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IOS SELECT PASSAGES FROM [1709.
kept me out of evil company upon this
command. I fent away the Britiih from
me, as I always do when it lies in my
power, becaufe I fee no nation who are
fuch bold, impudent finners as they are.
I was fomewhat. anxious about the charge
I had of 1200 horfes ; but committing
myfelf to God who mud take charge and
defend both me and them, I was eafy and
iafe. I met with one of the greateft dorms
of rain and hail, while in the fields, which
1 have feen.
OElober 3. I went to court this morn-
ing, but did nothing. 1 fee nothing
but delays in this affair, I know not
how providence will order it. I cannot
cringe at a court, neither is it decent or
becoming for a child of the houfe to be
fawning upon the fervants for a favour.
A child of God mould have a noble fpi-
rit, and carry their fuits ftraight to their
Father in heaven, and make their court
there, and then they need not cringe to
any creature. Your heavenly Father
knows what ye (land in need of.
4 There is a report to day that the
French deiign to pay us another viiit here.
I do not believe it. Yet God may hard-

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Select passages from the diary and letters of the late John Blackader, Esq.
DescriptionWritten chiefly during the most interesting scenes and engagements of the war in Flanders and Germany, conducted by John Duke of Marlborough. ... To which is prefixed, An account of the life and parentage of the writer. With a preface, by John Newton. Edinburgh printed by J. Ritchie. Sold for the benefit of the Edinburgh Magdalene Asylum. 1806
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Histories of Scottish families
DescriptionA 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.