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... manners : frequently condescending to the most familiar kindness , yet always shielded by a regal dignity , he had a peculiar talent to please and to persuade , and never failed to adapt his conversation to the taste or to the sta- tion ...
... manners : frequently condescending to the most familiar kindness , yet always shielded by a regal dignity , he had a peculiar talent to please and to persuade , and never failed to adapt his conversation to the taste or to the sta- tion ...
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... manner , recounting his marches , his battles , his victories , and his defeat , his hair - breadth escapes , and the inviolable and devoted attachment of his Highland followers , and at length proceeding to the dreadful penalties which ...
... manner , recounting his marches , his battles , his victories , and his defeat , his hair - breadth escapes , and the inviolable and devoted attachment of his Highland followers , and at length proceeding to the dreadful penalties which ...
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... manner , but must tend , by subverting the testi- mony of Helvetius on one point , to render it worthless on all others . † But the cowardice of Charles is also asserted by the Chevalier Johnstone , an officer of his own army . This ...
... manner , but must tend , by subverting the testi- mony of Helvetius on one point , to render it worthless on all others . † But the cowardice of Charles is also asserted by the Chevalier Johnstone , an officer of his own army . This ...
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... manner withstood and finally baffled by the Scottish nobleman . On this last occasion Charles wrote to his father in terms of high resentment against Lord Marischal . * It certainly is no matter of blame to a young Prince if he ardently ...
... manner withstood and finally baffled by the Scottish nobleman . On this last occasion Charles wrote to his father in terms of high resentment against Lord Marischal . * It certainly is no matter of blame to a young Prince if he ardently ...
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... manners . Having disembarked his scanty treasure and arms from the Doutelle , he employed himself in distributing the latter amongst those who seemed best able to serve him . The ship itself he sent back to France with an account of his ...
... manners . Having disembarked his scanty treasure and arms from the Doutelle , he employed himself in distributing the latter amongst those who seemed best able to serve him . The ship itself he sent back to France with an account of his ...
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Page 21 - Prince, his colour went and came, his eyes sparkled, he shifted his place, and grasped his sword. Charles observed his demeanour, and, turning briskly towards him, called out, ' Will not you assist me ?' 'I will, I will,' said Ranald, ' though no other man in the Highlands should draw a sword ; I am ready to die for you.
Page 20 - CHARLES) Principles of Geology; or, the Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants considered as illustrative of Geology.
Page 117 - When a shroud is perceived about one, it is a sure prognostic of death; the time is judged according to the height of it about the person; for if it is seen above the middle...
Page 133 - Adieu! my lords, we shall never meet again in the same place.'"' He says he will be hanged ; for that his neck is so short and bended, that he should be struck in the shoulders. I did not think it possible...
Page 84 - ... she had now parted with her jewels, her plate, and every little article of value she possessed ; the price of which, in a purse, she laid at the feet of Prince Charles, while, straining her dim eyes to gaze on his features, and pressing his hand to her shrivelled lips, she exclaimed, with affectionate rapture, in the words of Simeon, "Lord! now lettest " thou thy servant depart in peace ! " It is added that she did not survive the shock when, a few days afterwards, she was told of the retreat.
Page 144 - 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 23 - Stuart is come over to claim the crown of his ancestors, to win it, or to perish in the attempt; Lochiel, who, my father has often told me, was our firmest friend, may stay at home, and learn from the newspapers the fate of his prince...
Page 80 - Cameron having assured her that they would not injure either her or her little children, or any person whatever, she looked at him for some moments with an air of surprise, and then opened a press, calling out with a loud voice, ' Come out, children; the gentleman will not eat you.
Page 95 - Charles's own opinion, when he left them,) that the Duke had no battering artillery at his disposal : some, however, was unexpectedly brought from Whitehaven ; and on the 29th it began to play upon the mouldering walls. The besieged then desired to capitulate, but could obtain no other terms from his Royal Highness, than that " they should not be put to the sword, but reserved " for his Majesty's pleasure" — a stipulation which to many of them was only death deferred.
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