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... he came to her bed, she had rejected him, pleading her usual headache, so he had returned to his own room, angry and frustrated. It must have been ... ...nformed Helen of the family’s wish that she should marry his son Gavin. They had just buried her own father, Doctor Arthur Forsythe, and all the mou... ... ships to be powered by steam. Amongst the passengers were Brigadier General, Sir James and Lady Cameron, friends of Sir Terence, returning to India... ...land Regiment (some of whom were accompanied by their wives). ‘This platoon of the Seventy-Eighth Highlanders,’ said Uncle Terence, ‘is part of the ... ...ear Mirapore and he and his wife, you and Rosita, will be escorted to Mirapore by the platoon of Highlanders.’ All this Sir Terence explained to He... ...until our next port of call.’ Helen found herself seated between the Brigadier General and Lady Cameron, whom she had met on a few occasions at Cha... ...re about Gavin’s first wife, rode over to the Fort to play bridge with Lady Agnes and some of the officers’ wives. After tea, she drew Agnes Cameron... ...and administrative institutions, their vast army, most of which was Indian, controlled by British officers and their innate sense of superiority, bo...

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... this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty ... ................................................ 214 Note 10.—FIDELITY OF THE HIGHLANDERS. ................................................................. ...e instant every shred of property which he had been accustomed to call his own. It became vested in the hands of gentlemen whose integrity, prudence, ... ... a bat- tery of four cannon, of which he discharged three on the advancing Highlanders, and then drew his sword. Invernahyle rushed on him, and requir... ...could not act Hamlet alone. There must be generals, colo- nels, commanding-officers, subalterns. But what are the pri- vate soldiers to do? Many have ... ...t is, even supposing the nearest party, commanded by Sergeant Allan Breack Cameron, has been commanded hither by express from Dunbarton, as it is most... ... a kind one, and comes of a good stem. It may be, he can prom- ise for our officers that they will touch me with no infamous punishment; and if they o... ...MacT avish, lay down your arms and surrender.” “Do you stand, Allan Breack Cameron, and command your men to stand, or it will be the worse for us all....

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... this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Nei- ther the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Facult... ...they had him at feud, for the apprehension or slaugh- ter of some of their own name, or for some similar reason. This tribe of MacGregors were outlawe... ...his army was encamped at Collace, an entertainment was given by him to his officers, in honour of the victory he had obtained, and Kilpont and his com... ... that, although these civil commotions reflect the highest honour upon the Highlanders, being indeed the first occa- sion upon which they showed thems... ...ent causes; and the trade of incursion and depreda- tion, which the Scotch Highlanders at all times exercised upon the Lowlands, began to assume a mor... ...you can assure this gentleman, we shall have more occasion for experienced officers, and be more disposed to profit by their instructions, than he see... ...n Dee-side, and the Clan Chattan on the Gordons’ lands, and the Grants and Camerons in Moray-land. And since that, I have seen the Cravats and Pandour... ...ed the most perfect knowledge respecting theirs from the friendly clans of Cameron and M’Donnell, whose mountainous dis- tricts he now traversed. Stri...

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... this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty ... ...tale was to be of a boy, David Balfour, supposed to belong to my husband’s own family, who should travel in Scotland as though it were a foreign count... ...ot killed at Flowdoun, tho there, but lived to a great old age. He married Cameron Daughter to Ewen Cameron of Lochiel.” Following this is a paragraph... ...rns, I could see the building which they called the Hawes Inn. The town of Queensferry lies farther west, and the neighbourhood of the inn looked pret... ... It was all fitted with lockers from top to bottom, so as to stow away the officers’ belongings and a part of the ship’s stores; there was a second st... ...e moment, for all my mind was occu- pied with the generosity of these poor Highlanders. “I call it noble,” I cried. “I’m a Whig, or little better; but... ...o lock the stable door after the steed was stolen. I had left the shore at Queensferry with near on fifty pounds; now I found no more than two guinea-... ... of his in a wayside fountain. Thought I to myself: “If these are the wild Highlanders, I could wish my own folk wilder.” I not only started late, but... ... country, which they call Mamore, and which is one of the countries of the Camerons. He’s King’s Factor upon both, and from both he has to drive out t...

