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...ble catastrophe of the Bride of Lammermoor actually occurred in a Scottish family of rank. The female relative, by whom the melancholy tale was com- m... ...le was com- municated to me many years since, was a near connection of the family in which the event happened, and always told it with an appearance o... ... statue. It is unnecessary further to withdraw the veil from this scene of family distress, nor, although it occurred more than a hundred years since,... ...Monkbarns traces of the character of a very intimate friend of my father’s family. I may here also notice that the sort of exchange of gal- lantry whi... ...ce was supplied by Highland torch- bearers, was laid and won by one of the MacDonalds of Keppoch. There can be but little amusement in winnowing out t... ...en in arms for James, soon after took advantage of the procla- mation. But Macdonald of Glencoe was prevented by acci- dent, rather than design, from ... ...and the whole country was covered with a deep snow. So eager, however, was Macdonald to take the oaths before the limited time should expire, that, th... ...time had elapsed, and the sheriff hesitated to receive his submission; but Macdonald prevailed by his im- portunities, and even tears, in inducing tha... ...endance upon William as Secretary of State for Scotland, took advantage of Macdonald’s neglecting to take the oath within the time pre- scribed, and p...

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...e were de- ploring our unhappy fate, the Door of the Apartment opened and “Macdonald” was announced. He was Sophia’s cousin. The haste with which he... ...—. He told Sophia that his Daughter depended on her returning with him to Macdonald-Hall, and that as his Cousin’s freind he should be happy to see m... ...d that as his Cousin’s freind he should be happy to see me there also. To Macdonald-Hall, therefore we went, and were received with great kindness by... ... we went, and were received with great kindness by Janetta the Daughter of Macdonald, and the Mistress of the Mansion. Janetta was then only fifteen;... ...ter. He was just such a Man as one might have expected to be the choice of Macdonald. They said he was Sen- sible, well-informed, and Agreable; we di... ...ionable a season of the year, that we have actu- ally seen but one genteel family since we came. Mr and Mrs Marlowe are very agreable people; the ill... ...tle boy occasioned their arrival here; you may imagine that being the only family with whom we can converse, we are of course on a footing of intimacy... ...lp affronting them. I suppose I shall not see them any more, and yet as a family party we are so stupid, that I do not know what to do with myself. T... ...stol this morning. I am sorry to have them go be- cause they are the only family with whom we have here any acquaintance, but I never thought of cryi...

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...But in the mean- while it is truly mysterious, no eye having looked on it for near a hundred years; it is highly genteel, for it treats of a titled fa... ... will flow more smoothly, and my white hair lie quieter on the pillow, when the debt is paid. The Duries of Durrisdeer and Ballantrae were a strong fa... .... 8 The Master of Ballantrae Authentic history besides is filled with their exploits which (to our modern eyes) seem not very commendable: and the fa... ... liable. But all these I pass over, to come to that memorable year 1745, when the foundations of this tragedy were laid. At that time there dwelt a fa... ...orse-doctor besides; and took a chief hand, almost from a boy, in the management of the estates. How hard a part that was, in the situation of that fa... ...rayed at Derby, and betrayed at Falkirk; the night march was a step of treachery of my Lord George’s; and Culloden was lost by the treachery of the Ma...

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..., to send you the account of this affair as it has been handed down in the family. “James Stewart of Ardvoirlich, who lived in the early part of the 1... ...time, Montrose had been joined by the Irish under the command of Alexander Macdonald; these, on their march to join Montrose, had committed some exces... ...ons, having failed to receive such satisfaction as he required, challenged Macdonald to single combat. Before they met, however, Montrose, on the info... ...s said, that Ardvoirlich, who was a very powerful man, took such a hold of Macdonald’s hand as to make the blood start from his fingers. Still, it wou... ...eir quarters, Ardvoirlich, who seemed still to brood over his quarrel with Macdonald, and being heated with drink, began to blame Lord Kilpont for the... ...r, that I am aware, before hinted at, has been a constant tradition in the family; and, from the comparative recent date of the transaction, and the s... ...rt, now of Ardvoirlich, many years ago, by a man nearly connected with the family, who 15 Sir Walter Scott lived to the age of 100. This man was a gr... ... Ogilvies and other cavaliers of Angus and Kincardine, but even the potent family of the Gordons, whose extensive authority was only equalled by their... ...t. [Such a bet as that mentioned in the text is said to have been taken by MacDonald of Keppoch, who extri- cated himself in the manner there narrated...

