The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart: Tales of a grandfatherRobert Cadell, 1848 |
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الصفحة 51
... showed , in miniature , alternately the arts of a Machiavel , and the tyranny of a Cæsar Borgio . " - SIR WALTER SCOTT , Ante , vol . xx . , p . 77. ] 1 few months at least in the corps . He CHAP . LXXV . ] 51 FRASER OF LOVAT .
... showed , in miniature , alternately the arts of a Machiavel , and the tyranny of a Cæsar Borgio . " - SIR WALTER SCOTT , Ante , vol . xx . , p . 77. ] 1 few months at least in the corps . He CHAP . LXXV . ] 51 FRASER OF LOVAT .
الصفحة 73
... showed visible signs of impatience at the reluctance mani- fested by his chief and his brother to join their Prince . Charles marked his agitation , and availed himself of it . He turned suddenly towards the young High- lander , and ...
... showed visible signs of impatience at the reluctance mani- fested by his chief and his brother to join their Prince . Charles marked his agitation , and availed himself of it . He turned suddenly towards the young High- lander , and ...
الصفحة 84
... showed symptoms of fear . In this predicament Captain Scott was induced to attempt a retreat by the same road along which he had advanced . But the firing had alarmed the country ; and the High- landers assembling with characteristic ...
... showed symptoms of fear . In this predicament Captain Scott was induced to attempt a retreat by the same road along which he had advanced . But the firing had alarmed the country ; and the High- landers assembling with characteristic ...
الصفحة 85
... showed themselves more boldly in front , flank , and rear , while the ammunition of the soldiers was exhausted without having even wound- ed one of their assailants . They were now closely surrounded , or supposed themselves to be so ...
... showed themselves more boldly in front , flank , and rear , while the ammunition of the soldiers was exhausted without having even wound- ed one of their assailants . They were now closely surrounded , or supposed themselves to be so ...
الصفحة 110
... showed one of his followers that his purse contain- ed only a single guinea of the four hundred pounds which he had brought with him in the Doutelle . But Dundee , Montrose , and all the Lowland towns north of the Tay , as far as ...
... showed one of his followers that his purse contain- ed only a single guinea of the four hundred pounds which he had brought with him in the Doutelle . But Dundee , Montrose , and all the Lowland towns north of the Tay , as far as ...
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الصفحة 57 - 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 325 - Devouring flames, and murdering steel ! The pious mother, doom'd to death, Forsaken, wanders o'er the heath, The bleak wind whistles round her head, Her helpless orphans cry for bread ; Bereft of shelter, food, and friend, She views the shades of night descend, And, stretch'd beneath the' inclement skies, Weeps o'er her tender babes and dies.
الصفحة 353 - 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 217 - I heard three people, 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 the Highlanders as they passed.
الصفحة 266 - ... if you will except one or two, became passionately fond of the young Adventurer, and used all their arts and industry for him in the most intemperate manner.
الصفحة 163 - ... 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 253 - ... paces ; but if the fire is given at a distance, you probably will be broke, for you never get time to load a second cartridge ; and if you give way, you may give your foot for dead, for they, being without a firelock, or any load, no man with his arms, accoutrements, &c., can escape them, and they give no quarter ; but if you will but observe the above directions, they are the most despicable enemy that are.
الصفحة 145 - ... of a scythe fastened to it, somewhat like the weapon called the Lochaber axe, which the town-guard soldiers carry; but all of them, he added, would be soon provided with firelocks, as the arms belonging to the Trained Bands of Edinburgh had fallen into their hands.
الصفحة 320 - 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 182 - ... so wise and prudent, declared his purpose of joining Charles, most of the gentlemen in that part of the country where • he lived, who favoured the Pretender's cause, put themselves under his command, thinking they could not follow a better or a safer guide than Lord Pitsligo.