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See also:GARDINER, See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
JAMES (1688-1745) , Scottish soldier, was See also:born at Carriden in See also:Linlithgowshire, on the 11th of See also:January 1688. At the See also:age of fourteen he entered a Scottish See also:regiment in the Dutch service, and was afterwards See also:present at the See also:battle of See also:Ramillies, where he was wounded. He subsequently served in different See also:cavalry regiments, and in 1730 was advanced to the. See also:rank of See also:lieutenant-See also:colonel, and in 1743 to that of colonel. He See also:fell at- the battle of See also:Prestonpans, the 21st of See also:September 1745. The circumstances of his See also:death are described in See also:Sir See also:Walter See also:Scott's Waverley. In his See also:early years he was distinguished for his recklessness and profligacy, but in 1719 a supernatural See also:vision, as he regarded it, led to his See also:conversion, and from that See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time he lived a See also:life of See also:great devoutness and of thorough consistency with his See also:Christian profession. Dr See also:Alexander See also:Carlyle of Inveresk, author of an autobiography, says that he was " very ostentatious " about his conversion—speaks of him as weak, and plainly thinks there was a great See also:deal of delusion in See also:Col. Gardiner's See also:account of his sins.
His life was written by Dr See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip See also:Doddridge and has been often reprinted.
End of Article: GARDINER, JAMES (1688-1745)
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