The Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart: Tales of a grandfatherR.Cadell, 1836 |
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... remained suspended in the place where he died ; there was no visible symptom of so violent an explosion of popular fury having taken place . The Government , highly offended at such a da- ring contempt of authority , imposed on the ...
... remained suspended in the place where he died ; there was no visible symptom of so violent an explosion of popular fury having taken place . The Government , highly offended at such a da- ring contempt of authority , imposed on the ...
الصفحة 75
... remained firm , and answered all his reasoning . At length Charles , finding it impossible to subdue the chief's judgment , made a powerful appeal to his feelings . " I have come hither , " he said , " with my mind unalterably made up ...
... remained firm , and answered all his reasoning . At length Charles , finding it impossible to subdue the chief's judgment , made a powerful appeal to his feelings . " I have come hither , " he said , " with my mind unalterably made up ...
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... remained straitened for want of provisions , which might have disconcerted his expedition , had not the Doutelle fallen in with and captured two vessels laden with oatmeal , a supply which enabled him to keep his followers together ...
... remained straitened for want of provisions , which might have disconcerted his expedition , had not the Doutelle fallen in with and captured two vessels laden with oatmeal , a supply which enabled him to keep his followers together ...
الصفحة 88
... remained for a few days at Auchnacarrie , the house of Lochiel , and finding the unwillingness which the Highlanders evinced to carry baggage , the impossibility of finding horses , and the execra- ble character of the roads , he left a ...
... remained for a few days at Auchnacarrie , the house of Lochiel , and finding the unwillingness which the Highlanders evinced to carry baggage , the impossibility of finding horses , and the execra- ble character of the roads , he left a ...
الصفحة 89
... remained in the realm , or to lay down their arms , or make peace with Government , without his express consent . While the insurrection was thus gathering strength and consistency , the heads of the official bodies at Edinburgh became ...
... remained in the realm , or to lay down their arms , or make peace with Government , without his express consent . While the insurrection was thus gathering strength and consistency , the heads of the official bodies at Edinburgh became ...
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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.