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...rangest of all empires.’ Macauley, 1833 On New Years Eve 1600, that most esteemed of English monarchs, Queen Elizabeth I, read the document pre... ...reen as emeralds and skin like magnolia petals?’ ‘My fiancée owes her beautiful colouring to her Scottish descent, a country which has many redhead... ...ps as children in your beautiful country, because am I not correct in thinking that Forsythe is a Scottish name?’ ‘Yes,’ said Helen, ‘I have my Scot... ...nterest, smiled at her in his impudent, mischievous manner and said, ‘For that I am doubly in my Scottish friend’s debt. Do you not agree, Comtesse?... ...s palace, that he should be their guest and she could still hear her words spoken in that rolling Scottish accent, ‘Now Gavin, laddie, you must be o... ...t who loved the opportunity to dress up - the difference, I suppose, between the Anglo Saxon and Scottish temperaments.’ ‘Your husband is the hands...

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...ative State The term "vegetative state" (cortical death) was coined in 1972 by the Scottish neurosurgeon Bryan Jennett and the American neurologist... ...ons Iraq and Jordan were once one country under a united Hashemite throne. The two monarchs - Hussein of Jordan and Faisal II of Iraq - created a f... ...Fleming (1908-1964), the author of the James Bond 007 novels, was the grandson of a Scottish banker and the son of a Conservative MP (Member of Par... ...ress. The New York Times cites the case of a BBC producer in London who spoke in a Scottish - or, at any rate, foreign - accent. The impediment is ... ...ages in 1907. The idea to incorporated cathode -ray tubes was proposed in 1911 by a Scottish engineer, Campbell Swinton. Another Scot, John Log...

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...d schemes were formed, as desperate as they were adventurous. Thus a young Scottishman of rank is said to have stooped so low as to plot the surprisal... ...s on the Law of Scotland Resolved and Answered,’ are works of authority in Scottish jurisprudence. As is generally the case, the doubts are held more ... ...ill of late years, every advocate who catered at the 15 Sir W alter Scott Scottish bar made a Latin address to the Court, faculty, and audience, in s... ... I know your good father would term this sinning my mer- cies, [A peculiar Scottish phrase expressive of ingratitude for the favours of Providence.] a... ... be, not my Apollo—quid tibi cum lyra?—but my Lord Stair, [Celebrated as a Scottish law- yer.] Meanwhile, I have written myself out of my melan- choly... ... indifferent, are now looking towards the line of our ancient and rightful monarchs, as the only refuge in the approaching storm—the rich are alarmed—...

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...can‘t always have things their way because the majority rules. Hereditary monarchs tend to dislike this theory, but they, as other totalitarian leade... ...ioned iron-willed kings were never that popular with the peasants. Modern monarchs are not too bad but they cost a lot. Should the people pay million... ...―If you have a war, is it really a big deal if some people are killed? The Scottish philosopher David Hume said that the life of a man is no more imp... ...s. We don‘t want democratically elected presidents behaving like absolute monarchs or a judiciary functioning as a legislature. Your American balance...

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...ion, in the emphatic words, ‘Hang them a’!’ Unanimity is not required in a Scottish jury, so the verdict of guilty was returned. Jean was present, and... ...ed tempore Caroli primi was, says my authority, Sir Robert Douglas, in his Scottish Baronage (see the title Ellangowan), “a steady loyalist, and full ... ...was very gloomy. Equipt in a habit which mingled the national dress of the Scottish com- mon people with something of an Eastern costume, she spun a t... ...arly period, acknowledged as a separate and independent race by one of the Scottish monarchs, and that they were less favourably distinguished by a su... ...od, acknowledged as a separate and independent race by one of the Scottish monarchs, and that they were less favourably distinguished by a subsequent ... ...birth of time, —Scenes of Infancy. IN TRACING THE RISE and progress of the Scottish Maroon war, we must not omit to mention that years had rolled on, ...

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...dered as nourishing the most inveterate antipathy to their victor. All the monarchs of the Norman 5 Sir Walter Scott race had shown the most marked p... ... legs, and, ascending above the calf, left the knees bare, like those of a Scottish Highlander. T o make the jacket sit yet more close to the body, it... ...ell whether the Saxon war-cry was not heard as far within the ranks of the Scottish host as the cri de guerre of the boldest Norman baron. To the memo... ...ingsburgh, a personage, who, on account of his descent from the last Saxon monarchs of England, was held in the highest respect by all the Saxon nativ... ...other to the Empress of Germany, the daughter, the wife, and the mother of monarchs, was obliged, during her early residence for education in England,... ...possessed and prac- tised the medical science in all its branches, and the monarchs and powerful barons of the time frequently committed them- selves ... ...ce of Godfrey’s quali- ties should not be bound by the ordinary rules. The Scottish Nisbet, and the same Ferne, insist that the chiefs of the Cru- sad... ...ecclesiastics, but in lay impropriators of the church revenues, or, as the Scottish law- yers called them, titulars of the temporalities of the benefi... ...uld be devised to give an appearance of novelty to subsequent productions. Scottish manners, Scottish dialect, and Scottish characters of note, being ...

