The Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart: Tales of a grandfatherR.Cadell, 1836 |
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... carried on so bold . a trade of depredation . These companies , consist- ing of Highlanders , dressed and armed in their own peculiar manner , were placed under the com- mand of men well affected to Government , or sup- posed to be and ...
... carried on so bold . a trade of depredation . These companies , consist- ing of Highlanders , dressed and armed in their own peculiar manner , were placed under the com- mand of men well affected to Government , or sup- posed to be and ...
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... 42d Highland regiment was originally composed , and , with four additional companies , in 1739 , embodied into the line . -STEWART . ] 99 in such traffic , empowering them to carry arms for 4 [ SCOTLAND . TALES OF A GRANDFATHER .
... 42d Highland regiment was originally composed , and , with four additional companies , in 1739 , embodied into the line . -STEWART . ] 99 in such traffic , empowering them to carry arms for 4 [ SCOTLAND . TALES OF A GRANDFATHER .
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Walter Scott. in such traffic , empowering them to carry arms for the defence of their persons and property . In all his proceedings towards the Highlanders , there be distinguished a general air of humanity and good sense , which ...
Walter Scott. in such traffic , empowering them to carry arms for the defence of their persons and property . In all his proceedings towards the Highlanders , there be distinguished a general air of humanity and good sense , which ...
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... carried on by the people of Glasgow , solely on the principle of a re- solution to drink their two - penny ale untaxed . The metropolis of Scotland took this excise tax more coolly than the inhabitants of Glasgow , for though greatly ...
... carried on by the people of Glasgow , solely on the principle of a re- solution to drink their two - penny ale untaxed . The metropolis of Scotland took this excise tax more coolly than the inhabitants of Glasgow , for though greatly ...
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... carried on and concluded . Accordingly , the next narrative of a historical character which occurs as proper to tell you , is unmingled with politics of Whig and Tory , and must be simply regarded as a strong and powerful display of the ...
... carried on and concluded . Accordingly , the next narrative of a historical character which occurs as proper to tell you , is unmingled with politics of Whig and Tory , and must be simply regarded as a strong and powerful display of the ...
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advance Adventurer appearance arms arrived Athole attack Balmerino battle battle of Culloden body called camp Captain Carlisle castle cause cavalry Charles Edward Charles's Chevalier Chevalier's chief Clanranald clans Cluny Colonel command Cope's council Cromarty Culloden despatched dragoons Duke of Cumberland Duke of Perth Earl Edinburgh enemy engaged England English enterprise escape execution Falkirk favour fire force Fort Augustus France French friends garrison gentlemen Government hand Hawley head High Highland army honour horse House of Stewart insurgents Inverness Jacobites joined Keppoch King lady land Lochiel London Lord Elcho Lord George Murray Lord John Lord Lovat Lowland MacDonald MacLeod manner ment military occasion officers opinion party persons Porteous Preston Prince Charles Prince's prisoners Provost purpose rank rear rebellion rebels received regiment retreat Scotland Scots Scottish sent Sir John Cope soldiers Stewart Stirling sword tion took town troops volunteers XXVI
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الصفحة 201 - I heard three sensible middle-aged men, when the Scotch were said to be at Stamford, and actually were at Derby, talking of hiring a chaise to go to Caxton (a place in the high-road) to see the Pretender and Highlanders as they passed.
الصفحة 47 - There is a tide in the affairs of men Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat; And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures.
الصفحة 373 - And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel. 5 And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baal-peor.
الصفحة 399 - M'Namara returned to London, and reported the Prince's answer to the gentlemen who had employed him, they were astonished and confounded. However, they soon resolved on the measures which they were to pursue for the future, and determined no longer to serve a man who could not be persuaded to serve himself, and chose rather to endanger the lives of his best and most faithful friends, than part with an harlot, whom, as he often declared, he neither loved nor esteemed.
الصفحة 378 - We were entertained with the usual hospitality by Mr. Macdonald, and his lady Flora Macdonald, a name that will be mentioned in history, and, if courage and fidelity be virtues, mentioned with honour.
الصفحة 147 - ... led the horse, would have persuaded him to retreat, but he said it was only a wound in the flesh, and fought on, though he presently after received a shot in his right thigh.
الصفحة 156 - Gard'ner brave did still behave Like to a hero bright, man ; His courage true, like him were few That still despised flight, man ; For king and laws, and country's cause, In honour's bed he lay, man ; His life, but not his courage, fled, While he had breath to draw, man.
الصفحة 326 - The moor was covered with blood ; and our men, what with killing the enemy, dabbling their feet in the blood, and splashing it about one another, looked like so many butchers.
الصفحة 205 - ... alive or dead. Dickson presented his blunderbuss, which was charged with slugs, threatening to blow out the brains of those who first dared to lay hands on himself or the two who accompanied him ; and by turning round continually, facing in all directions, and behaving like a lion, he soon enlarged the circle which a crowd of people had formed round them.
الصفحة 207 - Spitalfields and other communities, engaged in associations ; and even the managers of the theatres offered to raise a body of their dependents for the service of the government.