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who had mifled them into rebellion and
difgrace, they would adhere Hill more faith¬
fully to one who would never lead them but
in fearch of glory and honour. This con¬
ceit, uncommon as it was, had an amazing
effedl: upon the minds of the fellows who
were faved, and who attached themfelves
ever after fo clofely to him, that they were
the very laft foldiers he had to depend upon.
‘ By fuch uninterrupted fuccefles and
refolute difcipline, he effe&ually humbled
all the fpirit of turbulency for a timej and
was now in a condition to eftablilli a peace
upon a pretty folid footing ; for by thefe
arts, and an awful, although difcreet, de¬
portment, he found himfelf, after his re¬
turn, not only rivetted in the efteem of the
nobility, but in the affections of the people,
which for a confiderable time he improved,
by framing and governing by a number of
more ufeful and wholefome laws than had
been known in the days of almoft any of
his predeceffors.
‘ If accidents had occurred to occupy
that activity of foul which prompted him
to noble and warlike atchievements, he
might have longer continued in the charac¬
ter of a great man; but an uninterrupted
tranquillity leaving him now too much at
his eafe, and as, if his mind was not em¬
ployed in one purfuit, it muff in another,
M 3 fo>
who had mifled them into rebellion and
difgrace, they would adhere Hill more faith¬
fully to one who would never lead them but
in fearch of glory and honour. This con¬
ceit, uncommon as it was, had an amazing
effedl: upon the minds of the fellows who
were faved, and who attached themfelves
ever after fo clofely to him, that they were
the very laft foldiers he had to depend upon.
‘ By fuch uninterrupted fuccefles and
refolute difcipline, he effe&ually humbled
all the fpirit of turbulency for a timej and
was now in a condition to eftablilli a peace
upon a pretty folid footing ; for by thefe
arts, and an awful, although difcreet, de¬
portment, he found himfelf, after his re¬
turn, not only rivetted in the efteem of the
nobility, but in the affections of the people,
which for a confiderable time he improved,
by framing and governing by a number of
more ufeful and wholefome laws than had
been known in the days of almoft any of
his predeceffors.
‘ If accidents had occurred to occupy
that activity of foul which prompted him
to noble and warlike atchievements, he
might have longer continued in the charac¬
ter of a great man; but an uninterrupted
tranquillity leaving him now too much at
his eafe, and as, if his mind was not em¬
ployed in one purfuit, it muff in another,
M 3 fo>
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| Description | Or, memoirs, intrigues, and atchievements, of personages, who have been chosen by the most celebrated poets, as the fittest characters for theatrical representations. ... Vol. I. Containing the life, ... of Macbeth. By a gentleman, no professed author, but a lover of history, and of the theatre. |
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| Shelfmark | ABS.1.81.182 |
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| Description | Thousands of printed books from the Antiquarian Books of Scotland collection which dates from 1641 to the 1980s. The collection consists of 14,800 books which were published in Scotland or have a Scottish connection, e.g. through the author, printer or owner. Subjects covered include sport, education, diseases, adventure, occupations, Jacobites, politics and religion. Among the 29 languages represented are English, Gaelic, Italian, French, Russian and Swedish. |
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