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... Lochiel's country - Addresses a farewell letter to the chiefs - The fugi- tives sail for Uist , conducted by Donald Macleod - They encounter a bad storm , and land at Rossinish - They re- embark , and land in Benbecula - Unfriendliness ...
... Lochiel's country - Addresses a farewell letter to the chiefs - The fugi- tives sail for Uist , conducted by Donald Macleod - They encounter a bad storm , and land at Rossinish - They re- embark , and land in Benbecula - Unfriendliness ...
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... Lochiel , and escapes to France in 1746 , CHAPTER VII . vii PAGE 252 The Earls of Nithsdale and Derwentwater - Beginning of the Re- bellion of 1715 on the Braes of Mar - The Earl of Niths- dale's fortune and position - His wife Winifred ...
... Lochiel , and escapes to France in 1746 , CHAPTER VII . vii PAGE 252 The Earls of Nithsdale and Derwentwater - Beginning of the Re- bellion of 1715 on the Braes of Mar - The Earl of Niths- dale's fortune and position - His wife Winifred ...
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... Lochiel . All seven were ready to shed their blood and to give up their broad lands in the cause of the Stuarts . Brought up with that one strong feeling , in his twenty - fourth year Charles Edward formed the romantic idea of carrying ...
... Lochiel . All seven were ready to shed their blood and to give up their broad lands in the cause of the Stuarts . Brought up with that one strong feeling , in his twenty - fourth year Charles Edward formed the romantic idea of carrying ...
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... Lochiel and other chieftains rallied round the Prince , and on the 18th of August 1745 , amid the shrill notes . of the pibrochs of the Cameron men , ' Charles Edward Stuart at length raised his standard . It was done ! His fond hopes ...
... Lochiel and other chieftains rallied round the Prince , and on the 18th of August 1745 , amid the shrill notes . of the pibrochs of the Cameron men , ' Charles Edward Stuart at length raised his standard . It was done ! His fond hopes ...
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... Lochiel , and three other leaders . Their orders from the anxious and sleep- less Chevalier were , if necessary , to storm the city gates , and blow them up . Advancing with his men in small bodies outside the walls , Lochiel care ...
... Lochiel , and three other leaders . Their orders from the anxious and sleep- less Chevalier were , if necessary , to storm the city gates , and blow them up . Advancing with his men in small bodies outside the walls , Lochiel care ...
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