Tales of a Grandfather: History of Scotland, المجلد 6Ticknor and Fields, 1861 |
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... whole city rung with the din of preparation ; and much seemed to depend on the event of a struggle for time . The party which was uppermost for the moment expressed their eager wishes and hopes for General Cope's arrival from Aberdeen ...
... whole city rung with the din of preparation ; and much seemed to depend on the event of a struggle for time . The party which was uppermost for the moment expressed their eager wishes and hopes for General Cope's arrival from Aberdeen ...
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... whole army took the road to Edinburgh , which is only sixteen miles from Linlithgow . A messenger was despatched to Edin- burgh to give notice of the approach of the rebels , who , concluding that the Highlanders were at his heels ...
... whole army took the road to Edinburgh , which is only sixteen miles from Linlithgow . A messenger was despatched to Edin- burgh to give notice of the approach of the rebels , who , concluding that the Highlanders were at his heels ...
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... whole volunteers , about two hun- dred and fifty were understood to pledge themselves to the execution of the proposed movement in advance of the city . The sound of the fire - bell was appointed as ' the signal for the volunteers to ...
... whole volunteers , about two hun- dred and fifty were understood to pledge themselves to the execution of the proposed movement in advance of the city . The sound of the fire - bell was appointed as ' the signal for the volunteers to ...
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... whole ninety - four hours ) unanimously found him not guilty . But long before the trial there had been a full election of Magistrates , and Drummond was chosen Provost by a great majority . " - HOME , vol . iii . pp . 67-69 . * Mr ...
... whole ninety - four hours ) unanimously found him not guilty . But long before the trial there had been a full election of Magistrates , and Drummond was chosen Provost by a great majority . " - HOME , vol . iii . pp . 67-69 . * Mr ...
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... whole , so far as accla- mations and signs of joy could express it , he was so favor- ably received , that none of his followers doubted that he might levy a thousand men in the streets of Edinburgh , in half an hour , if he could but ...
... whole , so far as accla- mations and signs of joy could express it , he was so favor- ably received , that none of his followers doubted that he might levy a thousand men in the streets of Edinburgh , in half an hour , if he could but ...
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الصفحة 271 - Heaven ! of woes like ours, And let us, let us weep no more." The dismal scene was o'er and past, The lover's mournful hearse retired The maid drew back her languid head, And, sighing forth his name, expired.
الصفحة 121 - Walpole, paints an indifference yet more ominous to the public cause than the general panic : — " The common people in town at least know how to be afraid ; but we are such uncommon people here...
الصفحة 124 - Having continued for some time to manoeuvre in this way, those of the inhabitants of Manchester who were attached to the house of Stuart, took arms, and flew to the assistance of Dickson, to rescue him from the fury of the mob ; so that he soon had five or six hundred .men to aid him, who dispersed the crowd in a very short time.
الصفحة 81 - In honor's bed he lay, man, His life, but not his courage, fled, While he had breath to draw, man. '' And Major Bowie, that worthy soul, Was brought down to the ground, man ; His horse being shot, it was his lot, For to get mony a wound, man.
الصفحة 121 - The common people in town at least know how to be afraid : but we are such uncommon people here as to have no more sense of danger than if the battle had been fought when and where the battle of Cannae was.
الصفحة 276 - 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 73 - ... wound on his right arm, that his sword dropped out of his hand; and at the same time several others coming about him while he was thus dreadfully entangled with that cruel weapon, he was dragged off from his horse. The moment he fell, another Highlander...
الصفحة 126 - Some Romish priests were apprehended : The militia of London and Middlesex were kept in readiness to march : Double watches were posted at the city gates, and signals of alarm appointed. The volunteers of the city were incorporated into a regiment : The practitioners of the law, headed by the judges, weavers of 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.
الصفحة 139 - The only prisoner they took was the Duke of Cumberland's footman, who declared, that his master would have been killed, if the pistol, with which a Highlander took aim at his head, had not missed fire.
الصفحة 141 - ... between the cavalry appeared like a paved street through the river, the heads of the Highlanders being generally all that was seen above the water. By means of this contrivance, our army passed the Esk in an hour's time, without losing a single man ; and a few girls, determined to share the fortune of their lovers, were the only persons who were carried away by the rapidity of the stream. Fires were kindled to dry our people as soon as they quitted the water ; and the bagpipers having commenced...