The Waverley Anecdotes: Illustrative of the Incidents, Characters, and Scenery, Described in the Novels and Romances, of Sir Walter ScottJ. Cochrane and J. McCrone, 1833 |
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Σελίδα iii
... Sir John Cope's Journal ... Death of Colonel Gardiner . Particulars of by Dr. Doddridge .. Motions of the Rebels .. Extracts from London Gazette .. Proclamation of P. Charles .. Taking of Carlisle .. 211 id . id . 212 214 228 231 236 ...
... Sir John Cope's Journal ... Death of Colonel Gardiner . Particulars of by Dr. Doddridge .. Motions of the Rebels .. Extracts from London Gazette .. Proclamation of P. Charles .. Taking of Carlisle .. 211 id . id . 212 214 228 231 236 ...
Σελίδα 213
... Sir John Cope's passing them , was extolled as a master - piece of military stratagem , since the small band of desperate rebels were now betwixt two fires - not a single rebel would be able to escape , and all the difficulty was where ...
... Sir John Cope's passing them , was extolled as a master - piece of military stratagem , since the small band of desperate rebels were now betwixt two fires - not a single rebel would be able to escape , and all the difficulty was where ...
Σελίδα 219
... Sir John Cope , general of the forces in Scotland was busy in drawing them together to oppose a rising , and had published an order for all officers to repair to their posts , also for all out - pensioners to repair to Edinburgh on fear ...
... Sir John Cope , general of the forces in Scotland was busy in drawing them together to oppose a rising , and had published an order for all officers to repair to their posts , also for all out - pensioners to repair to Edinburgh on fear ...
Σελίδα 222
... Lord Mayor , in which the city offers £ 6000 for apprehending the Pretender or ... John Blair of Castlehill , in Scotland , Esq . , who was brought to London with Sir ... Cope , who is about seven miles from the rebels , with 2000 regular foot ...
... Lord Mayor , in which the city offers £ 6000 for apprehending the Pretender or ... John Blair of Castlehill , in Scotland , Esq . , who was brought to London with Sir ... Cope , who is about seven miles from the rebels , with 2000 regular foot ...
Σελίδα 223
... Sir Walter Scott Walter Scott. within a few miles of that city . - On the 16th , in the afternoon , Brigadier Fowkes marched to Preston - Pans , six miles east of Edinburgh , with two regiments of dragoons , in order to join Sir John Cope ...
... Sir Walter Scott Walter Scott. within a few miles of that city . - On the 16th , in the afternoon , Brigadier Fowkes marched to Preston - Pans , six miles east of Edinburgh , with two regiments of dragoons , in order to join Sir John Cope ...
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Σελίδα 418 - He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.
Σελίδα 323 - This whole fabric hung, as it were, by a large tree, which reclined from the one end all along the roof to the other, and which gave it the name of the Cage, and by chance there happened to be two stones at a small distance from one another, in the side next the precipice, resembling the pillars of a chimney, where the fire was VOL.
Σελίδα 442 - Love wont to gae ! 1 leant my back unto an aik, I thought it was a trusty tree ; But first it bow'd, and syne it brak, Sae my true Love did lichtly me. O waly waly, but love be bonny A little time while it is new ; But when 'tis auld, it waxeth cauld And fades awa
Σελίδα 456 - I wished to make him the happy instrument of alleviating the horrors of hopeless captivity, when the brave are overpowered and made prisoners of war. It was, perhaps, fortunate for you, Madam, that he was from home; for it was my intention to have taken him on board the Ranger, and to have detained him until, through his means, a general and fair exchange of prisoners, as well in Europe as in America, had been effected.
Σελίδα 322 - ... levelled with earth and gravel. There were betwixt the trees, growing naturally on their own roots, some stakes fixed in the earth, which, with the trees, were interwoven with ropes, made of heath and birch twigs...
Σελίδα 322 - situated in the face of a very rough, high and rocky mountain called Letternilichk, still a part of Benalder, full of great stones and crevices, and some scattered wood interspersed. The habitation, called the Cage, in the face of that mountain, was within a small thick bush of wood.
Σελίδα 458 - Heaven can never countenance the barbarous and unmanly practice of the Britons in America, which savages would blush at, and which, if not discontinued, will soon be retaliated on Britain by a justly enraged people. Should you fail in this (for I am persuaded that you will attempt it, and who can resist the power of such an advocate...
Σελίδα 457 - Ranger, and to have detained him until, through his means, a general and fair exchange of prisoners, as well in Europe as in America, had been effected. When I was informed, by some men whom I met at landing, that his lordship was absent, I walked back to my boat, determined to leave the island.
Σελίδα 458 - I profess myself a citizen of the world, totally unfettered by the little, mean distinctions of climate or of country, which diminish the benevolence of the heart and set bounds to philanthropy. Before this war was begun, I had, at an early time of life, withdrawn from sea service, in favor of calm contemplation and poetic ease.
Σελίδα 161 - I have heard her say, she could never look back upon their manner of living there without thinking it a miracle; they had no want, but plenty of...