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...en, the wind tossing her long chestnut-locks, uncovered, but tied with the Scottish snood, sat on the battle- ment, gazing far out over the waters, wi... ... of beauty and dignity. Her lips were crooning at intervals a mournful old Scottish tune, sometimes only humming, some- times uttering its melancholy ... ...iends, Malcolm is to study at the Paris University, and Davie to be in the Scottish Guards to learn chivalry like his father. And the Leddy of Glenusk... ...koning Scotland into his province. Durham was at once too monastic and too military to have afforded much opportunity for re- cruiting the princesses’... ...reat outer court of the castle, where there was ample space for sports and military exercises, shooting with the long and cross bow, riding at the qui... ...to indite, in the chamber Father Romuald shared with two of the Cardinal’s chaplains, in a crooked and crabbed calligraphy and language much more rese... ...th great zest to the readings which the Lady of Suffolk extracted from her chaplains and unwilling pages while the ladies sat at work, for the Marchio...

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...worse than nonsense, the correct reading being “ my heat.” In vi. 396, the Scottish “ boune” (though it occurs twice in other parts of the poem) has b... ...s beyond the sea, Seeking the world’s cold charity Where ne’er was spoke a Scottish word, 29 Sir Walter Scott And ne’er the name of Douglas heard An ... ...clans did ride, Are now one sheep-walk, waste and wide. This tyrant of the Scottish throne, So faithless and so ruthless known, Now hither comes; his ... ...l, when upwards of seventy, that he was surprised by night on a hunting or military expe- dition. He wrapped him in his plaid, and lay contentedly dow... ...m, tempore Henrici VIII.: ‘We have further understood, that there are many chaplains in the said territories of T ynedale and Redesdale, who are publi... ...er unfit to be used in divine, or even in temporal offices. The which said chaplains do administer sacraments and sacramental rites to the aforesaid m... ...e nobility and barons, with their vas- sals, who held lands under them for military service by them- selves and their tenants. The patriarchal influen...

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...had done much to improve the condition of the Britons. They had made great military roads; they had built forts; they had taught them how to dress, an... ...the kingdom—to take all that lay north of Watling Street, as the old Roman military road from Dover to Chester was called, and to give A Child’s Hist... ... Dover is under his gov ernment; and orders him to repair to Dover and do military execution on the inhabitants. ‘It does not become you,’ says the p... ...d afterwards, where his sis ter, who was young and beautiful, married the Scottish King. Edgar himself was not important enough for anybody to care m... ...ng away from Dover, where he happened to be), and went on to Lon don. The Scottish King, with whom many of the Northern English Lords had taken refug... ... Merton Abbey upon these conditions, and journeyed away to see his wife: a Scottish Princess who was then at St. Edmund’s Bury. Almost as soon as he h... ...she was tried for it, and so was old Margery, and so was one of the duke’s chaplains, who was charged with A Child’s Histroy of England 246 having as... ...y even cast a shower of stones—and among them a dagger—at one of the royal chaplains who at tacked the Reformed religion in a public sermon. But the ...

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...lest men of the day, James Fitz-James, Marshal Duke of Berwick, who united military talent, almost equal to that of his uncle of Marlborough, to an un... ...ed the favour of a few minutes’ conversation in private with Ma- dame. The Scottish title fared better on the lips of La Jeunesse 16 A Modern Telemac... ...r whatever she would command.’ ‘If you can grant it—oh! Madame,’ cried the Scottish Count- ess, beginning to drop her formality in her eagerness, ‘we ... ...tched weak creatures!’ he said to himself, as he thought the traditions of Scottish heroic women in whose heroism he had gloated. And yet he was wrong... ...tunately no one understood a word he said but Arthur, who 39 Yo n g e had military experience enough to know there was nothing for it but to stand st... ...arranged in one of the Moorish rooms. There stood beside the altar his two chaplains, and at once mass was com- menced, while all threw themselves on ...

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...e only thing we could save from a wreck off the Spurn,” said her husband. “Scottish as I take it. The rogues seem to have taken to their boats, leavin... ...owever, it enabled him to aver that the letter—if such it were—was neither Scottish, French, Spanish, nor High or Low Dutch. He looked at it in all di... ... I would not desire to be a shipwrecked man in these parts, and if I had a Scottish or a French tongue in my head so much the worse for me.” “Ah, Mast... ... of Chatillon, that he held the estate of Bridgefield in fief on tenure of military service to the head of his family. She did not know how much it wa... ... wife taught her, and she hath con- stantly attended the preachings of the chaplains of Sir Amias Paulett, who be all of your own way of thinking.” “Y... ...men, hired in London, fellows used to all sorts of weapons, and at home in military discipline; but, as Humfrey soon perceived, at home likewise in th...

