Sketches of the Character, Manners, and Present State of the Highlanders of Scotland: With Details of the Military Service of the Highland Regiments, 第 1 巻A. Constable, 1822 - 445 ページ |
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With Details of the Military Service of the Highland Regiments David Stewart. have had to state , some inaccuracies ... regiment when I joined it . One of these had not been a week absent from the day he entered in the year 1755 . His ...
With Details of the Military Service of the Highland Regiments David Stewart. have had to state , some inaccuracies ... regiment when I joined it . One of these had not been a week absent from the day he entered in the year 1755 . His ...
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With Details of the Military Service of the Highland Regiments David Stewart. SECT . Page - II . Causes and ... regiment at Taybridge in 1740 - March to England - Re- view - Mutiny · · II . Embarked for Flanders , 1743 - Battle of ...
With Details of the Military Service of the Highland Regiments David Stewart. SECT . Page - II . Causes and ... regiment at Taybridge in 1740 - March to England - Re- view - Mutiny · · II . Embarked for Flanders , 1743 - Battle of ...
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With Details of the Military Service of the Highland Regiments David Stewart. chiefs , but revered as martyrs , and ... regiment in different parts of the north . In the year 1776 , the late Lochiel was a lieutenant in the 30th regiment ...
With Details of the Military Service of the Highland Regiments David Stewart. chiefs , but revered as martyrs , and ... regiment in different parts of the north . In the year 1776 , the late Lochiel was a lieutenant in the 30th regiment ...
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With Details of the Military Service of the Highland Regiments David Stewart. former are described as dishonest ... regiment of 1762 were sta- tioned in different parts of the Perthshire Highlands . The excellent and orderly conduct of ...
With Details of the Military Service of the Highland Regiments David Stewart. former are described as dishonest ... regiment of 1762 were sta- tioned in different parts of the Perthshire Highlands . The excellent and orderly conduct of ...
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With Details of the Military Service of the Highland Regiments David Stewart. it has been replied , that , with the abolition of the patriarchal system , the military spirit of the Highlanders has been ex- tinguished ; that the recruits ...
With Details of the Military Service of the Highland Regiments David Stewart. it has been replied , that , with the abolition of the patriarchal system , the military spirit of the Highlanders has been ex- tinguished ; that the recruits ...
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18 ページ - British public to this profaned sanctuary — " we were now treading that illustrious island which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge and the blessings of religion.
18 ページ - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground •which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the...
115 ページ - I, AB, do swear, and as I shall answer to God at the great day of Judgment...
519 ページ - During the season of repose, his time was devoted to the care and instruction of the Officer and Soldier ; in war, he courted service in every quarter of the globe. Regardless of personal considerations, he esteemed that to which his Country called him, the post of honour ; and by his undaunted spirit, and unconquerable perseverance, he pointed the way to victory.
539 ページ - Every thing that the most determined bravery could attempt was repeatedly tried in vain by the troops, who were brought forward from the trenches in succession. No man outlived the attempt to gain the ridge...
535 ページ - Picton, crossed at the bridge higher up, followed by the 7th division, under the Earl of Dalhousie. These four divisions, forming the centre of the army, were destined to attack the...
152 ページ - ... it, or by wrongs and injuries they be so wearied that they be compelled to sell all.
152 ページ - All their household stuff, which is very little worth, though it might well abide the sale: yet being suddenly thrust out, they be constrained to sell it for a thing of nought. And when they have wandered...
18 ページ - To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish, if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.
518 ページ - I hope the People of England will be satisfied! - I hope my Country will do me justice!