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...t have been in Europe; the moun- tain forms behind modelled in little from the Alps, and the forest which clustered on their ramparts a growth no more... ...s projection, and one of the 48 In The South Seas most agreeable verandahs in the tropics), a handful of whites of varying nationality, mostly French... ...own 49 Robert Louis Stevenson loses itself in a low wood of many species of acacia; and deep in the wood a ruinous wall encloses the cemetery of the ... ...tary, or at least for silent, inmates. Here it is that Mr. M’Callum, with a Shakespeare and a Burns, enjoys the society of the break- ers. His name an... ...ank rum behind a door. But there were others thoroughly consistent. I said the virtues of the race were bourgeois and puritan; and how bourgeois is th... ...ilt of coral; over against the mouth, by what seems an effect of landscape art, the martello-like islet of the gaol breaks the lagoon. Vassal chiefs w...

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...s being over, she sang Te Deum. He was her Europe: her emperor: her allied monarchs and august prince regent. He was her sun and moon; and I believe s... ...d, and credit could supply. She chose that famous one in which the best of monarchs is represented in a frock-coat with a fur collar, and breeches and... ...e had read it in one of her favourite novel-books—Fatherless Fanny, or the Scottish Chiefs. “Suppose you were to run on and tell her,” the Major said....

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...n who is asking for alms: skirl of bagpipes. 393 n the Scottish coast the sunset prowled the lowtide combers, roll- ing cloud into... ...ves: “You talk in riddles, sir. Your plays ridicule us. You disesteem our monarchs, King Richard for one. Your plays attract the vulgar. You praise ... ...f the first play I saw, as a boy, performed by gypsies who told a tale of Scottish intrigue and murder that ended with the beautiful heroine’s suici...

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...en, the wind tossing her long chestnut-locks, uncovered, but tied with the Scottish snood, sat on the battle- ment, gazing far out over the waters, wi... ... of beauty and dignity. Her lips were crooning at intervals a mournful old Scottish tune, sometimes only humming, some- times uttering its melancholy ... ...iends, Malcolm is to study at the Paris University, and Davie to be in the Scottish Guards to learn chivalry like his father. And the Leddy of Glenusk... ...l likewise of original fancy and of that vein of poetry almost peculiar to Scottish women; and Jean was equally charming for all the sports in which s... ...h them, though he had much difficulty in en- forcing it, except with those Scottish knights and nobles who, like Sir Patrick Drummond, had served in F... ...ngs were always held to be free to enter anywhere, even far more dangerous monarchs than the pious Henry VI. Jean’s heart bounded up again, with a sen...

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...ing me with a mild smile what I had learned and gained in the Prussian and Scottish lodges. I told him everything as best I could, and told him what I... ...h had been extraordinary. It had been a speech such as only constitutional monarchs deliver. “The Sovereign plainly said that the Council and Senate a... ...irs in a shabby dressing gown, copying out the original transaction of the Scottish lodge of Freemasons at a table in his low room cloudy with tobacco...

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...ing me with a mild smile what I had learned and gained in the Prussian and Scottish lodges. I told him everything as best I could, and told him what I... ...h had been extraordinary. It had been a speech such as only constitutional monarchs deliver. “The Sovereign plainly said that the Council and Senate a... ...s in a shabby dressing gown, copying out the origi- nal transaction of the Scottish lodge of Freemasons at a table in his low room cloudy with tobacco... ...ll be safeguarded, since such is the will of the greatest and most just of monarchs. Soldiers and citizens, of whatever nation you may be, re-establis... ...dinary, su- perhuman capacities, or simply men of very various kinds, from monarchs to journalists, who lead the masses. In- stead of the former divin... ...ls who in his opinion have directed humanity (one historian considers only monarchs, generals, and ministers as being such men, while another includes... ...ersations made the nations happy or unhappy. Suddenly the diplomatists and monarchs nearly quarreled and were on the point of again ordering their arm...