 | Walter Scott - 1848 - 500 pàgines
...the 18th of July, the Duke of Cumberland returned towards Edinburgh. That town had, in the mean time, witnessed a procession of fourteen of the rebel standards,...bodies of the capital, from the guild brethren to the butchers,1 desired his acceptance of the freedom of their craft or corporation. From Edinburgh his... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1836 - 476 pàgines
...the 18th of July, the Duke of Cumberland returned towards Edinburgh. That town had, in the mean time, witnessed a procession of fourteen of the rebel standards,...bodies of the capital, from the guild brethren to the butchers,1 desired his acceptance of the freedom of their craft or corporation. From Edinburgh his... | |
 | Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1840 - 522 pàgines
...latter 1 James, sixth Duke of Hamilton; died in 1758. — D. 3 " The Duke," says Sir Walter Scott, " was received with all the honours due to conquest...acceptance of the freedom of their craft, or corporation." Billy the Butcher was one of his by-names. — E. waited on his brother, the Prince carried him into... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1842 - 592 pàgines
...thought. • James, sixth Duke of Hamilton : died in 1758. — D. b " The Duke," eays Sir Walter Scott, " was received with all the honours due to conquest...acceptance of the freedom of their craft, or corporation." Billy the Butcher was one of his by-names. — E. TO GEORGE MONTAGU, ESQ. Arlington Street, Aug. 2,... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1842 - 596 pàgines
...thought. • James, sixth Duke of Hamilton : died in 1758. — D. b " The Duke," says Sir Walter Scott, " was received with all the honours due to conquest...bodies of the capital, from the guild brethren to the butehers, desired his acceptance of the freedom of their craft, or corporation." Billy the Butcher... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1854 - 512 pàgines
...clans, much inferior in number to those of their own nation who eiribraceu the IN THE HIGHLANDS. 207 side of the government. Nor would it be just to blame...and rewards, which would not have been less richly deArved, if he had mingled more clemency with a certain degree of severity. After this period the military... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1861 - 352 pàgines
...bound, that there was little gallantry in this insult. The Duke •was received with all the honors due to conquest, and all the incorporated bodies of...Highness proceeded to London, to reap the full harvest of honors and rewards, which would not have been less richly deserved if he had mingled more clemency... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 pàgines
...this thought. u James, sixth Duke of Hamilton : died in 1768. " " The Duke," says Sir Walter Scott, " was received with all the honours due to conquest;...acceptance of the freedom of their craft, or corporation." Billy the Butcher was one of his by-names. » Charles Stuart, fifth Earl of Traquair. 339. To SIR HORACE... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1890 - 364 pàgines
...guarded in their expressions of each other. When he went to Edin' "The Duke," says Sir Walter Scott, "was received with all the honours due to conquest...capital, from the Guild brethren to the Butchers, desired the acceptance of the freedom of their craft, or corporation." Billy the Butcher was one of his by-names.... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1891 - 578 pàgines
...Somebody said to Sir Charles Windham, " Oh ! you don't think 1 " The Duke," says Sir Walter Scott, " was received with all the honours due to conquest...bodies of the capital, from the Guild brethren to the Batchers, desired his acceptance of the freedom of their craft, or corporation." Billy the Butcher... | |
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That town had, in the meantime, witnessed a procession of fourteen of the rebel standards, borne by as many chimney-sweepers, to be publicly burnt by the hands of the common hangman. A Jacobite might have observed, like a captive who received a blow after... 