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... his wish, and the great mo- tive of his ambition was over. His desire for military honor was that it might raise him in Beatrix’s eyes. ’Twas next to... ...enant-General prayed Colonel Esmond so urgently to be his aide-de-camp and military secretary, that Esmond could not resist his kind patron’s entreati... ...as the most gloomy pageant I ever looked on; and the “Te Deum” sung by our chaplains, the most woful and dreary satire. Esmond’s General added one mor... ...sts, (Colonel Esmond was taking an airing on horseback, being too weak for military duty,) they came to this river, where a number of English and Scot... ...egroom. Duke Hamilton, then Earl of Arran, had been educated at the famous Scottish university of Glasgow, and, coming to London, became a great favor... ...y from the original creation. His Grace took the oaths and his seat in the Scottish parliament in 1700: was famous there for his patriotism and eloque... ...on opposed with all his strength, though he would not go the length of the Scottish gentry, who were for resisting it by force of arms. ’Twas said he ...

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... legs, and, ascending above the calf, left the knees bare, like those of a Scottish Highlander. T o make the jacket sit yet more close to the body, it... ...ge in the vicinity; so much were they surprised at the half monastic, half military appearance of the swarthy stranger, and at the uncouth dress and a... ...ly of Cedric retire early to rest.” “T ush, tell not me, fellow,” said the military rider; “’tis easy for them to arise and supply the wants of travel... ...e, it may be, for Cedric to quarrel, as is most likely he would, with this military monk. But, like good servants let us hear and see, and say nothing... ...ell whether the Saxon war-cry was not heard as far within the ranks of the Scottish host as the cri de guerre of the boldest Norman baron. To the memo... ...ce of Godfrey’s quali- ties should not be bound by the ordinary rules. The Scottish Nisbet, and the same Ferne, insist that the chiefs of the Cru- sad... ...is feet was placed a table, occupied 355 Sir Walter Scott by two scribes, chaplains of the Order, whose duty it was to reduce to formal record the pr... ... and the record read aloud, that no one may pretend ignorance.” One of the chaplains, who acted as clerks to the chapter, immediately engrossed the or... ...be a guest in the house where I should command?” said the Templar; “never!—Chaplains, raise the Psalm, Quare fremuerunt Genies?—Knights, squires, and ...

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... had been too much accustomed to mingle with the officers of the different military posts he had frequented not to understand that his present compani... ...canoe in which Cap and his party had travelled from Fort Stanwix, the last military station of the Mohawk, lay by the side of this river, and into it ... ...unds of civilization. At that distant day there were two great channels of military communication between the inhabited portion of the colony of New Y... ...ant,” returned the supe- rior, a shade of melancholy passing over his hard Scottish fea- tures as he spoke; “and bonnie Scotland is a far-off country.... ...e, Mistress Dunham, is doubtless of a very pool quality, being nothing but Scottish courage; your father’s is 299 James Fenimore Cooper Y ankee, and ... ... of it, Corporal, but I’ve heard much more. The lady who brought me up had Scottish blood in her veins, and was fond of the subject.” “I’ll warrant ye... ... die in the same faith. The Moravians tried me hard; and one of the King’s chaplains has had his say too, though that’s a class no ways strenuous on s...

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...ill at the great door at the foot of the stairs she encountered a gigantic Scottish archer, armed to the teeth. She touched his arm, and standing with... ...ject, by persons used to the modern relations be- tween noblemen and their chaplains, was exhilarated by the unlooked-for comfort of finding his young... ...xu- ries he had been wont only to enjoy for a few weeks at a time, with in military occupation of some Italian town. Three months of festivities had b... ... and where could they be had? His grand- mother had been the daughter of a Scottish nobleman in the French service, and he had once seen a nephew of h... ...nger above mentioned, begged him to find out from Sir Robert Melville, the Scottish En- voy, all he could about the family whose designation he wrote ... ... at his head, and make gestures of tearing his thin gray locks; and many a military oath did he swear under his breath as he thought to what a pass th... ...s in a hayloft, feeding on the eggs that a hen daily laid beside him; army-chaplains were there who had pas- sionately led battle-psalms ere their col...

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...hew of a Irish baron by his mother’s side, and his wife was the niece of a Scottish earl. He had for years held some cleri- cal office appertaining to... ...making woman; and the people of Barchester were surprised at the amount of military vigour she displayed as general of the feminine Grantlyite forces.... ...ine own. She can appoint no war- dens, give away no benefices, nominate no chaplains, an’ thou art but true to thyself. Up, man, and at her with a con... ...n her chamber, each fit to stand alone. The nine-and-twenty shields of the Scottish heroes were less independent, and hardly more potent to withstand ...