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...r- land of republics, was handed over to a needy scion of the Danish royal family; the sturdy peasants of Bulgaria suffered from a kindred imposition.... ...isive kings who lose their crowns. No doubt the Anglicization of the royal family by national marriages would gradually merge that family into the gen... ...ste and a bold attempt to introduce a strain of British blood in the royal family does not in itself fulfil all that is needed if the British king is ... ...the Czar and Czarina in England with frequent and easy access to our royal family may be extraordinarily unfortunate for the British monarchy. I will ... ...olution in its wake. He has ended one dynasty al- ready. The British royal family owes it to itself, that he bring not the infection of his misfortune... ...arcourt’s “faddists and mugwumps.”) And it is perfectly true as Mr. Ramsay Macdonald (also an opponent) declares, that Proportional Representation mea... ...ible for the first time in modern history. And that poor man of Mr. Ramsay Macdonald’s imagination, instead of cadging about a con- stituency in order...

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...ill have a fall, poor dears!” “And it does not come from their side of the family,” said Mrs. Best. “Of course not! And it was wholly unexpected, was ... ...Are they here?” “Yes, poor Fred did not make his art succeed when he had a family to provide for, and he is the head of the Art School here. His son h... ...ntly of poor folks from the hamlet, dependants of the great house, and the family itself, a grey-haired, fine-looking general, a tall dark-eyed lady, ... ...ord Rotherwood, who owned most of the Rockstone property, and who with his family had once been staying in the country house where Magdalen had been g... ...ifield! It is not a common name.” “No; but I do not think this is the same family. This is a retired general, living in a house of Lord Rotherwood’s. ... ... and do the thing that is afar, I take the very strength out of my deed.” —Macdonald. THOSE WERE HAPPY DAYS that succeeded Vera’s engagement. It had m...

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...nd malleable tongue shall be quite forgotten; and Burn’s Ayrshire, and Dr. Macdonald’s Ab- erdeen-awa’, and Scott’s brave, metropolitan utterance will... ...h paper like a child. But rather say: In the afternoon of time A strenuous family dusted from its hands The sand of granite, and beholding far Along t...

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...enough to escape their search, they returned to the house, and charged the family with harbouring one of the proscribed traitors. An old woman had pre... ...ince Edward W averley , the hero of the following pages, took leave of his family, to join the regi- ment of dragoons in which he had lately obtained ... ...in the prime of life, and certain to be an acceptable suitor in almost any family, whether wealth or beauty should be the object of his pursuit, and w... ... six unmarried and accomplished daughters. Sir Everard’s reception in this family was, as it may be easily conceived, sufficiently favourable; but of ... ...tive measures prejudicial to Richard’s interest in the succes- sion to the family estate, continued to maintain the coldness between them. Richard kne... ...owl’s tail. [Suum cuique. This snatch of a ballad was composed by An- drew MacDonald, the ingenious and unfortunate author of Vimonda.] The Baron, who... ...act of revenge, grew at Invergarry Castle, the fast- 382 Waverley ness of Macdonald of Glengarry.] Amid these general marks of ravage, there were som...

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...w my deed, ‘t were best not know myself.” 103. Cambusmore. The estate of a family named Buchanan, whom Scott frequently visited in his younger days. I... ...d chieftains, to a late pe- riod, retained in their service the bard, as a family officer, admits of very easy proof. The author of the Letters from t... .... The Graeme. Scott has the following note here: “The ancient and powerful family of Graham (which, for metrical reasons, is here smelled after the Sc... ...f the Bleeding Heart. The bleeding heart was the cognizance of the Douglas family. Robert Bruce, on his death-bed, bequeathed his heart to his friend,... ...191 below. 216. A Lennox foray. That is, a raid in the lands of the Lennox family, bordering on the southern end of Loch Lomond. On the island of Inch... ...om the Highlands have been more than once quoted, tells a similar story of Macdonald of Keppoch, and subjoins the following remarks: ‘This and many ot...

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... of captain early in the wars of the Revolution. At the battle of T rebia, Macdonald called for volunteers to carry a battery. Captain Jean Birotteau ... ...t times have aspired. She wished to be an honest woman, a good mother of a family, and looked at life according to the religious programme of the midd... ...r. 37 Balzac Ferdinand had so great an influence on the destinies of this family that it is necessary to say a few words about him. In the first plac... ...dame Ragon was a Popinot. She had two broth- ers. One, the youngest of the family, was at this time a judge in the Lower courts of the Seine,—courts w... ...nd Popinot was loved. Little Popinot—everybody called him so—belonged to a family essentially religious, whose virtues were intelli- gent, and whose l... ...een the daughter of a perfumer and himself, the scion of an old Pari- sian family! In spite of all his doubts and fears he was happy; did he not dine ...

