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Vindication of the Covenanters, in a Review of the 'tales of My Landlord' [by Sir W. Scott].
Vindication of the Covenanters in a Review of the 'tales of My Landlord' - by Sir W. Scott Author:Thomas M'Crie General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1845 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: SECTION III. English prejudices against Scotland -- Facts accounting for these -- Histories unfavourable to the Covenanters -- Hume and Laing -- Intelligence of the Scottish common people -- Presbyte- rian Preachers -- Their success in the Reformation of Manners -- The Covenanters not hostile to Elegant Studies, and the genuine Friends of Civil Liberty -- Their Publications -- Prelacy leagued with arbitrary power -- Extracts proving that, in contending for the Covenants, the Presbyterians were struggling for National Rights and Liberties -- The Covenanters vindicated from the charge of Rebellion -- True account of the Dissension at Bothwell Bridge -- Welsh and Cargill -- Robert Hamilton -- The Covenanters vindicated from the charge of sanguinary principles and practices -- The Cameronians and their Papers -- Extract from Charters' Sermons -- Conclusion. Among the delinquencies of the author of the Tales, we consider it as none of the least, that his work is highly calculated to foster those mistaken and unfavourable notions which the people of England entertain of his countrymen during the period of which he writes. Of this we have already seen a very convincing proof in the language held by the British Critic. As an additional proof we mayappeal to the British Review for January. That work is conducted on principles unspeakably more moderate and liberal than the British Critic; and, accordingly, the notice which it takes of the Tales, is marked with candour and a regard to critical justice. It begins very fairly, by giving a short narrative of the oppressions which the Covenanters endured ; and it c...« less