A History of the Highlands and of the Highland Clans, Volume 4

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A. Fullarton, 1851 - Clans
 

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Page 215 - 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.
Page 392 - These are subdivided into smaller Branches of fifty or sixty Men, who deduce their Original from their particular Chieftains, and rely upon them as their more immediate Protectors and Defenders.
Page 243 - I sought for merit wherever it was to be found. It is my boast, that I was the first minister who looked for it, and I found it in the mountains of the North.
Page 393 - He is their leader in clan quarrels, must free the necessitous from their arrears of rent, and maintain such who by accidents are fallen to total decay. Some of the chiefs have not only personal dislikes and enmity to each other, but there are also hereditary feuds between clan and clan, which have been handed down from one generation to another for several ages. These quarrels descend to the meanest vassals, and thus sometimes an innocent person suffers for crimes committed by his tribe at a vast...
Page 213 - The village on your right became an object of obstinate contest, I lament to say, that soon after the severe wound, which deprived the Army of your services, Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore, who had just directed the most able disposition, fell by a cannonshot.
Page 254 - The check which the Grenadiers met with yesterday, will, it is hoped, be a lesson to them for the time to come; such impetuous, irregular, and unsoldierlike proceedings destroy all order, make it impossible for their commanders to form any disposition for an attack, and put it out of the General's power to execute his plan.
Page 214 - Upon the left, the enemy at first contented himself with an attack upon our picquets, which, however, in general maintained their ground. Finding, however, his efforts unavailing on the right and centre, he seemed determined to render the attack upon the left...
Page 213 - A cannon-ball struck his left shoulder, and beat him to the ground. He raised himself, and sat up with an unaltered countenance, looking intently at the Highlanders, who were warmly engaged. Captain Hardinge threw himself from his horse, and took him by the hand ; then, observing his anxiety, he told him the 42d were advancing ; upon which his countenance immediately brightened.
Page 393 - This Power of the Chiefs is not supported by Interest, as they are Landlords, but as lineally descended from the old Patriarchs, or Fathers of the Families...

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