 His person was tall and thin, seeming to incline to be lean rather than to fill as he grows in years. His countenance was pale, yet he seems to be sanguine in his constitution, and has something of a vivacity in his eye that perhaps would have been more...  Perth: Its Annals and Its Archives - Page 364by David Peacock - 1849 - 632 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Blackadder - Great Britain - 1824 - 590 pages
...discouraged his men* One of them gives the following description of his person and habits : " His person is tall and thin, seeming to incline to be lean rather...than to fill as he grows in years. His countenance is pale, and .perhaps he looked more pale by reason of an ague that seized him two days after he came... | |
 | Andrew Crichton, John Blackader - Jacobite Rebellion, 1715 - 1824 - 594 pages
...discouraged his men. One of them gives the following description of his person and habit: : " His person is tall and thin, seeming to incline to be lean rather...than to fill as he grows in years. His countenance is pale, and perhaps he looked more pale by reason of an ague that seized him two days after lie 'came... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Jacobite Rebellion, 1715 - 1829 - 344 pages
...observed to smile. " His person, " says the Master of Sinclair, describing him as he appeared at Perth, " was tall and thin, seeming to incline to be lean rather...more so than usual, by reason he had three fits of an ague, which took him two days after his coming on shore. Yet he seems to be sanguine in his constitution... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1829 - 344 pages
...observed to smile. " His person, " says the Master of Sinclair, describing him as he appeared at Perth, " was tall and thin, seeming to incline to be lean rather...more so than usual, by reason he had three fits of an ague, which took him two days after his coming on shore. Yet he seems to be sanguine in his constitution... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Jacobite Rebellion, 1715 - 1829 - 350 pages
...to smile. " His person, " says the Master of Sinclair, de-- scribing him as he appeared at Perth, " was tall and thin, seeming to incline to be lean rather...fill as he grows in years. His countenance was pale, bat perhaps looked more so than usual, by reason he had three fits of an ague, which took him two days... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1836 - 672 pages
...Scotland, seem to be truly described by one of the gentlemen who had taken up arms for his cause : " His person was tall and thin, seeming to " incline...as he grows in " years. His countenance was pale, yet he seems " to be sanguine in his constitution, and has some" thing of a vivacity in his eye that... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1836 - 660 pages
...Scotland, seem to be truly described by one of the gentlemen who had taken up arms for his cause : " His person was tall and thin, seeming to " incline...as he grows in " years. His countenance was pale, yet he seems " to be sanguine in his constitution, and has some" thing of a vivacity in his eye that... | |
 | James Browne - Clans - 1838 - 622 pages
...his arrival at Perth, his behaviour while there, and their consequent effects upon his followers. " His person was tall and thin, seeming to incline to...three fits of ague which took him two days after his coining on shore. Yet he seems to be sanguine in his constitution, and there is something of a vivacity... | |
 | James Maidment - Scotland - 1845 - 548 pages
...in years, his countenance is pale, and perhaps he look'd more pale by reason he had three fits of an ague, which took him two days after his coming on...yet he seems to be sanguine in his constitution, and has something of a vivacity in his eye that, perhaps, would have been more visible if he had not been... | |
 | James Maidment - Scotland - 1845 - 558 pages
...ill, according as into whose hands these Memoirs may happen to fall. However, in brief, his person is tall and thin, seeming to incline to be lean rather...than to fill as he grows in years, his countenance is pale, and perhaps he looked more pale by reason he had three fits of an ague, which took him two... | |
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