Rob RoySanborn, Carter and Bazin, 1855 |
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... party of the citizens of Dunbarton , under command of Tobias Smol- lett , a magistrate , or bailie , of that town , and ancestor of the celebrated author . The parties met in the valley of Glenfruin , which sig- nifies the Glen of ...
... party of the citizens of Dunbarton , under command of Tobias Smol- lett , a magistrate , or bailie , of that town , and ancestor of the celebrated author . The parties met in the valley of Glenfruin , which sig- nifies the Glen of ...
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... party , made an unexpected attack on the flank . A great part of the Colquhouns ' force consisted in cavalry , which could not act in the boggy ground . They were said to have disputed the field manfully , but were at length completely ...
... party , made an unexpected attack on the flank . A great part of the Colquhouns ' force consisted in cavalry , which could not act in the boggy ground . They were said to have disputed the field manfully , but were at length completely ...
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... parties charged in the act , were prohibited from carrying weapons , except a pointless knife to eat their victuals . By a subsequent act of Council , 24th June , 1613 , death was denounced against any persons of the tribe formerly ...
... parties charged in the act , were prohibited from carrying weapons , except a pointless knife to eat their victuals . By a subsequent act of Council , 24th June , 1613 , death was denounced against any persons of the tribe formerly ...
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... party which took him there brought him back to Edinburgh in custody . MacGregor of Glenstrae was tried before the Court of Justiciary , 20th January , 1604 , and found guilty . He appears to have been instantly conveyed from the bar to ...
... party which took him there brought him back to Edinburgh in custody . MacGregor of Glenstrae was tried before the Court of Justiciary , 20th January , 1604 , and found guilty . He appears to have been instantly conveyed from the bar to ...
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... party of Highlanders , with their arms rattling around them ; and who dealt , however , in all honour and good faith with their Southern customers . A fray , indeed , would sometimes arise , when the Lowlandmen , chiefly Borderers , who ...
... party of Highlanders , with their arms rattling around them ; and who dealt , however , in all honour and good faith with their Southern customers . A fray , indeed , would sometimes arise , when the Lowlandmen , chiefly Borderers , who ...
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Aberfoil amang Andrew Fairservice answered appearance arms auld Baillie better betwixt called Campbell canna clan clan MacGregor command cousin Diana Vernon dinna door doubt Dougal Duke Duke of Argyle Duke of Montrose e'en escape eyes father favour fear feelings followed frae Frank gang gentleman gien Glasgow Glengyle Gregor gude hand head heard Hieland Highland honest honour horse Inglewood Inversnaid Jacobite James Jarvie Jobson justice kend kinsman Loch Lomond look Lowland MacGregor MacVittie mair manner maun mind Miss Vernon morning Morris muckle never night occasion Osbaldistone Hall Owen ower party person plaid portmanteau prisoner puir Rashleigh Rashleigh Osbaldistone recollection replied Rob Roy Rob Roy's Robin Scotland seemed Sir Hildebrand speak suld suppose sword tell thae there's Thorncliff thought tion tone Tresham voice weel whilk wild word young
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26 페이지 - For why ? because the good old rule Sufficeth them, — the simple plan, That they should take, who have the power, And they should keep, who can.
58 페이지 - No birds, except as birds of passage, flew; No bee was known to hum, no dove to coo: No streams, as amber smooth, as amber clear, Were seen to glide, or heard to warble here...
75 페이지 - not to flatter ye, You have as good and fair a battery As heart could wish, and need not shame The proudest man alive to claim.
181 페이지 - I will spare you the attempt to describe what you would hardly comprehend without going to see it. But certainly this noble lake, boasting innumerable beautiful islands, of every varying form and outline which fancy can frame, its northern extremity narrowing until it is lost among dusky and retreating mountains, while, gradually widening as it extends to the southward, it spreads its base around the indentures and promontories of a fair and fertile land, affords one of the most surprising, beautiful,...
54 페이지 - MacGregor was brave and intrepid, but at the same time, somewhat whimsical and singular. When advancing to the charge with his company, he received five wounds, two of them from balls that pierced his body through and through. Stretched on the ground, with his head resting on his hand, he called out loudly to the Highlanders of his company, " My lads, I am not dead. By G — , I shall see if any of you does not do his duty.
148 페이지 - she added with a sigh, " how lately I have been subjected to control ; besides, I have not yet given my cousin the packet, and bid him farewell — for ever. Yes, Frank,
98 페이지 - ... detached hill, with all its garland of woods. On the right, amid a profusion of thickets, knolls, and crags, lay the bed of a broad mountain lake, lightly curled into tiny waves by the breath of the morning breeze, each glittering in its course under the influence of the sunbeams. High hills, rocks, and banks, waving with natural forests of birch and oak, formed the borders of this enchanting sheet of water; and, as their leaves rustled to the wind and twinkled in the sun, gave to the depth of...
168 페이지 - Highland drover, bankrupt, barefooted, — stripped of all, dishonored and hunted down, because the avarice of others grasped at more than that poor all could pay, shall burst on them in an awful change. They that scoffed at the...
187 페이지 - I grieve not for the loss, but for the effect which I know it will produce on the spirits and health of my father, to whom mercantile credit is as honour ; and who, if declared insolvent, would sink into the grave, oppressed by a sense of grief, remorse, and despair, like that of a soldier convicted of cowardice, or a man of honour who had lost his rank and character in society.