 The populace, at first, did not interrupt him, conceiving our army to be near the town ; but as soon as they knew that it would not arrive till the evening, they surrounded him in a tumultuous manner, with the intention of taking him prisoner, alive or...  Blackwood's Magazine - Página 601927Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Walter Scott - 1861 - 352 páginas
...informed me, on the 27th at Preston, that he had been beating up for recruits all day without getting one. He had quitted Preston in the evening with his mistress...all night, he arrived next morning at Manchester, and immediately began to beat np for recruits for ' the yellow-haired laddie.' The populace at first... | |
 | James Johnstone Johnstone (chevalier de) - 1870 - 150 páginas
...enrolled for my company. He had left Preston in the evening with my kitchen apparatus and his mattress, and, having marched all night, he arrived next morning at Manchester, which is twenty miles from Preston, where he had commenced immediately to beat up for recruits. The populace,... | |
 | James Johnstone (chevalier de.) - 1870 - 152 páginas
...enrolled for my company. He had left Preston in the evening with my kitchen apparatus and his mattress, and, having marched all night, he arrived next morning at Manchester, which is twenty miles from Preston, where he had commenced immediately to beat up for recruits. The populace,... | |
 | Alexander Hislop (publisher) - 1874 - 786 páginas
...Prestonpans, on the march of the army into England. He quitted Preston in the evening with his mistress and drummer ; and having marched all night, he arrived...at Manchester, which is about twenty miles distant, and immediately began to beat up for recruits for " the yellow hair'd laddie," The populace, at first,... | |
 | Francis Espinasse - 1877 - 526 páginas
...informed me on the 27th, at Preston, that he had been beating up for recruits all day without getting one. He had quitted Preston in the evening with his mistress...all night, he arrived next morning at Manchester, and immediately began to beat up for recruits for ' the yellow-haired laddie.' The populace at first... | |
 | Charles Sanford Terry - 1922 - 262 páginas
...immediately for Manchester... in order to make sure of some recruits before the arrival of the army.... He had quitted Preston in the evening, with his mistress...all night, he arrived next morning at Manchester... and immediately began to beat up for recruits for 'the yellow-haired laddie.' The populace, at first,... | |
 | Charles Sanford Terry - 1922 - 256 páginas
...Kendal; and on the 25th, the cavalry advanced to Preston, and the infantry passed the night at Lancaster. He had quitted Preston in the evening, with his mistress...having marched all night, he arrived next morning at Manchester...and immediately began to beat up for recruits for 'the yellow-haired laddie.' The populace,... | |
 | Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (the Elder.) - 1910 - 258 páginas
...immediately for Manchester... in order to make sure of some recruits before the arrival of the army He had quitted Preston in the evening, with his mistress...all night, he arrived next morning at Manchester... and immediately began to beat up for recruits for 'the yellow-haired laddie.' The populace, at first,... | |
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