Jacobite Minstrelsy: With Notes Illustrative of the Text and Containing Historical Details in Relation to the House of Stuart from 1640 to 1784R. Griffin, 1828 - 362 pagini |
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Pagina iv
... animated details of a battle , satirize the character of a state measure , ridicule the personal qualities of an enemy , or bewail the calamities of a friend , it is done with a truth , energy , and feeling , that at once iv PREFACE .
... animated details of a battle , satirize the character of a state measure , ridicule the personal qualities of an enemy , or bewail the calamities of a friend , it is done with a truth , energy , and feeling , that at once iv PREFACE .
Pagina xi
... military talent he had never kept together his own desultory bands , or discomfited the more experienced soldiers of his enemy ; and finally , without b patience , resolution , and fortitude , he could never PREFACE . xi.
... military talent he had never kept together his own desultory bands , or discomfited the more experienced soldiers of his enemy ; and finally , without b patience , resolution , and fortitude , he could never PREFACE . xi.
Pagina 19
... enemy were intent on plundering the baggage , he conducted these remain- ing troops in silence and in obscurity across the river , and continued his flight through the mountains till he reached Stirling . But Dun- dee , whose pursuit he ...
... enemy were intent on plundering the baggage , he conducted these remain- ing troops in silence and in obscurity across the river , and continued his flight through the mountains till he reached Stirling . But Dun- dee , whose pursuit he ...
Pagina 74
... enemy before us . " The High- landers on the left were not so successful . The Duke of Argyle charged them with such vigour at the head of the cavalry , that they were obliged to retire , which they did in the greatest order , rallying ...
... enemy before us . " The High- landers on the left were not so successful . The Duke of Argyle charged them with such vigour at the head of the cavalry , that they were obliged to retire , which they did in the greatest order , rallying ...
Pagina 75
... enemy to the southward , and destroyed their hopes of success by the delay which it occasioned . Argyle - John Campbell , second Duke of Argyle - much respected by all parties , both for his talents and his integrity . He died in 1743 ...
... enemy to the southward , and destroyed their hopes of success by the delay which it occasioned . Argyle - John Campbell , second Duke of Argyle - much respected by all parties , both for his talents and his integrity . He died in 1743 ...
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Pagina 24 - IT was a' for our rightfu' King, We left fair Scotland's strand ; It was a' for our rightfu' King We e'er saw Irish land, My dear ; We e'er saw Irish land. Now a' is done that men can do, And a...
Pagina 175 - Tis thine, oh Glenullin! whose bride shall await, Like a love-lighted watch-fire, all night at the gate. A steed comes at morning — no rider is there; But its bridle is red with the sign of despair.
Pagina 141 - King! Long live our noble King! God save the King! Send him victorious, Happy and glorious, Long to reign over us! God save the King!
Pagina 25 - The sodger from the wars returns, The sailor frae the main ; But I hae parted frae my love, Never to meet again, My dear ; Never to meet again. W'hen day is gane, and night is come, And a...
Pagina 232 - In the month of May, the Duke of Cumberland advanced with the army into the Highlands, as far as Fort Augustus, where he encamped ; and sent off detachments on all hands, to hunt down the fugitives, and lay waste the country with fire and sword.
Pagina 231 - MOURN, hapless Caledonia, mourn Thy banish'd peace, thy laurels torn ! Thy sons, for valour long renown'd, Lie slaughter'd on their native ground ; Thy hospitable roofs no more Invite the stranger to the door; In smoky ruins sunk they lie. The monuments of cruelty.
Pagina 108 - The last time I mounted thee ; The warning bell now bids me cease, My trouble's nearly o'er ; Yon sun that rises from the sea Shall rise on me no more. Albeit that here in London town It is my fate to die ; 0 carry me to Northumberland, In my father's grave to lie.
Pagina 176 - Lo !. the death-shot of foemen outspeeding, he rode Companionless, bearing destruction abroad ; But down let him stoop from his havoc on high ! Ah ! home let him speed — for the spoiler is nigh. Why flames the far summit? Why shoot to the blast, Those embers, like stars from the firmament cast ? 'Tis the fire-shower of ruin, all dreadfully driven From his eyrie, that beacons the darkness of heaven. Oh, crested Lochiel ! the peerless in might, Whose banners arise on the battlements...
Pagina 95 - Here's Kenmure's health in wine, Willie ! Here's Kenmure's health in wine ; There ne'er was a coward o' Kenmure's blude, Nor yet o
Pagina 176 - Tis the fire-shower of ruin all dreadfully driven From his eyrie, that beacons the darkness of heaven. Oh, crested Lochiel ! the peerless in might, Whose banners arise on the battlements' height, Heaven's fire is around thee, to blast and to burn ; Return to thy dwelling ! all lonely return ! For the blackness of ashes shall mark where it stood, And a wild mother scream o'er her famishing brood.