History of the Rebellion of 1745-6W. & R. Chambers, 1869 - 534 pàgines |
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Pàgina 297 - O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance : thy holy temple have they defiled: they have laid Jerusalem on heaps. The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto
Pàgina 307 - Whilst the warm blood bedews my veins, And unimpaired remembrance reigns, Resentment of my country's fate Within my filial breast shall beat ; And, spite of her insulting foe, My sympathising verse shall flow ; Mourn, hapless Caledonia, mourn. Thy banished peace, thy laurels torn !
Pàgina 20 - Tis wonderful, That an invisible instinct should frame them To loyalty unlearned ; honour untaught ; Civility not seen from other ; valour, That wildly grows in them, but yields a crop As if it had been sowed.
Pàgina 15 - A Highlander stood near them, armed at all points, as was then the fashion of his country. He was a younger brother of Kinlochmoidart, and had come off to the ship to inquire for news, not knowing who was on board. When he gathered from their discourse that the stranger was the
Pàgina 95 - to enter the city ; and in that case, if any of the inhabitants are found in arms against us, they must not expect to be treated as prisoners of war. CHARLES, PR' The tenor of this letter decided the meeting in their proposal for a capitulation, and a deputation, headed by Bailie Gavin Hamilton
Pàgina 39 - stung by so poignant a reproach, and hurried away by the enthusiasm of the moment ; ' I will share the fate of my Prince ; and so shall every man over whom nature or fortune has given me any power.' Such was the juncture upon which depended the civil war of 1745 ; for it is a point agreed, says Mr Home, who narrates this conversation, that if
Pàgina 137 - is not undertaken in order to enslave a free people, but to redress and remove the encroachments made upon them ; not to impose upon any a religion which they dislike, but to secure them all in the enjoyment of those which are respectively at present established amongst them either in England, Scotland, or Ireland.
Pàgina 382 - On hills that are by right his ain, He roams a lonely stranger ; On ilka hand he 's pressed by want, On ilka side by danger. Yestreen I met him in a glen, My heart near bursted fairly, For sadly changed indeed was he— Oh, waes me for Prince Charlie
Pàgina 39 - I will raise the royal standard, and proclaim to the people of Britain that Charles Stuart is come over to claim the crown of his ancestors—to win it, or to perish in the attempt
Pàgina 382 - short green cloth coat, bound with gold cord—a yellowish bushy wig—a large blue bonnet, with a gold thread button. I never saw a figure which gave a more perfect representation of a Highland gentleman. I wished much to have a picture of him just as he was.