 | Alexander Charles Ewald - 1875 - 528 pàgines
...an army that I cannot command any further than the chief officers please, and, therefore, if you arc all resolved upon it, I must yield — but I take...fatal consequences which I foresee, but cannot help." Still the Chieftains were inexorable. On the 1st of February the retreat commenced ; the Highlanders... | |
 | Scottish History Society - 1897 - 180 pàgines
...represent it accordingly, but shew my letter to no mortal. After all this I know I have an Army yl I cannot command any further than the chief Officers...and that I wash my hands of the fatal consequences wch I foresee but cannot help. 1 State Papers Domestic, George n. LORD GEORGE MURRAY TO THE PRINCE... | |
 | Robert Forbes - 1897 - 182 pàgines
...represent it accordingly, but shew my letter to no mortal. After all this I know I have an Army yl I cannot command any further than the chief Officers...and that I wash my hands of the fatal consequences wch I foresee but cannot help. LORD GEORGE MURRAY TO THE PRINCE l (Written from Ruthven the day after... | |
 | 1897 - 794 pàgines
...have an army yet I cannot command any further than the chief officers please, and therefore if you are resolved upon it I must yield, but I take God to witness...fatal consequences which I foresee but cannot help." In short, he had but one stereotyped method of campaign: never in any circumstances to retreat; but... | |
 | Andrew Lang - 1903 - 516 pàgines
...flight still hanging on the enemy made them more formidable ? ' He added that he had no control, and must yield, ' but I take God to witness that it is...fatal consequences, which I foresee but cannot help.' Prophecy could not be better inspired. Granting defeat at Falkirk, how could the ruin have been greater... | |
 | Scottish History Society - 1898 - 612 pàgines
...I-iord George Murray in January 1746 Murray says not a word. Though the letters and remonstrances l began by Lord George on January 6th and continued...traitor. In April 1747, hearing that he had gone to Rome, he writes to the Chevalier : ' It wou'd be of the most Dangerous Consequences iff' such a Divill... | |
 | Magnus Magnusson - 2003 - 798 pàgines
...officers and men killed and wounded and the Shame of their flight made them more formidable? . . . If you are all resolved upon it, I must yield; but...fatal consequences which I foresee but cannot help. 'I wash my hands of the fatal consequences . . .' These are the words of despair, not confidence, and... | |
 | Brenda Williams, Brian Williams - 2004 - 136 pàgines
...George reigned on alone, dying (in the lavatory) in 1760, of a heart attack. BONNIE PRINCE CHARLIE 7 wash my hands of the fatal consequences which I foresee but cannot help.' Bonnie Prince Charlie, shortly before the Battle ofCulloden IN 1745, PRINCE CHARLES EDWARD STUART began... | |
 | 1898 - 612 pàgines
...and, indeed, every member of the Prince's council, except the Duke of Perth, had at Derby declared their opinion for marching back to Scotland, he advised...traitor. In April 1747, hearing that he had gone to Rome, he writes to the Chevalier : ' It wou'd be of the most Dangerous Consequences iff' such a Divill... | |
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I know that I have an army that I cannot command any further than the chief officers please, and therefore, if you are all resolved upon it, I must yield; but I take God to witness that it is with the greatest reluctance, and that I wash my hands of the... 