights which its intrigues usually generate, this leader was cool and collected in danger, fierce and ardent in pursuing success, careless of facing death himself, and ruthless in inflicting it upon others.
Page 301 - This also came to pass ; for he died the morning of that day, in the afternoon of which Mr. Cargill was executed.* When before the Council, he was asked, if he acknowledged the King's authority...
Page 47 - When the Devil was sick, the Devil a monk would be, — When the Devil got well, the Devil a monk was he.
Page 304 - I was a hearer of the curates, and indulged [ministers], and while I was a hearer of these, I was a blasphemer and Sabbath-breaker ; and a chapter of the Bible was a burden to me ; but since I heard this persecuted gospel, I durst not blaspheme, nor break the Sabbath, and the Bible became my delight.
Page 239 - In my time, his head was bald, which he covered only with a beaver hat, the brim of which was not above three inches broad. His beard was white and bushy, and yet reached down almost to his girdle.