Note 55 — Chapter IX
Reading edition
A covenanted minister, present at the execution of these gentlemen, observed,—“This wark gaes bonnily on!”[A] an amiable exclamation, equivalent to the modern ça ira, so often used on similar occasions.
Reading edition
A covenanted minister, present at the execution of these gentlemen, observed,—“This wark gaes bonnily on!”[A] an amiable exclamation, equivalent to the modern ça ira, so often used on similar occasions.