The Montgomery Manuscripts: (1603-1706)

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George Hill
J. Cleeland, 1869 - 472 sidor
The Montgomery family of the County of Down in Ireland was part of the Irish nobility, being Earls of Mount-Alexander.
 

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Sida 42 - From Scotland came many, and from England not a few, yet all of them generally the scum of both nations, who from debt, or breaking or fleeing from justice, or seeking shelter, came hither, hoping to be without fear of man's justice, in a land where there was nothing, or but little as yet, of the fear of God.
Sida 17 - Bonny Scot, we all witness can That England hath made thee a gentleman. Thy blue bonnet, when thou came hither, Could scarce keep out the wind and weather ; But now it is turned to a hat and feather : Thy bonnet is blown — the devil knows whither.
Sida 205 - There be, that tell me, that there is a certain cunning fellow in Scotland, called George Monk, who is said to lie in wait there to introduce Charles Stuart : I pray you use your diligence to apprehend him, and send him up to me.
Sida 314 - Men whose life, learning, faith, and pure intent, Would have been held in high esteem with Paul...
Sida 314 - ON THE NEW FORCERS OF CONSCIENCE UNDER THE LONG PARLIAMENT. BECAUSE you have thrown off your Prelate Lord, And with stiff vows renounced his Liturgy, To seize the widowed whore Plurality From them whose sin ye envied, not...
Sida 141 - Such was Roscommon, not more learn'd than good, With manners generous as his noble blood; To him the wit of Greece and Rome was known, And every author's merit, but his own. Such late was Walsh...
Sida 223 - This great Prelate had the good humour of a Gentleman, the eloquence of an Orator, the fancy of a Poet, the acuteness of a Schoolman, the profoundness of a Philosopher, the wisdom of a Chancellor, the sagacity of a Prophet, the reason of an Angel, and the piety of a Saint.
Sida 223 - ... the sagacity of a prophet, the reason of an angel, and the piety of a saint; he had devotion enough for a cloister, learning enough for a university, and wit enough for a college of virtuosi ; and had his parts and endowments been parcelled out among his clergy whom he left behind him, it would perhaps have made one of the best dioceses in the world.
Sida 274 - I have strength and capacity so to do, do make and publish this my last will and testament, hereby revoking and making null and void all other last wills and testaments by me heretofore made.
Sida 3 - A Genealogical History of the Family of Montgomery, including the Montgomery Pedigree. Compiled by THOMAS HARRISON MONTGOMERY. Philadelphia : printed for private circulation. 1863.

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