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...dull rebellion, of which Esther her- self did not know the cause. Like the Scottish sheep, she wanted to pasture in solitude, she could not conquer th... ...g saint to such profanation. Herrera disguised himself so effectually as a military man, that Esther hardly recog- nized him; he took care to make his... ... existence, since he alone could grant leave for them to be visited by the chaplains, the doctor, or any one else in the world. No human authority—nei... ...been captain in a cavalry regiment, and was looking forward to a brilliant military career, when his father insisted on his help in decapitating the k...

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...E AFTER HIM TO LONDON. ............................................................................................ 139 BOOK II CONTAINS MR. ESMOND?S MILITARY LIFE, AND OTHER MATTERS APPERTAINING TO THE ESMOND FAMILY.....................................................................................153 CHAPTER I I AM IN PRISON, AND VISITED, BUT NOT CONSOLED THERE. ..........

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........................................... 139 BOOK II CONTAINS MR. ESMOND’S MILITARY LIFE, AND OTHER MATTERS APPER- TAINING TO THE ESMOND FAMILY.......... ...ed (and who as regards mere lineage are no better than a dozen English and Scottish houses I could name), was prouder of his post about the Court than... ...ently, was made Knight and Baronet by King James the First; and being of a military disposition, remained long in Germany with the Elec- tor-Palatine,... ...actised this exercise, in which the lad became a very great proficient), a military coat and cloak, and a farmer’s smock, and placed them in the large... ...o her? Cela c’est vu, mon Cousin. When I was a girl at Castlewood, all the chaplains fell in love with me—they’ve nothing else to do.” My lady went on... ...as the most gloomy pageant I ever looked on; and the “Te Deum” sung by our chaplains, the most woful and dreary satire. Esmond’s General added one mor... ...egroom. Duke Hamilton, then Earl of Arran, had been educated at the famous Scottish university of Glasgow, and, coming to London, became a great favor... ...y from the original creation. His Grace took the oaths and his seat in the Scottish parliament in 1700: was famous there for his patriotism and eloque...

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...l; “you are at my house in the Place V endome, at Paris, of which I am the military Governor. Y ou and Lanty were knocked down by the 32 Thackeray wi... ... victorious slaugh- ter: but it is a movement which, I need not tell every military man, requires the greatest delicacy of execution, and which, if it... ...uburn, the golden ringlet of beauty, the red lock from the forehead of the Scottish or the Northern soldier, the snowy tress of extreme old age, the f... ...tlebinkie.’ “On driving up to the ‘Cairngorm Arms,’ I found a gentleman of military appearance standing at the doer, and occupied seem- ingly in smoki... ...were comfortably barracked off in the case-mates within. A surgeon and two chaplains (there were besides three rever- end gentlemen of amateur mission... ..., as I have told the reader in a previous number, consisted of 40 men, two chaplains, and a surgeon; add to these my guests, 83 in number, of whom 18... ... that single moment! “And now, ladies,” said I, “I must leave you. The two chaplains will remain with you to administer profes- sional consolation—the...

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...; and he felt it his duty to supplement this last – the trait is laughably Scottish – by a dialogue of his own composition, where his own private shad... ...re than an imperfect outline. Y oshida-T orajiro was son to the hereditary military instruc- tor of the house of Choshu. The name you are to pronounc... ...owledge of these foreigners were things inseparable; by envying them their military strength, Yoshida came to envy them their culture; from the desire... ...d his say for once, he was led forth and executed, thirty-one years old. A military engineer, a bold traveller (at least in wish), a poet, a patriot, ... ...man would thank you: he would thank you to open the door. With what regret Scottish James I. be- thought him (in the next room perhaps to Charles) of ... ...5 Henry V . had two distinguished prisoners, French Charles of Orleans and Scottish James I., who whiled away the hours of their captivity with rhymin... ... had been spent principally in London, where he was resident as one of the chaplains of Edward the Sixth; and here he boasts, al- though a stranger, h...

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...ior friend. This was a certain Captain Green,—for the friend also affected military honours. Tifto, of whose an- tecedents no one was supposed to know... ...ith Lady Mabel, and discussed with great elo- quence the general beauty of Scottish scenery. An hour went on in this way. Could it be that she knew th... ...he church before all the world? None of your private 391 Anthony Trollope chaplains, such as Sir Guy had at his command. Just the registrar, if there... ...r husband, one of them was a bishop, one a canon, and the two others royal chaplains; but there was only to be the Vicar of the parish at Matching. An...