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... secure , rather than to reward , the doubtful fidelity of Lord Lovat , by naming him Duke of Fraser , and the King's Lieutenant in all the counties north of Spey . † Thus prepared , and full of hope and ardour , Charles took leave of ...
... secure , rather than to reward , the doubtful fidelity of Lord Lovat , by naming him Duke of Fraser , and the King's Lieutenant in all the counties north of Spey . † Thus prepared , and full of hope and ardour , Charles took leave of ...
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... secure the pretended Prince of Wales . Thus instructed by the Government , but at the same time deluded by the Jacobites around him with a multi- tude of false advices , Sir John set out from Edinburgh on the 19th of August , the very ...
... secure the pretended Prince of Wales . Thus instructed by the Government , but at the same time deluded by the Jacobites around him with a multi- tude of false advices , Sir John set out from Edinburgh on the 19th of August , the very ...
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... secure Lord Lovat , and sent him the most pressing solicitations through Lochiel , together with his patents as Duke of Fraser , and Lord Lieutenant of the northern counties . But the wily old Chief still kept aloof and unengaged : on ...
... secure Lord Lovat , and sent him the most pressing solicitations through Lochiel , together with his patents as Duke of Fraser , and Lord Lieutenant of the northern counties . But the wily old Chief still kept aloof and unengaged : on ...
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... secure in its inaccessible position , and held a sufficient garrison , commanded by General Guest , an intrepid veteran . The city , on the other hand , was protected only by an antique rampart of varying height , from ten to twenty ...
... secure in its inaccessible position , and held a sufficient garrison , commanded by General Guest , an intrepid veteran . The city , on the other hand , was protected only by an antique rampart of varying height , from ten to twenty ...
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... secure their spoil . Of the dragoons who had fled from the field of battle , a small party made their way to Edinburgh , where they rode up the High Street at full gallop , and with prodigious confusion and uproar . They continued their ...
... secure their spoil . Of the dragoons who had fled from the field of battle , a small party made their way to Edinburgh , where they rode up the High Street at full gallop , and with prodigious confusion and uproar . They continued their ...
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Seite 21 - Prince, his colour went and came, his eyes sparkled, he shifted his place, and grasped his sword. Charles observed his demeanour, and, turning briskly towards him, called out, ' Will not you assist me ?' 'I will, I will,' said Ranald, ' though no other man in the Highlands should draw a sword ; I am ready to die for you.
Seite 20 - CHARLES) Principles of Geology; or, the Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants considered as illustrative of Geology.
Seite 117 - When a shroud is perceived about one, it is a sure prognostic of death; the time is judged according to the height of it about the person; for if it is seen above the middle...
Seite 133 - Adieu! my lords, we shall never meet again in the same place.'"' He says he will be hanged ; for that his neck is so short and bended, that he should be struck in the shoulders. I did not think it possible...
Seite 84 - ... she had now parted with her jewels, her plate, and every little article of value she possessed ; the price of which, in a purse, she laid at the feet of Prince Charles, while, straining her dim eyes to gaze on his features, and pressing his hand to her shrivelled lips, she exclaimed, with affectionate rapture, in the words of Simeon, "Lord! now lettest " thou thy servant depart in peace ! " It is added that she did not survive the shock when, a few days afterwards, she was told of the retreat.
Seite 144 - Let what will happen, the stroke is struck, and I have taken a firm resolution to conquer or to die, and stand my ground as long as I shall have a man remaining with me.
Seite 23 - Stuart is come over to claim the crown of his ancestors, to win it, or to perish in the attempt; Lochiel, who, my father has often told me, was our firmest friend, may stay at home, and learn from the newspapers the fate of his prince...
Seite 80 - Cameron having assured her that they would not injure either her or her little children, or any person whatever, she looked at him for some moments with an air of surprise, and then opened a press, calling out with a loud voice, ' Come out, children; the gentleman will not eat you.
Seite 95 - Charles's own opinion, when he left them,) that the Duke had no battering artillery at his disposal : some, however, was unexpectedly brought from Whitehaven ; and on the 29th it began to play upon the mouldering walls. The besieged then desired to capitulate, but could obtain no other terms from his Royal Highness, than that " they should not be put to the sword, but reserved " for his Majesty's pleasure" — a stipulation which to many of them was only death deferred.
Seite 10 - A Critical Examination of the Meaning and Etymology of numerous Greek Words and Passages, intended principally for Homer and Hesiod.