Tales of a Grandfather;: Being Stories Taken from Scottish History..Cadell and Company Edinburgh; Simpkin and Marshall, London; and John Cumming, Dublin., 1828 - Всего страниц: 312 |
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Tales of a Grandfather;: Being Stories Taken from Scottish History.. Walter Scott Полный просмотр - 1828 |
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Стр. 60 - ... for the Goodman of Ballengiech. The King had given orders that he should be admitted ; and John found his friend, the goodman, in the same disguise which he had formerly worn. The King, still preserving the character of an inferior officer of the household, conducted John Howieson from one apartment of the palace to another, and was amused with his wonder and his remarks. At length, James asked his visitor if he should like to see the King ; to which John replied, nothing would delight him so...
Стр. 60 - Howieson would come to see him on the next Sunday, he would endeavor to repay his manful assistance, and at least give him the pleasure of seeing the royal apartments. John put on his best clothes, as you may suppose, and appearing at a postern gate of the palace,' inquired for the Goodman of Ballengiech.
Стр. 59 - King James, being alone and in disguise, fell into a quarrel with some gipsies, or other vagrants, and was assaulted by four or five of them. This chanced to be very near the Bridge of Cramond ; so the King got on the Bridge, which, as it was high and narrow, enabled him to defend himself with his sword against the number of persons by whom he was attacked. There was a poor man thrashing corn in a barn near by, who came out on hearing the noise of the scuffle, and seeing one man defending himself...
Стр. 58 - Yet go up to the company, my good friend," said the King, " and tell him that the Goodman of Ballengiech is come to feast with the King of Kippen." The porter went grumbling into the house, and told his master that there was a fellow with a red beard at the gate, who called himself the Goodman of Ballengiech, who said he was come to dine with the King of Kippen.
Стр. 294 - By this means the pursuers followed him down amongst the cliffs near the sea, and Gordon of Buckie, who is said to have been the first that overtook him, wounded him mortally. As Murray was gasping in the last agony, Huntly came up ; and it is alleged by tradition, that Gordon pointed his dirk against the person of his chief, saying, " By Heaven, my lord, you shall be as deep in as I," and so compelled him to wound Murray whilst he was dying.
Стр. 61 - The Goodman of Ballengiech of course undertook that the king would not be angry. 'But,' said John, 'how am I to know his Grace from the nobles who will be all about him?' ' Easily,' replied his companion; 'all the others will be uncovered.
Стр. 293 - Murray to surrender. In reply, a gun was fired, which mortally wounded one of the Gordons. The assailants proceeded to set fire to the house ; when Dunbar, Sheriff of the county of Moray, said to the earl, " Let us not stay to be burned in the flaming house ; I will go out foremost, and the Gordons, taking me for your lordship, will kill me, while you escape in the confusion.
Стр. 59 - Howieson, and that he was a bondsman on the farm of Braehead, near Cramond, which belonged to the King of Scotland. James then asked the poor man, if...
Стр. 56 - Ballengiech is a steep pass which leads down behind the castle of Stirling. Once upon a time, when the court was feasting in Stirling, the King sent for some venison from the neighbouring hills. The deer were killed, and put on horses' backs to be transported to Stirling.
Стр. 75 - ... these masses and prayers could only be obtained by money, and all this money went to the priests. But the pope and his clergy carried the matter still farther ; and not only sold, as they pretended, the forgiveness of Heaven, to those who had committed sins, but also granted them (always for money) a liberty to break through the laws of God and the Church. These...