Covenanting

My own theory is that in Covenanting days flowers, like dancing, were considered to be an invention of the devil, too beautiful to be good, and were therefore banished to a distant spot in case one should clap eyes on them on the Sabbath and find oneself in hell.

Try Anything Twice 1938

"Covenanting" had been a grand agency in Scottish History.

The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 David Masson 1864

Covenanting scandal and absurdity, such as the old story of Mess

The Heart of Mid-Lothian 2007

Scott was not going to be driven by querulous outcries off the Covenanting field, where he erected another trophy.

The Heart of Mid-Lothian 2007

In 1831 he erected a pillar over her grave in the old Covenanting stronghold of Irongray.

The Heart of Mid-Lothian 2007

Fairservice, who just escapes being a hypocrite by dint of some sincere old Covenanting leaven in his veins.

Rob Roy 2005

Nor is this all: for down in the corner farthest from Sir George, there stands a monument dedicated, in uncouth Covenanting verse, to all who lost their lives in that contention.

Edinburgh Picturesque Notes 2005

Covenanting troubles and author of some pleasing sentiments on toleration.

Edinburgh Picturesque Notes 2005

“Old Mortality” would have been a novel, as good and on the whole as fair, written from the Covenanting side.

Old Mortality 2004

Scott had Cavalier sympathies, as Macaulay had Covenanting sympathies.

Old Mortality 2004