 | Alexander Forbes (4th Baron Forbes of Pitsligo.) - 1854 - 158 pàgines
...corresponded with such an important acquisition of strength to his cause. An eye-witness has observed, that " it seemed as if religion, virtue, and justice, were...under the appearance of this venerable old man."* He was appointed a member of the Pi-ince's council, and was always treated by him with peculiar kindness... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - 1894 - 608 pàgines
...eye-witness of Lord Pitsligo's arrival recorded afterwards the impression made on all present, saying that, "It seemed as if religion, virtue, and justice were...entering the camp under the appearance of this venerable man." He was appointed a member of the Prince's council, and was always treated by him with special... | |
 | John Blaikie - 1868 - 336 pàgines
...Pans had just been won, and Lord Pitsligo's arrival was hailed with enthusiasm. We are told that " it seemed as if religion, virtue, and justice were...camp under the appearance of this venerable old man." If his, and such like wise counsels had prevailed, historians might have had different chronicles to... | |
 | Alexander Smith - 1875 - 712 pàgines
...The battle of Prestonpans had been won. Lord Pitsligo put himself at the head of the troops, and, " it seemed as if religion, virtue, and justice were...under the appearance of this venerable old man." He deplored the failure of the cause, and, amidst the dangers and privations of his long proscription,... | |
 | William Ferguson (of Kinmundy.) - 1881 - 208 pàgines
...but more especially from the high character of their leader. "It seemed," said Hamilton of Bansour, "as if Religion, Virtue, and Justice were entering...camp under the appearance of this venerable old man ; and what would have given sanction to a cause of the most dubious right could not fail to render... | |
 | Donald J. Mackey - 1888 - 368 pàgines
...October 8, 1745, and Hamilton of Bangor, who was present at their meeting, has thus described it : " It seemed as if religion, virtue, and justice were entering the camp, under the appearance of 1 this venerable old man." All was, for a time, enthusiasm after the victory at Preston Pans. But the... | |
 | 1894 - 858 pàgines
...eye-witness of Lord Pitsligo's arrival recorded afterwards the impression made on all present, saying that, " It seemed as if religion, virtue, and justice were...entering the camp under the appearance of this venerable man." He was appointed a member of the prince's council, and was always treated by him with special... | |
 | Sir John Murray - 1898 - 622 pàgines
...the Scottish Parliament till the Union, but then withdrew from public life. He fought at SherifTmuir, escaped to the Continent, and was allowed to return...probably be penetrated, their persons secured, and the scheme prevented for a time, if not entirely ruined. These reflections were so plain and obvious,... | |
 | Andrew Lang - 1900 - 366 pàgines
...him. He arrived just too late for the victory of Preston Pans, ' It seemed,' said an eye-witness, ' as if religion, virtue, and justice were entering...camp under the appearance of this venerable old man.' When he wrote home, he said, ' I had occasion to discover the Prince's humanity, I ought to say tenderness... | |
 | William Garden Blaikie Murdoch - 1907 - 210 pàgines
...Another contemporary writer, probably Hamilton of Bangour, telling of Pitsligo's arrival, says that " it seemed as if religion, virtue, and justice were...camp under the appearance of this venerable old man." 23 NOTES AND REFERENCES 1 Highlands, 84, 95. 2 Lochaber, 442. 3 Woodhouselee, 54. 4 Highlands, 84.... | |
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SherifTmuir, escaped to the Continent, and was allowed to return in 1720. When he joined Prince Charles, ' it seemed as if religion, virtue, and justice were entering the camp under the appearance of this venerable old man. 
