Narratives from Criminal Trials in Scotland
Author: John Hill Burton
Publisher: London : Chapman and Hall
Published: 1852
Total Pages: 332
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Publisher: London : Chapman and Hall
Published: 1852
Total Pages: 332
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Publisher: Palala Press
Published: 2016-05-19
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9781357362669
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Author: John Hill Burton
Publisher: Wentworth Press
Published: 2019-02-23
Total Pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9780469549623
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Author: John Hill Burton
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2018-03-11
Total Pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9780364381359
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Excerpt from Narratives From Criminal Trials in Scotland, Vol. 1 of 2 Under arbitrary laws, the knowledge thus ex tracted is generally retained for generations in oili cial secrecy, and may, or may not, be brought to light in subsequent ages, by persons who do not in herit the original motives for concealment. But whether found in the mouldy registers of secret ia quirica, or developed in the broad daylight of a public trial, the details of such investigations are a great mine of impressive knowledge. The contents of the following pages have been drawn from both these sources. The author ofl'ers them to the public, under the impression that they develop remarkable social conditions, and throw new light on the secret im pulses of historical events; but whether he has thus formed a just conclusion, is a question for others to decide. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: John Hill Burton
Publisher: Theclassics.Us
Published: 2013-09
Total Pages: 70
ISBN-13: 9781230358277
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1852 edition. Excerpt: ... any excuse for making the lady stay for her, no more than if she had been mistress of the carosse, and the lady but only her servant." And he makes a reflection thus: "Whether-that proceeded from pride, thinking that and much more due unto her, or from inadvertence, not reflecting upon their civilities, which is called a kind of brutality, I know not--God knoweth." In a sketch of the criminal proceedings against the Popish priests, it appeared to the author not inappropriate to take advantage of the insight thus curiously afforded by Father Blackhal, into the actual life and habits of the persons against whom the penal statutes and the proceedings of the courts were mainly levelled. It is only when such a narrative is privately penned by a garrulous person, unconscious of possible publicity, and thinking only of the individual people he is addressing, that we have much chance of seeing the curtain withdrawn from a system necessarily worked with so much caution, and ever courting secrecy. There are other contemporary accounts of the proceedings of the Scottish priests in the seventeenth century, but, addressed in public self-glory to the Catholic Church abroad, they are not to be believed, and are full of palpable extravagancies and falsities. The adventures of George Leslie of Monymusk, a Capu chin friar called Father Archangel, have appeared in various forms. A simple Memoir by Rinuccini, Archbishop of Fermo, went through several editions. It was dramatised at Rome, and the inhabitants of the remote village of Monymusk are called up as Lurcanio, a Calvinist clergyman, Forcina his servant, and Theophilus, an old Aberdeenshire cottager, while Beelzibub is represented in the form of Calvin. One of Archangel's feats is the conversion of...