The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott...R. Cadell, 1847 |
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... present with the rest , and , it is said , taxed Breadalbane with the design of retaining a part of the money lodged in his hands for the paci- fication of the Highlands . The Earl retorted with vehemence , and charged MacIan with a ...
... present with the rest , and , it is said , taxed Breadalbane with the design of retaining a part of the money lodged in his hands for the paci- fication of the Highlands . The Earl retorted with vehemence , and charged MacIan with a ...
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... presents often to our calm consideration the strangest inconsistencies ; but there are few more striking than that which the Scots exhibit in their private conduct , contrasted with their views when united together for any general or ...
... presents often to our calm consideration the strangest inconsistencies ; but there are few more striking than that which the Scots exhibit in their private conduct , contrasted with their views when united together for any general or ...
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... present to submit to Queen Anne , entertained strong hopes that she herself was fa- vourable to the succession of her brother after her own death ; while their principles dictated to them that the wrong , as they termed it , done to ...
... present to submit to Queen Anne , entertained strong hopes that she herself was fa- vourable to the succession of her brother after her own death ; while their principles dictated to them that the wrong , as they termed it , done to ...
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... present breathed nothing but animosity , Anne had the good fortune to be assisted by the wise counsels of Godolphin , one of the most sagacious and profound ministers who ever advised a crowned head . By his recom- mendation , the Queen ...
... present breathed nothing but animosity , Anne had the good fortune to be assisted by the wise counsels of Godolphin , one of the most sagacious and profound ministers who ever advised a crowned head . By his recom- mendation , the Queen ...
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... present , that it is a wonder his captain and crew were not lost at sea , considering the wicked- ness which had been done aboard that ship which was lying in the roadstead . Upon these and simi- lar hints of something doubtful or ...
... present , that it is a wonder his captain and crew were not lost at sea , considering the wicked- ness which had been done aboard that ship which was lying in the roadstead . Upon these and simi- lar hints of something doubtful or ...
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Act of Security advantage Argyle's arms arrived Athole attack betwixt body Britain called castle cause Chevalier de St chiefs Church clans command considerable court crown Darien disposed Duke of Argyle Duke of Hamilton Earl of Mar Edinburgh enemy engaged England English escape estates expected favour force Forster France Fraser friends frith gentlemen Glencoe Government Highlanders honour hopes horse House House of Hanover hundred Huntly insurgents insurrection Jacobite James James II join Kenmure kingdom land Lord Lowland MacIntosh Mar's army massacre of Glencoe Master of Sinclair measure ment military ministers nation occasion Parliament party peers person Perth political possessed Prince prisoners proposed purpose Queen Anne rank rebels received regiment Scotland Scots Scottish members Seaforth secure seemed sent soldiers squadron St George Stair Stewart Stirling succession sword thousand tion took Tories town treason treaty of Union troops Whigs
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Page 7 - I do not come to you at four, you are not to tarry for me, but fall on. This is by the King's special command, for the good and safety of the country, that these miscreants be cut off root and branch. See that this be put...
Page 266 - I'll put it in execution, let my loss be what it will, that it may be an example to others. You are to tell the gentlemen that I expect them in their best accoutrements on horseback, and no excuse to be accepted of.
Page 3 - As for Mac Ian of Glencoe and that tribe, if they can be well distinguished from the other Highlanders, it will be proper, for the vindication of public justice, to extirpate that set of thieves.
Page 78 - For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way : because we had spoken unto the king, saying, " The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him ; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.
Page 248 - To drive the deer with hound and horn Earl Percy took his way ; The child may rue that is unborn The hunting of that day.
Page 12 - The hand that mingled in the meal, At midnight drew the felon steel, And gave the host's kind breast to feel Meed for his hospitality! The friendly hearth which...
Page 12 - ... the evening preceding the slaughter ; and had he reached the eastern passes out of Glencoe by four in the morning, as he calculated, he must have intercepted and destroyed all those who took that only way of escape from Glenlyon and his followers. But as this reinforcement arrived so late as eleven in the forenoon, they found no MacDonald alive in Glencoe, save an old man of eighty, whom they slew ; and after burning such houses as were...
Page iv - Maclan was repeatedly heard to say, he dreaded mischief from no man so much as from the Earl of Breadalbane. Yet this unhappy chief was rash enough to stand out to the last moment, and decline to take advantage of King William's indemnity, till the time appointed by the proclamation was wellnigh expired. The displeasure of the Earl of Breadalbane seems speedily to have communicated itself to the Master of Stair, who, in his correspondence with...
Page 7 - You are to have especial care that the old fox and his cubs do on no account escape your hands ; you are to secure all the avenues, that no man escape. This you are to put in execution at...
Page 3 - Glencoe and his tribe would be sheltered under this mitigation of the intended severities, since he had already come in and tendered his allegiance, without waiting for the menace of military force. A second set of instructions were, therefore, made out on the 16th January. These held out the same indulgence to other clans, who should submit themselves at the very last hour (a hypocritical pretext, for.