Keppoch song
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SUPPLEMENT. 213
sion to suppose, that the illustrious house
of Hanover, in the person of George the
First, ascended the British throne with
the purest sentiments of justice and affec-
tion for all classes and denominations of
his subjects whatever, papists included,
for, by the then existing laws, they were
protected in the peaceable enjoyment of
their property. It will be acknowledged,
that his Majesty succeeded by a parlia-
mentary recognition, and under an engage-
ment to maintain, support, and improve the
British constitution, and this axiom is in
strict union with the coronation oath, by
which, the writer presumes, his Majesty is
found to do justice without partiality, and
without respect of persons.
It is also fair to suppose, that his Ma-
jesty, as being the first of a new family,
would be glad to embrace the first favour-
able opportunity of endearing himself to
his new subjects, and of conciliating their
affections to his house, by any act of lenity
and clemency, shown to any misinformed,
or misrepresented part of them. How far
the clauses and intentions of the clan act'
O 3
sion to suppose, that the illustrious house
of Hanover, in the person of George the
First, ascended the British throne with
the purest sentiments of justice and affec-
tion for all classes and denominations of
his subjects whatever, papists included,
for, by the then existing laws, they were
protected in the peaceable enjoyment of
their property. It will be acknowledged,
that his Majesty succeeded by a parlia-
mentary recognition, and under an engage-
ment to maintain, support, and improve the
British constitution, and this axiom is in
strict union with the coronation oath, by
which, the writer presumes, his Majesty is
found to do justice without partiality, and
without respect of persons.
It is also fair to suppose, that his Ma-
jesty, as being the first of a new family,
would be glad to embrace the first favour-
able opportunity of endearing himself to
his new subjects, and of conciliating their
affections to his house, by any act of lenity
and clemency, shown to any misinformed,
or misrepresented part of them. How far
the clauses and intentions of the clan act'
O 3
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| Description | A poem in five cantos: being the origin and history of the family, alias Donald, Lord of the Isles, carried down to its extinction, with a continuation of the family of Keppoch; the whole combined with the history of Scotland, with notes and references, and concluding with an analysis of the Scotch acts of Parliament, relative to the Douglas association; and an address to His Royal Highness the prince regent. By John Paul Macdonald. Montrose : Printed for the author by J. Watt, 1815. |
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| Description | A selection of almost 400 printed items relating to the history of Scottish families, mostly dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes memoirs, genealogies and clan histories, with a few produced by emigrant families. The earliest family history goes back to AD 916. |
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