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... answers to many queries , and not unfrequently by enclosing me some communication of no little historical interest . Of the printed books that I have consulted the following is a list : -The Lockhart Papers ; The Culloden Papers ; The ...
... answers to many queries , and not unfrequently by enclosing me some communication of no little historical interest . Of the printed books that I have consulted the following is a list : -The Lockhart Papers ; The Culloden Papers ; The ...
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... answer was , that from his infancy he had made it his business to acquire the knowledge of the laws , customs , and families of his country , so that he might not be reputed a stranger when the Almighty would please to call him thither ...
... answer was , that from his infancy he had made it his business to acquire the knowledge of the laws , customs , and families of his country , so that he might not be reputed a stranger when the Almighty would please to call him thither ...
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... answered he had sufficient warning before him from the misfortunes in which his father had been involved by faithless and wicked men -that he was entirely of opinion that all clergymen not tolerated by the statutes of a nation , ought ...
... answered he had sufficient warning before him from the misfortunes in which his father had been involved by faithless and wicked men -that he was entirely of opinion that all clergymen not tolerated by the statutes of a nation , ought ...
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... answer , only to do you a pleasure , and to oblige the King ; but it all has been to no purpose , for , instead of making them my friends , all the civilities I have shown them have only served to render them the more insolent . Their ...
... answer , only to do you a pleasure , and to oblige the King ; but it all has been to no purpose , for , instead of making them my friends , all the civilities I have shown them have only served to render them the more insolent . Their ...
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... answer , only to do you a pleasure , and to oblige the King ; but it all has been to no purpose , for , instead of making them my friends , all the civilities I have shown them have only served to render them the more insolent . Their ...
... answer , only to do you a pleasure , and to oblige the King ; but it all has been to no purpose , for , instead of making them my friends , all the civilities I have shown them have only served to render them the more insolent . Their ...
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Page 160 - There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men; A thousand hearts beat happily; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell; But hush!
Page 171 - To come wi' the news o' your ain defeat, And leave your men in sic a strait, Sae early in the morning.
Page 332 - Assaying : As applied to the Manufacture of Iron from its Ores, and to Cast Iron, Wrought Iron, and Steel, as found in Commerce.
Page 93 - Let what will happen, the stroke is struck, and I have taken a firm resolution to conquer or to die, and stand my ground as long as I shall have a man remaining with me.
Page 118 - ... secure till our further orders, the person of the Elector of Hanover, whether landed, or attempting to land in any part of His Majesty's dominions. Should any fatal accident happen from hence, let the blame lie entirely at the door of those who first set the infamous example.
Page 129 - He slept little, was continually occupied with all manner of details, and was, altogether, most indefatigable, combining and directing alone all our operations ; in a word, he was the only person capable of conducting our army.
Page 317 - The Life and Times of Prince Charles Stuart, Count of Albany, commonly called the Young Pretender. From the State Papers and other Sources. New and Cheaper Edition, with a Portrait, crown 8vo, cloth extra, 7s.
Page 171 - But Gard'ner brave did still behave Like to a hero bright, man ; His courage true, like him were few, That still despised flight, man ; For king and laws, and country's cause, In honour's bed he lay, man ; His life, but not his courage, fled, While he had breath to draw, man. And Major Bowie, that worthy soul, Was brought down to the ground, man ; His horse being shot, it was his lot For to get mony a wound, man : Lieutenant...
Page 206 - Blood, hereby require you to open your Gates, and let us enter, as we desire, in a peaceable Manner ; which if you do, we shall take Care to preserve you from any Insult, and...
Page 271 - King cou'd give me, one chief part of which is the Command of his Armies, and now I am required to give this up to fifteen or sixteen Persons...