 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1838 - 672 pàgines
...Greathed, with more of curiosity than of discretion, still persevered. At length, then, the Prince appeared to shake off the load which oppressed him ; his eye...brightened, his face assumed unwonted animation ; and he began the narrative of his Scottish campaigns with a vehement energy of manner, recounting his marches,... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1839 - 602 pàgines
...Greathed, with more of curiosity than of discretion, still persevered. At length, then, the Prince appeared to shake off the load which oppressed him ; his eye...brightened, his face assumed unwonted animation; and he began the narrative of his Scottish campaigns with a vehement energy of manner, recounting his marches,... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1841 - 464 pàgines
...Greathed, with more of curiosity than of discretion, still persevered. At length, then, the Prince appeared to shake off the load which oppressed him ; his eye...brightened, his face assumed unwonted animation ; and he began the narrative of his Scottish campaigns with a vehement energy of manner, recounting his marches,... | |
 | Thomas Stephen - 1845 - 706 pàgines
...some time, studiously led the conversation to his Enterprise in Scotland, and to the occurrences that succeeded the failure of that attempt. The prince...his battles, his victories, his retreats, and his defeat; — detailed his hair-breadth escapes in the Western Isles, the invincible and devoted attachment... | |
 | Thomas Stephen - 1845 - 698 pàgines
...some time, studiously led the conversation to his Enterprise in Scotland, and to the occurrences that succeeded the failure of that attempt. The prince...campaigns with a distinct but somewhat vehement energy of manuer — recounted his marches, his battles, his victories, his retreats, and his defeat ; — detailed... | |
 | Karl Ludwig Klose - 1845 - 416 pàgines
...persevered, with more curiosity than discretion. At length, the Prince appeared to shake off the load that oppressed him ; his eye brightened, his face assumed unwonted animation, and he began the narrative of his Scottish campaigns, with a vehement energy of manner, recounting his marches,... | |
 | 1849 - 538 pàgines
...introduction to one of these poems on " Charles Edward at Versailles," we find the following affecting anecdote : — " Mr. Greathead, a personal friend...friends ; and at length proceeded to allude to the terrible penalties with which the chief among them had been visited. But here the tide of emotion rose... | |
 | William Edmondstoune Aytoun - 1849 - 302 pàgines
...brother, Cardinal York, to Bishop Walker, the late Primus of the Episcopal Church of Scotland : — " Mr Greathead, a personal friend of Mr Fox, succeeded,...friends, and at length proceeded to allude to the terrible penalties with which the chiefs among them had been visited. But here the tide of emotion... | |
 | William Edmondstoune Aytoun - 1849 - 304 pàgines
...Episcopal Church of Scotland : — " Mr Greathead, a personal friend of Mr Fox, succeeded, when at Home in 1782 or 1783, in obtaining an interview with Charles...friends, and at length proceeded to allude to the terrible penalties with which the chiefs among them had been visited. But here the tide of emotion... | |
 | 1849 - 1052 pàgines
...introduction to one of these poems on " Charles Edward at Versailles," we find the following affecting anecdote :— " Mr. Greathead, a personal friend of...campaigns with a distinct but somewhat vehement energy of manner—recounted his marches, his battles, his victories, his retreats and his defeats—detailed... | |
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Scotland, and to the occurrences which succeeded the failure of that attempt. The Prince manifested some reluctance to enter upon these topics, appearing at the same time to undergo so much mental suffering, that his guest regretted the freedom he had... 