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... he went about his personal affairs, saw homely neighbours, dealt with his family, gave vent to everyday pas- sions. He would sit in the shop of Donat... ... railway and mine disasters and in the minutest domesticities of the Royal Family . Most of the books at home were my father’s, and I do not think she... ...d have my private dreams, partly because I was a little antagonised by the family traditions 59 H G Wells that ran through the school. I was made to ... ...a secret art of theological caricature. Britten’s father had delighted his family by reading aloud from Dr. Richard Garnett’s T wilight of the Gods, a... ...sness of the mag- nificence, as it seemed to me, of such a proceeding. The family occupied a large villa in Newcastle, with big lawns before it and be... ...th strange qualities the savour of these old associations. That Mr. Ramsay Macdonald should walk through Westminster Hall, thrust himself, it may be, ...

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...if I asked ‘em,” Harvey replied. He had been too busy to think much of his family till then. “That’ s so. I forgot your dad’ s a millionaire. You don’... ...his freckled nose in the air, bung-full of mystery and most haughty to his family . “Dan, I’ll hev to lay inter you ef you act this way,” said Troop, ... ...ive hirelings. Let the man stay , therefore; even though he called himself MacDonald and swore in Gaelic. The car could go back to Boston, where, if h...

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...to several of whom he was allied by birth, being of a distinguished Norman family. The ladies, in particular, were not disposed to scan too nicely the... ...y to find,” answered Gurth, who broke silence for the first time, “and the family of Cedric retire early to rest.” “T ush, tell not me, fellow,” said ... ... quarter we are but lost men. It is said he banished his only son from his family for lifting his eyes in the way of affection towards this beauty, wh... ...h was called the dais, was occu- pied only by the principal members of the family, and visi- tors of distinction. For this purpose, a table richly cov... ...idence as the favourite lady’s-maid usually answers the master of a modern family; “you would not wish her to sit down to the banquet in her hood and ... ...see, Under every green tree, In all the gay woodland, right welcome ye be. Macdonald. THE NEW COMERS were Wilfred of Ivanhoe, on the Prior of Botolph’...

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...fies all my ef- forts to dislodge it. The worst work I had was when David (MacDonald’s eldest) and I took the charge ourselves. He remained in the lig... ...he others looking on with evident delight at having such a linguist in the family. As all my remarks were duly translated and communicated to the rest... ... reserved his defence. He has been seedy, however; principally sick of the family evil, despondency; the sun is gone out utterly; and the breath of th... ...rds cannot tell how good they are! And the scene where Clarissa beards her family, with her fan going all the while; and some of the quarrel scenes be... ...man. Next address, Poste Restante, Alais, Gard. Give my servilities to the family. Health bad; spirits, I think, looking up. – Ever yours, R. L S. Let... ...ER 1878. MY DEAR MOTHER, – I have seen Hamerton; he was very kind, all his family seemed pleased to see an Inland Voyage, and the book seemed to be qu... ... and (5) Burt. II. THE HEROIC AGE (1) Duncan Forbes of Culloden. (2) Flora Macdonald. (3) The Forfeited Estates; including Hereditary Jurisdictions; a... ...h of the taste for Highland scen- ery. I have to touch upon Rob Roy, Flora Macdonald, the strange story of Lady Grange, the beautiful story of the ten...

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...Excerpt: Preface To The American Edition. On the death of Fleeming Jenkin, his family and friends determined to publish a selection of his various papers; by way of introduction, the following pages were drawn up; and the whole, forming two considerable volumes, has been issued in England. In the States...

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...nson PREFACE TO THE AMERICAN EDITION. ON THE DEATH OF FLEEMING JENKIN, his family and friends determined to publish a selection of his various papers;... ... Fleeming’s mother – Fleeming’s uncle John. IN THE REIGN OF HENRY VIII., a family of the name of Jenkin, claiming to come from York, and bearing the a... ... be no man’s home. But from 1633 onward it became the anchor of the Jenkin family in Kent; and though passed on from brother to brother, held in share... ...ign, nor have I the necessary knowledge, to give a history of this obscure family. But this is an age when genealogy has taken a new lease of life, an... ...turies, and the biography of the man is only an episode in the epic of the family. From this point of view I ask the reader’s leave to begin this noti... ...ust have been a good change for this art critic to be the playmate of Mary Macdonald, their gardener’s daughter at Barjarg, and to sup with her family...

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...on the rustic home and the needs and characteristics of the agricul- tural family. There have been gipsies, wanderers, knaves, knights-errant and adve... ...e come to leave so largely in the hands of the political barrister and the family solicitor, become keen and critical and constructive, bring themselv... ...milies of which the father is the head. Essentially the social unit is the Family, and even where, as in Mohammedan countries, there is no legal or cu... ...- taste for labour, and resentment against the necessary subju- gations of family life have always been a straining force within the agricultural comm... ...te of affairs, when a countryside of prosperous communities with a healthy family life and a wide distribu- tion of property, animated by roads and to... ... Or else they 196 An Englishman Looks at the World are like Mr. J. Ramsay Macdonald, M.P., who knows too well what would happen to him. Now let us co... ...stinately to of- fice, mean the wildest fluctuations of policy. Mr. Ramsay Macdonald has drawn a picture of the too-representative Parliament of Propo... ...est in order to secure the passing of these definite bills. But Mr. Ramsay Macdonald is exclusively a parliamentary man; he knows contemporary parliam... ...s the group and the cave their terrors and their effectiveness. Mr. Ramsay Macdonald is as typical a product of existing electoral meth- ods as one co...

