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  • :: I write because I have to:: fridom - 2002-10-03 3: 05 p.m.

    fengh Diary Entry fengh 2002

  • -- "Weill," sayis he, "my heart is full and burdened, and I will be glaid to haif ane occasioun to disburdein it, and speik all my mynd plainely to thame for the dishonouring of Chryst, and wraik of sua many soulis for their doeings; be the beiring doun the sinceritie and fridom of the Gospel, stoping that healthsome breath of Godis mouth, and maintaining of the Papistis 'corruptiounes and superstitiounes."

    Andrew Melville Famous Scots Series William Morison

  • His uncle was the last to be called, and he 'gaiff thame enought of it, alse plainely and scharplie as he wes accustomit, namely, telling thame flattly, that they knew not quhat they did; and wer degenerat from the antiant nobilitie of Scotland, quho wer wont to give thair landis and lyffes for the fridom of the Kingdome and Gospel, and they wer bewraying and ovirturneing the same!

    Andrew Melville Famous Scots Series William Morison

  • The Swedish-American no longer speaks of frihet; instead he uses fridom, an obvious offspring of freedom.

    Appendix 2. Non-English Dialects in America. 7. Swedish Henry Louis 1921

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