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1 44 SELECT PASSAGES FROM [ I *] I I .
goodnefs, and fulfilling that promife,
Pfalm i. " And all he doth {hull profper
well."
13. This morning I went upon com-
mand to take pofieilion of a pod which
we were apprehenlive the enemy defign-
ed to poffefs ; but it fell out well, for we
took peaceable poflefiion of it. We pott-
ed our men the belt way we could. I
committed myfelf and my charge to
him who is a fortrefs and high tower to
all who put their truft in him. Provi-
dence has ordered it fo, that I am the firft
who has begun hoftilities this campaign,
and taken poft in the enemy's country.
In thy name, O Lord, will we fet up our
banners.
14. We were bufily employed fortify-
ing ourfelves in this poft; but if thou, O
Lord, do not keep it, the watchmen watch
in vain.
15. We are much fatigued by fortify-
ing and guarding this poft ; but thou, O
Lord, muft be with us, and defend us and
it if thou be with us, the whole French
army will not be able to difpoffefs us ;
if thou be not, ten men could chafe us
out of it.
goodnefs, and fulfilling that promife,
Pfalm i. " And all he doth {hull profper
well."
13. This morning I went upon com-
mand to take pofieilion of a pod which
we were apprehenlive the enemy defign-
ed to poffefs ; but it fell out well, for we
took peaceable poflefiion of it. We pott-
ed our men the belt way we could. I
committed myfelf and my charge to
him who is a fortrefs and high tower to
all who put their truft in him. Provi-
dence has ordered it fo, that I am the firft
who has begun hoftilities this campaign,
and taken poft in the enemy's country.
In thy name, O Lord, will we fet up our
banners.
14. We were bufily employed fortify-
ing ourfelves in this poft; but if thou, O
Lord, do not keep it, the watchmen watch
in vain.
15. We are much fatigued by fortify-
ing and guarding this poft ; but thou, O
Lord, muft be with us, and defend us and
it if thou be with us, the whole French
army will not be able to difpoffefs us ;
if thou be not, ten men could chafe us
out of it.
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| Histories of Scottish families > Select passages from the diary and letters of the late John Blackader, Esq. > (200) Page 144 |
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| Description | Written 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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| 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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