A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen, Volumen 1Blackie & Son, 1847 |
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... born on the 15th of October , 1745. While the elder sons of the laird of Tullibody were destined for the army , Alexander chose the profession of the law , which was more consistent with his gentle and studious character . After going ...
... born on the 15th of October , 1745. While the elder sons of the laird of Tullibody were destined for the army , Alexander chose the profession of the law , which was more consistent with his gentle and studious character . After going ...
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... born on the 15th of October , 1745. While the elder sons of the laird of Tullibody were destined for the army , Alexander chose the profession of the law , which was more consistent with his gentle and studious character . After going ...
... born on the 15th of October , 1745. While the elder sons of the laird of Tullibody were destined for the army , Alexander chose the profession of the law , which was more consistent with his gentle and studious character . After going ...
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... born in the year 1734. His father having a numerous family , thought it advisable , according to the custom of the country , to destine him for active employment . Ralph was edu- cated with a view to the military profession , and ...
... born in the year 1734. His father having a numerous family , thought it advisable , according to the custom of the country , to destine him for active employment . Ralph was edu- cated with a view to the military profession , and ...
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... born at Coats of Burgie , in the parish of Rafford , and county of Moray , about the month of June , 1741. His father , John Adam , rented one of those small farms which were formerly so common in the north of Scotland . In his earlier ...
... born at Coats of Burgie , in the parish of Rafford , and county of Moray , about the month of June , 1741. His father , John Adam , rented one of those small farms which were formerly so common in the north of Scotland . In his earlier ...
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... born at Edinburgh in the year 1728. His father , William Adam , of Maryburgh , in the county of Fife , had distinguished himself as an architect , so far as the limited opportunities afforded by his native country would permit ...
... born at Edinburgh in the year 1728. His father , William Adam , of Maryburgh , in the county of Fife , had distinguished himself as an architect , so far as the limited opportunities afforded by his native country would permit ...
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Página 6 - How sleep the brave who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest ! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod.
Página 43 - I'll neither grieve nor yet rejoice, To see him gain what I have lost ; The height of my disdain shall be, To laugh at him, to blush for thee ; To love thee still, but go no more A begging to a beggar's door.
Página 218 - Go, and tell this people, HEAR ye indeed, but understand not; And see ye indeed, but perceive not. Make the heart of this people fat, And make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes ; Lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
Página 35 - What I did, I can assure you was not for life, but ease ; for I am at present in the case of a man that was almost in harbour, and then blown back to sea — who has a reasonable hope of going to a good place, and an absolute certainty of leaving a very bad one. Not that I have any particular disgust at the world ; for I have as great comfort in my own family and from the kindness of my friends as any man ; but the world, in the main, displeases me, and I have too true a presentiment of calamities...
Página 165 - ... pack of the law at my heels. I had taken the last farewell of my few friends ; my chest was on the road to Greenock ; I had composed the last song I should ever measure in Caledonia — The Gloomy Night is Gathering Fast...
Página 35 - My family give you their love and service. The great loss I sustained in one of them, gave me my first shock ; and the trouble I have with the rest, to bring them to a right temper, to bear the loss of a father, who loves them, and whom they love, is really a most sensible affliction to me. I am afraid, my dear friend, we shall never see one another more in this world.
Página 281 - And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away, and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God, and the books were opened ; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
Página 6 - ... of blood. Were it permitted for a soldier to regret any one who has fallen in the service of his country, I might be excused for lamenting him, more than any other person; but it is some consolation to those who tenderly loved him, that as his life was honourable, so was his death glorious. His memory will be recorded in the annals of his country — will be sacred to every British soldier, and embalmed in the recollection of a grateful posterity.
Página 81 - These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
Página 95 - Thou hast tasted of prosperity and adversity; thou knowest what it is to be banished thy native country, to be over-ruled, as well as to rule, and sit upon the throne; and being oppressed, thou hast reason to know how hateful the oppressor is both to God and man...