Tales of a Grandfather;: Being Stories Taken from Scottish History. Humbly Inscribed to Hugh Littlejohn, Esq. in Three Vols. .... Third series..Cadell and Company Edinburgh; Simpkin and Marshall, London; and John Cumming, Dublin., 1830 - 388 páginas |
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... whole Jacobite Forces at Stirling - Surrender of Carlisle to the Duke of Cumberland , who is recalled to London , to be ready to take the command , in case of a Descent from France General Hawley appointed to the Chief Command in ...
... whole Jacobite Forces at Stirling - Surrender of Carlisle to the Duke of Cumberland , who is recalled to London , to be ready to take the command , in case of a Descent from France General Hawley appointed to the Chief Command in ...
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... whole success of the expedition must depend , and declared , that if he per- sisted in that resolution , they would break up the army and return home . There can be little doubt that Charles was sincere in his resolution , and no doubt ...
... whole success of the expedition must depend , and declared , that if he per- sisted in that resolution , they would break up the army and return home . There can be little doubt that Charles was sincere in his resolution , and no doubt ...
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... that Sir John Cope was in that quarter with his whole army . The Chevalier's army , which had hitherto marched in one column , now divided into two , being their intend- ed line of battle , and , keeping towards the TO CARBERRY HILL . 11.
... that Sir John Cope was in that quarter with his whole army . The Chevalier's army , which had hitherto marched in one column , now divided into two , being their intend- ed line of battle , and , keeping towards the TO CARBERRY HILL . 11.
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... whole of the Highland army got under arms , and moved forward with incredible silence and celerity , by the path proposed . A point of precedence was now to be settled , cha- racteristic of the Highlanders . The tribe of MacDonalds ...
... whole of the Highland army got under arms , and moved forward with incredible silence and celerity , by the path proposed . A point of precedence was now to be settled , cha- racteristic of the Highlanders . The tribe of MacDonalds ...
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... whole on open ground , than they wheeled to the left , and formed a line of three men deep . This thin long line they quickly broke up into a num- ber of small masses or phalanxes , each ac- cording to their peculiar tactics containing ...
... whole on open ground , than they wheeled to the left , and formed a line of three men deep . This thin long line they quickly broke up into a num- ber of small masses or phalanxes , each ac- cording to their peculiar tactics containing ...
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advance arms arrived Athole attack battle battle of Culloden battle of Preston body camp Carlisle Castle cause cavalry Charles Edward Charles's Chevalier Chevalier's chiefs clans Cluny Colonel column command Cope's council Cromarty Culloden Derby dragoons Duke of Cumberland Duke of Perth Earl Edinburgh enemy engaged England English execution Falkirk favour fire Flora MacDonald followers force France French front garrison gentleman Hawley head High Highland army honour horse infantry insurgents insurrection Inverness Jacobite joined Kilmarnock King land Lochiel London Lord Balmerino Lord Elcho Lord George Murray Lord John Drummond Lord Loudon Lovat Lowland MacDonald MacIntosh MacLeod MacPhersons ment military Nairne occasion officers party person possession Preston Prince Charles Prince's army prisoners proposed rank rear rebellion rebels received regiments retreat Royal Scot Scotland Scottish second line sent siege Sir John Cope soldiers Stewart Stirling success sword Thomas Sheridan tion town troops victory
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Página 310 - ... beheld the fatal scaffold covered with black cloth ; the executioner with his axe and his assistants; the saw-dust which was soon to be drenched with his blood ; the coffin prepared to receive the limbs which were yet warm with life; above all, the immense display of human countenances which surrounded the scaffold like a sea, all eyes being bent on the sad object of the preparation, his natural feelings broke forth in a whisper to the friend on whose arm he leaned,
Página 90 - Walpole, paints an indifference yet more ominous to the public cause than the general panic : — " The common people in town at least know how to be afraid ; but we are such uncommon people here...
Página 294 - Scotland and England in the year 1745 and 1746 in recovering our just rights from the Elector of Hanover by which you have sustained very great losses both in your interest and person I therefore promise when it shall please God to put it in my power to make a gretfull return sutable to your suferings.
Página 384 - We consider we have reason strongly to recommend Mrs. Dalgairns' as an economical, useful, and practical system of cookery, adapted to the wants of all families, from the tradesman to the country gentleman.
Página 165 - The sure way to demolish them is at three deep to fire by ranks diagonally to the centre where they come, the rear rank first, and even that rank not to fire till they are within 10 or 12 paces ; but if the fire is given at a distance, you probably will be broke, for you never get time to load a second cartridge ; and if you give way, you may give yourselves for dead, for they,* being without a firelock or any load, no man with his arms, accoutrements, &c.
Página 272 - 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 he was bound, that there was little gallantry in this insult. The Duke was received with all the honours due to conquest, and all the incorporated bodies of the capital, from the guild brethren to the butchers, desired his acceptance of the freedom...
Página 374 - He remembers hearing a chief of the old school say, in sorrow and indignation, the words following : " When I was a young man, the point upon which every Highland gentleman rested his importance, was the number of MEN whom his estate could support ; the question next rested on the amount of his stock of BLACK CATTLE ; it is now come to respect the number of sheep; and I suppose our posterity will inquire how many rats or mice an estate will produce.
Página 103 - Charles sullenly declared his consent to a retreat ; but added that, in future, he would call no more councils, since he was accountable to nobody for his actions, excepting to God and his father, and would therefore no longer either ask or accept their advice.
Página 103 - On the 5th, therefore, in the evening, the council of war was again convoked, and the Chevalier told them, with sullen resignation, that he consented to return to Scotland, but at the same time informed them, that in future he should call no more councils, since he was accountable to nobody for his actions excepting to Heaven and to his father, and would therefore no longer either ask or accept their advice.
Página 30 - Loudon, and conducted in a very disreputable condition to Coldstream, and from thence to Berwick. At the latter place, Lord Mark Ker, of the family of Lothian, a house which has long had hereditary fame for wit as well as courage, received the unfortunate General with the well-known sarcasm, " That he believed he was- the first general in Europe who had brought the first tidings of his own defeat.