| English literature - 1829 - 296 pages
...of others. The words are remarkable : — " As lor MacJan of Glencoe, and that tribe, if they can be well distinguished from the rest of the highlanders,...of public justice, to extirpate that set of thieves " ' You will remark the hypocritical clemency and real cruelty of these instructions, which profess... | |
| Walter Scott - Aristocracy (Social class) - 1829 - 374 pages
...of others. The words are remarkable : — " As for MacIan of Glencoe, and that tribe, if they can be well distinguished from the rest of the Highlanders,...public justice, to extirpate that set of thieves." You will remark the hypocritical clemency and real cruelty of these instructions, which profess a readiness... | |
| Walter Scott - Scotland - 1829 - 360 pages
...Glencoe,and that tribe, if they can be well distinguished from the rest of the Highlanders, itwill be proper, for the vindication of public justice, to extirpate that set of thieves." You will remark the hypocritical clemency and real crueltyof these instructions, which profess a readiness... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - Scotland - 1833 - 496 pages
...of others. The words are remarkable : — " As for Maclan of Glencoe, and that tribe, if they can be well distinguished from the rest of the Highlanders,...public justice, to extirpate that set of thieves." You will remark the hypocritical clemency and real cruelty of these instructions, which profess a readiness... | |
| Alexander Whitelaw - 1833 - 448 pages
...Glencoe, and that tribe, if they can be well distinguished from the rest of the Highlanders, it will bo proper, for the vindication of public justice, to extirpate that set of thieves." You will remark the hypocritical clemency and real cruelty of these instructions, which profess a readiness... | |
| Alexander Whitelaw - Literature - 1835 - 460 pages
...of others. The words are remarkable : — " As for Maclan of Glencoe, and that tribe, if they can be well distinguished from the rest of the Highlanders,...for the vindication of public justice, to extirpate ih:.i set of thieves." You will remark the hypocritical clemency and real cruelty of these instructions,... | |
| Walter Scott - France - 1836 - 480 pages
...of others. The words are remarkable : — " As for Maclan of Glencoe and that tribe, if they can be well distinguished from the rest of the Highlanders,...public justice, to extirpate that set of thieves." You will remark the hypocritical clemency and real cruelty of these instructions, which profess a readiness... | |
| William Beattie - 1838 - 336 pages
...; and that, " if the tribe of Glenco could be separated from the rest of the Highlanders, it would be proper for the vindication of public justice to extirpate that set of thieves !"* For the execution of this barbarous edict, care was taken to employ a detachment from the regiment... | |
| John Drummond - 1842 - 518 pages
...fourth) runs in these words : " WILLIAM R. " As for M'lan of Glencoe and that tribe, if they can be well distinguished from the rest of the Highlanders. It will be proper, for vindication of publick justice, to extirpate that sett of thieves. " WR" It was remarkable that his... | |
| Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1844 - 308 pages
...othars. The words are remarkable : — " As for Mac Ian of Glencoe, and that tribe, if they can be well distinguished from the rest of the Highlanders,...public justice, to extirpate that set of thieves." You will remark the hypocritical clemency and real cruelty of these instructions, which profess a readiness... | |
| |