The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart: Tales of a grandfatherRobert Cadell, 1848 |
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ii. oldal
... Castle of Blair — The Prince's suspicions of Lord George Murray's fidelity 280 CHAP. LXXXIII. — Dispersion of the Forces under Lord Loudon, and Occupation of Sutherland by the Earl of Cromarty — The Duke of Cumberland's Army crosses the ...
... Castle of Blair — The Prince's suspicions of Lord George Murray's fidelity 280 CHAP. LXXXIII. — Dispersion of the Forces under Lord Loudon, and Occupation of Sutherland by the Earl of Cromarty — The Duke of Cumberland's Army crosses the ...
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... Castle of Blair- The Prince's suspicions of Lord George Murray's fidelity , ..... 280 CHAP . LXXXIII . - Dispersion of the Forces under Lord Loudon , and Occupation of Sutherland by the Earl of Cromarty - The Duke of Cumberland's Army ...
... Castle of Blair- The Prince's suspicions of Lord George Murray's fidelity , ..... 280 CHAP . LXXXIII . - Dispersion of the Forces under Lord Loudon , and Occupation of Sutherland by the Earl of Cromarty - The Duke of Cumberland's Army ...
12. oldal
... castle , insulted and pursued by the mob a third part of the way . In the natural resentment excited by this for- midable insurrection , the Lord Advocate for the time ( the celebrated Duncan Forbes ) advanced to Glasgow at the head of ...
... castle , insulted and pursued by the mob a third part of the way . In the natural resentment excited by this for- midable insurrection , the Lord Advocate for the time ( the celebrated Duncan Forbes ) advanced to Glasgow at the head of ...
21. oldal
... castle , on the north by a lake called the North loch . The gates were regularly closed in the evening , and guarded . It was about the hour of shutting the ports , as they were called , when a disorderly as- semblage began to take ...
... castle , on the north by a lake called the North loch . The gates were regularly closed in the evening , and guarded . It was about the hour of shutting the ports , as they were called , when a disorderly as- semblage began to take ...
22. oldal
... castle , entirely separated the city from such military forces as were quartered in the su- burbs . The next object of the mob was to attack the city - guard , a few of whom were upon duty as usual . These the rioters stripped of their ...
... castle , entirely separated the city from such military forces as were quartered in the su- burbs . The next object of the mob was to attack the city - guard , a few of whom were upon duty as usual . These the rioters stripped of their ...
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57. oldal - 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.
325. oldal - 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.
353. oldal - 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.
217. oldal - 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.
266. oldal - ... 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.
163. oldal - ... 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...
253. oldal - ... 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.
145. oldal - ... 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.
320. oldal - 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.
182. oldal - ... 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.