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Page 46 - Macphersons could no longer bear to see their brave neighbours and friends overpowered, — they rushed in upon the Camerons, and soon gave them a total defeat, — the few that escaped, with their leader, were pursued from Invernahavon, the place of battle, three miles above Ruthven, in...
Page 13 - Ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Beth-haccerem : for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.
Page 54 - Rebellion. Only give me leave, after I have reduced this country to your Majesty's obedience, and conquered from Dan to Beersheba, to say to your Majesty then, as David's General did to his master, ' come thou thyself lest this country be called by my name.
Page 20 - Dargo climbed the mast to look for Morven, but Morven he saw no more. The thong broke in his hand, and the waves, with all their foam, leapt over his red wandering hair. The fury of the blast drove our sails, and we lost sight of the chief. We lost sight of the chief, and bade the ghosts of his fathers convey him to his place of rest.
Page 100 - ... top of the rocks to the surface of the water . 470 Height of the fall in one continued stream .... 207 From the surface of the smooth water above to the beginning of the uninterrupted fall 5 So that the height of the fall may properly be called . 212 " Down this precipice the river rushes with a noise like thunder into the abyss below, forming an unbroken stream as white as snow. From the violent agitation arises a spray which envelopes the spectator, and spreads to a considerable distance.
Page 100 - ... and forced his horse over it. Next morning, he had some faint recollection of the circumstance, though the seeming impossibility of the thing made him suspect that it was a dream; but, as the ground was covered with snow, it was very easy to convince himself; he accordingly went, and when he perceived the tracks of his horse's feet along the bridge, he fell ill, and died shortly afterwards.
Page 41 - Ewan, father of Andrew, is purely traditional and utterly unreliable. The honest historian of Moray, Lachlan Shaw, says — " I cannot pretend to give the names of the representatives before the last century. I know that in 1660 Andrew was laird of Clunie, whose son, Ewan, was father of Duncan, who died in 1722 without male issue.
Page 70 - So alert were these ministers of vengeance, that in a few days, according to the testimony of a volunteer who served in the expedition, neither house, cottage, man, nor beast was to be seen within the compass of fifty miles. All was ruin, silence, and desolation.
Page 14 - Ross; by marriage with the Lady Gruoch, the thane of Moray; and, by his crimes, the king of Scots. Finley, as we may learn from...
Page 63 - ... Pluscarden, derived a considerable proportion of its revenue from tithes within the Province of Moray, upon the margin of which it was placed, within its boundary, though in the county of Inverness. It was established by James Biset, a gentleman of considerable rank in that country. in the year 1230. The only remains of the building are the walls of what had been the place of worship, bearing no trace of turret or steeple, or any ornament of architecture. The floor is almost covered with tombstones...