The Scots Worthies

ISBN: 9781331405948 出版年：2016 页码：674 John Howie Forgotten Books

Again, with regard to our present circumstances, there needs little more to prove the necessity of this present collection, than to show how many degrees we have descended from the worthy deeds or merit of our renowned forefathers, by running a parallel betwixt their contendings and attainments, and our present national defec tions and backsliding courses.