Memoirs, tr. by C. Winchester, Volume 2 |
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Page 160 - Bursts as a wave that from the clouds impends, And swell'd with tempests on the ship descends; White are the decks with foam; the winds aloud Howl o'er the masts, and sing through every shroud: Pale, trembling, tir'd, the sailors freeze with fears; And instant death on every wave appears.
Page 23 - I was lost, and that the courtyard of the house was full of soldiers to seize me. Less than that sufficed to rouse me from my abstractions. I looked up at the window, and saw actually the soldiers in the courtyard, as the servant had told me. Thus convinced ocularly of my misfortune, I returned to the arm-chair full of resignation, regarding myself as a man who should shortly end his days. I conjectured immediately that it was the servant who had betrayed me, having some soldier for a lover, as is...
Page 20 - We arrived in the county of Banff the fourth day of our departure from Rothiemurchus, where it became necessary for us to separate — the populace being all Calvinists, and violent against the House of Stuart Having lodged the next night at the house of Mr. Stuart, the Presbyterian minister, but a very good man, and secretly in the interest * Ray observes that in approaching the town of Banff on his way north
Page 21 - ... agreeable and respectable I ever knew in the whole course of my life, and whose charming society I quitted with the greatest possible regret, to rejoin our army at Inverness. Mrs. Menzie informed me that there were four hundred English soldiers in the town of Banff, and she strongly advised me not to expose myself by going there ; but as an interview with my brother-in-law was that on which I placed all my hopes of effecting my escape to a foreign country, I determined to go, contrary to her...
Page 22 - ... daughters, of whom the youngest sister was a dazzling beauty, were exact copies of their father and mother. Everybody in the house had but one way of thinking, and it was the most delicious society, that I regretted leaving as long as I lived. The maid-servant who opened the door for me did not recognise me on account of the oddity of my disguise. I told her that I was charged with a letter for her master, to be delivered into his own hands, and I begged her to inform him of it Mr. Duff descended,...
Page 22 - ... pleasant, gay, enjoying great good sense, judgment, spirit, and discernment. Mrs. Duff, his spouse, resembled in every respect the character of her husband ; and their two daughters, of whom the youngest sister was a dazzling beauty, were exact copies of their father and mother. Everybody in the house had but one way of thinking, and it was the most delicious society, that I regretted leaving as long as I lived. The maid-servant who opened the door for me did not recognise me on account of the...
Page 23 - Duff retired at one o'c'ock in the morning, and I then went to bed without being able to shut my eyes. ' I arose as soon as the day began to appear, and resumed the tatterdemalions. Seated in an arm-chair, with my eyes fixed on the fire in a deep reverie and plunged in an abyss of reflections, which my situation furnished me with in abundance, suddenly the maid-servant entered and rushed by into my apartment, announcing to me that I was lost, and that the courtyard...
Page 69 - From their appearance, he began to suspect that he had not fallen into the best company ; but, as it was too late to retreat, he asked hospitality from them till the tempest was over. They granted it, and invited the king, whom they did not know, to sit down, and take part with them. They were a band of robbers and cut-throats.
Page 69 - Andrew's cross, telling the king, at the same time, that this was the dessert which they always served to strangers ; that he must choose one of the daggers, and fight him whom the company should appoint to attack him. The king did not lose his presence of mind, but instantly seized the two daggers, one in each hand, and plunged them into the hearts of the two robbers who were next him ; and running full speed to the mouth of the cavern, he escaped from their pursuit, through the obscurity of the...
Page 148 - Gray arrive the evening before ; that she appeared to be a very amiable lady ; and that he should be extremely happy to have it in his power to be of any service to her ; but that he could do nothing with the owner of the boats, as he had received positive orders not to cross this arm...