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... Rothsay take charge of it ; and the wild young prince will regard the outrage as something for his gay companions to scoff at , and his minstrels to turn into song . " " Away with Rothsay ! he is too gay to be our judge , " again ...
... Rothsay take charge of it ; and the wild young prince will regard the outrage as something for his gay companions to scoff at , and his minstrels to turn into song . " " Away with Rothsay ! he is too gay to be our judge , " again ...
Page 103
... Rothsay , in order to give him the present possession of a dignity next to that of the throne . * But the young Prince's head was too giddy , and his hand too feeble , to wield with dignity the delegated sceptre . However fond of power ...
... Rothsay , in order to give him the present possession of a dignity next to that of the throne . * But the young Prince's head was too giddy , and his hand too feeble , to wield with dignity the delegated sceptre . However fond of power ...
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... Rothsay . In the contest for preference which ensued , George , Earl of Dunbar and March , who possessed , by himself or his vassals , a great part of the eastern frontier , was preferred to other competitors ; and his daughter was ...
... Rothsay . In the contest for preference which ensued , George , Earl of Dunbar and March , who possessed , by himself or his vassals , a great part of the eastern frontier , was preferred to other competitors ; and his daughter was ...
Page 113
... Rothsay you think will be most available to his ultimate benefit , and that of the kingdom . " " This is unkind , brother , " said the King ; " you indicate the pain- ful path which you would have me pursue , yet you offer me not your ...
... Rothsay you think will be most available to his ultimate benefit , and that of the kingdom . " " This is unkind , brother , " said the King ; " you indicate the pain- ful path which you would have me pursue , yet you offer me not your ...
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... Rothsay . I behold sparks of hope in him , Robin , from time to time , that are well worth cherishing . He is young - very young - a prince , and in the hey- day of his blood . We will have patience with him , like a good rider with a ...
... Rothsay . I behold sparks of hope in him , Robin , from time to time , that are well worth cherishing . He is young - very young - a prince , and in the hey- day of his blood . We will have patience with him , like a good rider with a ...
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Page 399 - The details are but imperfectly known to me — but the certainty is, that my unhappy nephew was found dead in his apartment last night from sudden illness — as I have heard.
Page 147 - Cameron's gathering" rose, The war-note of Lochiel, which Albyn's hills Have heard,— and heard, too, have her Saxon foes; How in the noon of night that pibroch thrills Savage and shrill! But with the breath which fills Their mountain pipe, so fill the mountaineers With the fierce native daring which instils The stirring memory of a thousand years, And Evan's, Donald's fame rings in each clansman's ears!
Page 111 - THE Duke of Albany was, like his royal brother, named Robert. The Christian name of the latter had been John, until he was called to the throne; when the superstition of the times observed that the name had been connected with misfortune in the lives and reigns of John of Engknd, John of France, and John Baliol of Scotland.
Page 305 - Each robber chief upheld his armed halls, Doing his evil will, nor less elate Than mightier heroes of a longer date. What want these outlaws conquerors should have? But History's purchased page to call them great? A wider space, an ornamented grave? Their hopes were not less warm, their souls were full as brave.
Page 340 - It is an opportunity lost," said Ramorny ; " but we must delay our blow till he has seen this beauty, Catharine Glover. She may be hereafter a witness that she saw him in good health, and master of his own motions, a brief space before — you understand me ?" Dwining nodded assent, and added, " There is no time lost ; for there is little difficulty in blighting a flower, exhausted from having been made to bloom too soon.