The Argyle PapersJames Maidment 1834 |
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Common terms and phrases
Adieu affair Alison aney Archibald bill brother Burnbank butt CAMPBELL OF BURNBANK Captain Campbell carrier Charles Chirton coach daughter dear dearest death desired DUCHESS OF ARGYLE Duke of Argyle Duke's dying Earl of Argyle Edinburgh endeavour exspect favour ffor gave Gentlemen give Glasgow Grace hand hath hear Heav'n Honourable hope horses hose humble Servant Isla James Anderson James Campbell John Campbell JOHN DUKE kind King Lady letter London Lord Ilay Madam Mamion mare Marquise Marr married morning never night nott numbers padd pair of fyn paper persons pound pray Provost Scotland Scots sent severall shillings Sir Alexander SIR ALEXANDER CUMMING Sir John Johnston Sir William Blackett Stirling tell tham thar ther thing told toun town wife wiffe William Wodrow wold wreit writ your's
Popular passages
Page 36 - Thou, passenger, that shalt have so much time To view my grave, and ask what was my crime ; No stain of error, no black vice's brand, Was that which chased me from my native land. Love to my country — twice sentenced to die — Constrain'd my hands forgotten arms to try. More by friends' fraud my fall proceeded hath Than foes, though now they thrice decreed my death.
Page 49 - I have left undone those things which I ought to have done ; and I have done those things which I ought not to have done ; and there is no health in me.
Page 152 - A' falsehood and flattery I do disdain, In my secret thoughts nae guile does remain. My king and my country's foes I have faced, In city or battle I ne'er was disgraced ; I do every thing for my country's weal, And feast upon bannocks o
Page xiii - To satisfy him, the door of the bed-chamber was half opened, and he then beheld, enjoying a sweet and tranquil slumber, the man who, by the doom of him and his fellows, was to die within the space of two short hours ! Struck with the...
Page 211 - ... admitted to their society, there was a degree of attention paid the old, yea, even servility, that this age knows nothing of, and whoever was wanting in it, was unfit for company. Nobody in those times thought of pleasing themselves; the established rule was to please your company ; endeavour to make them think well of themselves, and they will think well of you for doing so. Society was not yet so much enlarged as to weaken the affections of near relations. This may easily be ascertained by...
Page 152 - I'll cock up my bonnet and march amain. Oh, the muckle deil tak' a' your noise and strife ! I'm fully resolved for a country life, Where a' the braw lasses, wha ken me weel, Will feed me wi' bannocks o
Page 211 - ... had travelled with young gentlemen. As every body at this period went regularly to church, I may justly mention ministers as teachers ; Professor Hamilton, and the two Mr Wisharts, at Edinburgh, Professor Hutchison, Craig, Clarke, and Principal Leeshman, in the west.
Page 38 - I take it in as far as it is consistent with itself and the Protestant religion ; and I do declare, I mean not to bind up myself, in my station, and in a lawful way, to wish and endeavour any alteration I think to the advantage of the church, or state, not repugnant to the Protestant religion and my loyalty ; and this I understand as a part of my oath.
Page 210 - The Union with England carried many of our nobility and gentry to London. Sixty of the most considerable people being obliged to pass half of the year there would no doubt change their Ideas. Besides, many English came to reside at Edinr.
Page 211 - Leichman in the west;" these taught that whoever would please God must resemble him in goodness and benevolence, and those that had it not must affect it by politeness and good manners. Those lectures and sermons were attended by all the young and gay. They were new and entertaining and matter for conversation and criticism. In well regulated families there was still kept up a reverence for parents and for elderly friends; and when the young was admitted to their society, there was a degree of attention...