The Quarterly Review, Volume 14William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1815 |
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... highland clans . When the direct lineage of a chief of an extended lineage became extinct , there arose disputes among the subordinate branches concerning the right of succession to this high dignity . Of these rival chieftains , ( we ...
... highland clans . When the direct lineage of a chief of an extended lineage became extinct , there arose disputes among the subordinate branches concerning the right of succession to this high dignity . Of these rival chieftains , ( we ...
Page 313
... highland army , and to conciliate and direct the discordant coun- cils of their independent chiefs . He fell in the battle of Killie- crankie , one of the greatest victories ever gained by an highland army ; and those who succeeded in ...
... highland army , and to conciliate and direct the discordant coun- cils of their independent chiefs . He fell in the battle of Killie- crankie , one of the greatest victories ever gained by an highland army ; and those who succeeded in ...
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... highlands similar scenes were acted ; and in general , either from the facility of finding prey , or encouraged by the policy of the highland chiefs , the fiercest and most lawless of the clans and associated free - booters inhabited ...
... highlands similar scenes were acted ; and in general , either from the facility of finding prey , or encouraged by the policy of the highland chiefs , the fiercest and most lawless of the clans and associated free - booters inhabited ...
Contents
A Charge delivered to the Clergy of the Diocese of London | 39 |
Histoire de lAmbassade dans le Grand Duché de Varsovie en 1812 | 53 |
The Character of Moses established for Veracity as a Historian | 96 |
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