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... this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty ... ...oth parties, we have no hesitation to give their names at length. When the Highlanders, on the morning of the battle of Preston, 1745, made their memo... ...Cope’s army, a battery of four field-pieces was stormed and carried by the Camerons and the Stewarts of Appine. The late Alexander Stewart of Invernah... ...iti- cal principles, that while the civil war was raging, and strag- gling officers from the Highland army were executed with- out mercy, Invernahyle ... ...n. He went to the Lord Justice-Clerk, to the Lord-Advocate, and to all the officers of state, and each appli- cation was answered by the production of... ...tewart was under the necessity of entrusting with this commission; for her own motions, and those of all her elder inmates, were closely watched. With... ...e magistrates, if broadswords and dirks could be obtained, to find as many Highlanders among the lower classes, as would cut off any boat’s-crew who m... ...dard in the valley of Glenfinnan, mustering around it the Mac-Donalds, the Camerons, and other less numerous clans, whom he had prevailed on to join h...

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... this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty ... ... issue was no worse than the costly illustrated one of 1853, which had its own assortment of slips of the type. No two editions that I could obtain ag... ...d (usually) knew (in way of affection). 585. Though all unasked, etc. “The Highlanders, who car- ried hospitality to a punctilious excess, are said to... ... dun). 622. A harp unseen. Scott has the following note here: “‘“They [the Highlanders] delight much in musicke, but chiefly in harps and clairschoes ... ...t we might presume to think slight grounds. It is reported of old Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel, when upwards of seventy, that he was surprised by night... ...hat fell out at my table, in the Highlands, between one of that name and a Cameron. The provocation given by the latter was, “Name your chief.” The re... ...thority as any prince, had a 177 Sir Walter Scott corresponding number of officers attached to his person. He had his body-guards, called Luichttach,... ...f Engineers, so often quoted, has given us a distinct list of the domestic officers who, independent of Luichttach, or gardes de corps, belonged to th...

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... this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty ... ...bitterness of spirit which seldom fails to attend internal dissension. The Highlanders, who formed the principal strength of Charles Edward’s army, we... ...are those painfully evinc- ing a broken heart, which seeks refuge from its own thoughts in sordid enjoyments. Still, however, it was long ere Charles ... ...event seemed to confirm the policy of the general course. Doctor Archibald Cameron, brother of the celebrated Donald Cameron of Lochiel, attainted for... ...ve by Dr. Johnson and other persons who might pretend to impartiality. Dr. Cameron had never borne arms, although engaged in the Rebellion, but used h... ...le upon his good opinion by submission. All his impressions concerning the Highlanders are taken from the recollections of the Forty- five, when he re... ...he summons, which, deep and swelling as it was, could not reach across the Queensferry; but our Maister Alan Fairford appeared in his place. The court... ...alter Scott so you were better be jogging inland. ‘How many rogues are the officers? If not more than ten, I will make fight.’ ‘The devil you will!’ a... ...ges of tables, occupied by princes and nobles in their robes of state—high officers of the crown, wearing their dresses and badges of authority—revere...

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...This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way... ...k before me is to communicate to fireside travellers some sense of its seduction, and to describe the life, at sea and ashore, of many hundred thousan... ... I am sure at least that I regard it so myself; for the civil servants of France have never appeared to any foreigner as at all the flower of their co... ...’ had raised partisans and enemies; the church was once more rent asunder; and a new sect, the Kanitu, issued from the division. Since then Kanitus an... ...clean bill and a fresh start, will comfort many staggering professors. There is yet another sect, or what is called a sect—no doubt improperly—that of... ...ches toiling under his bloodshot eye. 152 In The South Seas The fear of Nakaeia filled the land. No regularity of jus- tice was affected; there was n... ...ation hard for us to con- ceive. Beasts of draught, and driven by the fear of death, they were yet implicitly trusted with their sovereign’s life; the... ...e well knew. ‘Tell me the man’s name, and I will spare you,’ said Nakaeia. But the girl was staunch; she held her 153 Robert Louis Stevenson peace, s... ...eaves and gorgeous in vivid colours. They are said to be more savage, and to be proud of the distinction. Indeed, it seemed to us they swag- gered in ...