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...l years, and was viewed as the representative of sober common sense in the family. Joe and his mother did like to feel a plan quite free from Robert’s... ...ke than girl-like. Janet Brownlow was assuredly a very plain girl, but the family habit was to regard their want of beauty as rather a mark of distinc... ...hold me, for I cannot sleep. —Tennyson. “MOTHER CAREY,” to call her by the family name that her husband had given the first day she held a baby in her... ...that the most available house at Kenminster could not be got ready for the family before the winter, so that the move could not take place till the sp... ... as a poor helpless little thing, who was thrown on his hands with all her family.” After the morning’s examination and placing of the boys, there was... ...rife, And waking knows the peace that flows Around the noise of life. — G. MacDonald. “JOCK! say this is not true!” The wedding had been celebrated wi... ...udy from pure philan-thropy, as some people do—well, at any rate in George Macdonald’s novels—it would have been the very qualifica- tion. But I had l...

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...4-1189 HENRY F ITZ-EMPRESS is counted as the first king of the Plantagenet family , also called the House of Anjou. He was a very clever, brisk, spiri... ...an himself, who only wanted to do what was best for everyone; but he had a family of proud and overbearing sons, who treated all who came in their way... ... 1399—1413 THE ENGLISH PEOPLE had often chosen their king out of the royal family in old times, but from John to Richard II., he had always been the s... ... to the whole country, as well as to France. He died in the year 1399. His family is called the House of Lancaster, because his father had been Duke o... ...uncle, Humfrey, Duke of Gloucester, was always disputing with the Beaufort family. John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster— father to Henry IV.—had, late in ... ...is great uncle, Charles II., had done before him. A young lady named Flora Macdonald took him from one of the Western Isles to an- other in a boat as ...

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...as well acquainted with Mr. Henry Hervey, one of the branches of the noble family of that name, who had been quartered at Lichfield as an officer of t... ...le not true; and, from a respectable gentleman con- nected with the lady’s family, I have received such information and remarks, as joined to my 62 B... ...is faithful negro servant, who came 80 Boswell’s Life of Johnson into his family about a fortnight after the dismal event. These sufferings were aggr... ...as not the less ready to love Mr. Langton, for his being of a very ancient family; for I have heard him say, with pleasure, ‘Langton, Sir, has a grant... ...he Second; and Cardinal Stephen Langton, in King John’s reign, was of this family.’ Mr. Langton afterwards went to pursue his studies at Trinity Colle... ...cost but a penny. On Saturday, March 27, I introduced to him Sir Alexander Macdonald, with whom he had expressed a wish to be acquainted. He received ... ...ll’s Life of Johnson On Monday, April 6, I dined with him at Sir Alexander Macdonald’s, where was a young of- ficer in the regimentals of the Scots Ro... ...ohnson might have attacked it. Johnson was very courteous to Lady Margaret Macdonald. ‘Madam, (said he,) when I was in the Isle of Sky, I heard of the...

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... with a lady of considerable accomplishments, and the mother of a numerous family, whom the Christian religion has goaded to incurable insanity. A par... ... The peasant cannot gratify these fashionable cravings without leaving his family to starve. Without disease and war, those sweeping curtailers of pop... ...nclude a waste too great to be afforded. The labour requisite to support a family is far lighter’ than is usually supposed. (It has come under the aut... ...ccessive editions and under many editors—including Fitzgerald, Ainger, and Macdonald—held its ground even to the present day; and this, notwithstandin...

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...man has an advan- tage, not to be estimated, who is born, as I was, into a family where the religion is simple and rational; who is trained in the the... ...ay I commenced accordingly to take a little of every food provided for the family, constantly saying to myself: ‘The Power that created the stomach mu... ...in which I was about to float, I turned with them towards my childhood, my family, my country, all that was dear and sacred to me: the inflexible curr... ...sacred to me: the inflexible current of my thought was too strong—parents, family, memory, beliefs, it forced me to let go of everything. The investig... ...God was praying in, with, and for me. About this time my father called the family to attend prayers; I attended, but paid no regard to what he said in... ...n of drunkenness nor what makes [246] For a full account of him, see D. B. Macdonald: The Life Of Al-Ghazzali, in the Journal of the Ameri- can Orient...