Memoirs of the Rebellion in 1745 and 1746Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1820 - 348 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة v
... soon perceived by many of the depo- sitaries of power , who resisted innovation in matters of religion , as likely to lead to innovations in other matters . They saw the impor- tance of preserving every link in the chain of tyranny ...
... soon perceived by many of the depo- sitaries of power , who resisted innovation in matters of religion , as likely to lead to innovations in other matters . They saw the impor- tance of preserving every link in the chain of tyranny ...
الصفحة vi
James Johnstone Johnstone (chevalier de). It was soon felt , in like manner , by the partisans of the new religious doctrines , that the establishment of their other rights was necessary to the secure enjoyment of their religion . Hence ...
James Johnstone Johnstone (chevalier de). It was soon felt , in like manner , by the partisans of the new religious doctrines , that the establishment of their other rights was necessary to the secure enjoyment of their religion . Hence ...
الصفحة ix
... soon assembled . Charles I. dispatched a formidable fleet , with 5000 troops on board , to the Frith of Forth , and entered Scotland himself , with an army of 20,000 foot and 3000 horse ; but , deterred by the force of the Covenanters ...
... soon assembled . Charles I. dispatched a formidable fleet , with 5000 troops on board , to the Frith of Forth , and entered Scotland himself , with an army of 20,000 foot and 3000 horse ; but , deterred by the force of the Covenanters ...
الصفحة xi
... soon have reduced the Highlands , and established the authority of the laws there . The sword , as Dr. Smith observes , is often a most efficacious instrument of civilisation ; and it has been also well observed by Fletcher of Saltoun ...
... soon have reduced the Highlands , and established the authority of the laws there . The sword , as Dr. Smith observes , is often a most efficacious instrument of civilisation ; and it has been also well observed by Fletcher of Saltoun ...
الصفحة xvi
... soon followed by a chastisement within their own fastnesses from Cromwell , such as their own monarchs had never been suf- ficiently powerful to inflict on them . Cromwell established gar- risons at Inverness , Inverlochy , and other ...
... soon followed by a chastisement within their own fastnesses from Cromwell , such as their own monarchs had never been suf- ficiently powerful to inflict on them . Cromwell established gar- risons at Inverness , Inverlochy , and other ...
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الصفحة 84 - The reason assigned by the Highlanders for their custom of throwing their muskets on the ground is not without its force. They say, they embarrass them in their operations, even when slung behind them, and, on gaining a battle, they can pick them up again along with the arms of their enemies; but, if they should be beaten, they have no occasion for muskets.
الصفحة 47 - The populace at first did not interrupt him, conceiving our army to be near the town ; but as soon as they knew that it would not arrive till the evening, they surrounded him in a tumultuous manner, with the intention of...
الصفحة 110 - Loudon was opposite the twelve men, about eleven o'clock in the evening, the blacksmith called out with a loud voice, " Here come the villains, who intend carrying off our Prince ; fire, my lads, do not spare them; give no quarter!
الصفحة 138 - Had Prince Charles slept during the whole of the expedition," says the Chevalier Johnstone, " and allowed Lord George Murray to act for him according to his own judgment, there is every reason for supposing he would have found the crown of Great Britain on his head when he awoke.
الصفحة xxxvii - He slept little, was continually occupied with all manner of details, and was, altogether, most indefatigable, combining and directing alone all our operations ; in a word, he was the only person capable of conducting our army.
الصفحة 90 - The most singular and extraordinary combat immediately followed. The Highlanders, stretched on the ground, thrust their dirks into the bellies of the horses. Some seized the riders by their clothes, dragged them down, and stabbed them with their dirks; several, again, used their pistols; but few of them had sufficient space to handle their swords.
الصفحة 46 - He had quitted Preston in the evening, with his mistress and my drummer; and having marched all night, he arrived next morning at Manchester... and immediately began to beat up for recruits for 'the yellow-haired laddie.
الصفحة 88 - As it is always the distinctive mark of ignorance to find nothing difficult, not even the things that are impossible, M. Mirabelle, without hesitation, immediately undertook to open the trenches on a hill to the north of the castle, where there were not fifteen inches' depth of earth above the solid rock ; and it became necessary to supply the want of earth with bags of wool, and sacks filled with earth brought from a distance. Thus the trenches were so bad that we lost a great many men, sometimes...
الصفحة xxviii - 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 62 - As your Royal Highness is always for battles, be the circumstances what they may, I now offer you one, in three hours from this time, with the army of Marshal Wade, which is only about two miles distant from us.