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... this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty ... ...ng di vided into as many as thirty or forty tribes, each commanded by its own little king, were con stantly fighting with one another, as savage peo... ...king ashes, where they had found rich towns. To crown this misery, English officers and men deserted, and even the favourites of Ethelred the Unready,... ... the Church of Our Lady at Boulogne, where there were four Kings and three Queens present (quite a pack of Court Cards, for I dare say the Knaves were... ...ng, and three hundred and twenty broad—were opened for the tournament; the Queens of France and England looking on with great array of lords and ladie... ...nd persisted in worshipping God as they thought right. A body of ferocious Highlanders, turned upon them from the mountains of their own coun try, ha... ...lties against the Covenanters. There were two ministers named Cargill and Cameron who had escaped from the battle of Bothwell Bridge, and who re tur... ...erable but still brave and unsubdued Covenanters afresh, under the name of Cameronians. As Cameron publicly posted a declaration that the King was a f... ...with such vigour as to prevent his raising more than two or three thousand Highlanders, although he sent a A Child’s Histroy of England 424 fiery cro...

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... this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty ... ...If you send him such as I desire, I humbly trust that God will protect His own, through 6 Guy Mannering whatever strong temptation his fate may subje... ...er, in proportion to the tameness with which they had sur- rendered to the Highlanders in 1745, the mob inflicted upon poor Jean Gordon no slighter pe... ... at Killiecrankie. At the skirmish of Dunkeld, 1689, he was shot dead by a Cameronian with a silver button (being supposed to have proof from the Evil... ... was personified in the commissioners, surveyors, comptrollers, and riding officers, whom he happened to know—”the rev- enue-lads can look sharp eneug... ...nd violent measures of’ ejection were resorted to. A strong posse of peace-officers, sufficient to ren- der all resistance vain, charged the inhabitan... ... and grandeur of the scenery, I rather shared your feel- ings and those of Cameron, whose admiration of such wild rocks was blended with familiar love...

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... this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty ... ...labour should soon find out easier and readier methods of performing their own particular work, whenever the nature of it admits of such improvement. ... ..., for a mother who has born twenty children not to have two alive. Several officers of great experience have assured me, that, so far from recruiting ... ...d in some particular sorts of work, and liberally paid by the piece, their officers have frequently been obliged to stipu- late with the undertaker, t... ...cts must always flow from such causes. It is not thirty years ago since Mr Cameron of Lochiel, a gentleman of Lochaber in Scotland, without any legal ... ...wn chieftains, had 573 Adam Smith some advantage of the same kind. As the Highlanders, however, were not wandering, but stationary shepherds, as they... ...always much inferior to what is reported of the T artars and Arabs. As the Highlanders, too, from their stationary life, spend less of their time in t...

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... this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty ... ...cause I thought they would suit either of the silks you have now, though I own I should like to see you in another white muslin.” “I have done with wh... ...udden death of her mother; and about three months subsequently, one of the officers of Sir Stephen’s staff had written to announce that the good old g... ...eerage. Long ago she had lost the Honourable Colin A. Keith from among the officers of the - th Highlanders, and though in the last Peerage she had la... ...had lost the Honourable Colin A. Keith from among the officers of the - th Highlanders, and though in the last Peerage she had laid hands on he was st... ...s more than lame,” she said. “I should be better off if the fiction of the Queens of Spain were truth with me. I could not move from this chair withou... ...mortally wounded: carried back to die among the men he had saved.” “Jessie Cameron singing his dirge,” mumbled this provok- ing individual, with somet... ...,” said Alick, “but our branch of the family has lived and died in the -th Highlanders for so many generations that we don’t know what a home is out o... ...ken a body that’ll serve her weel, an’ see to the guidin’ o’ thae feckless queens o’ servant lasses, for bad’s the best o’ them ye’ll fin’ hereawa’. N...