| David Hume - 1810 - 522 pages
...sums of money among their chiefs ; and fifteen thousand pounds were remitted from England for this purpose. The clans being informed of this remittance,...appropriate to himself the best part of the money, and when he began to treat with them made such extravagant demands, that he found his scheme impracticable.... | |
| Tobias Smollett - 1810 - 516 pages
...sums of money among their chiefs ; and fifteen thousand pounds were remitted from England for this purpose. The clans being informed of this remittance,...appropriate to himself the best part of the money, and when he began to treat with them made such extravagant demands, that he found his scheme impracticable.... | |
| Tobias Smollett - 1810 - 522 pages
...distributing sums of money among their chiefs; and fifteen thousand pounds were remitted from England for this purpose. The clans being informed of this remittance,...appropriate to himself the best part of the money, and when he began to treat with them made such extravagant demands, that he found his scheme impracticable.... | |
| Thomas Garnett - 1811 - 402 pages
...bring them over by distributing sums of money among their chiefs ; and fifteen thousand pounds were remitted from England for that purpose. The clans...those who frustrated his intention. Among these was MACDONALD of Glencoe, against whom he is said to have entertained a private resentment, and to have... | |
| Scottish songs - 1816 - 378 pages
...by distributing sums of money among their chiefs: and A'15,000 were remitted from England for this purpose. The clans being informed of this remittance,...appropriate to himself the best part of the money; and when he began to treat with them, made such extravagant demands, that he found his scheme impracticable.... | |
| David Hume - 1819 - 448 pages
...sums of money among their chiefs ; and fifteen thousand pounds were remitted from England for this purpose. The clans being informed of this remittance,...appropriate to himself the best part of the money, and when he began to treat with them made such extravagant demands, that he found his scheme impracticable.... | |
| Tobias Smollett - 1822 - 516 pages
...by distributing sums of money among their chiefs ; and 1 5,OOO/. were remitted from England for this purpose. The clans being informed of this remittance,...appropriate to himself the best part of the money, and, when he began to treat with them, made such extravagant demands, that he found his scheme impracticable.... | |
| David Hume, Tobias Smollett, William Jones - 1828 - 480 pages
...sums of money among their chiefs ; and fifteen thousand pounds were remitted from England for this purpose. The clans being informed of this remittance,...appropriate to himself the best part of the money, and when he began to treat with them made such extravagant demands, that he found his scheme impracticable.... | |
| Tobias Smollett - 1844 - 986 pages
...sums of money among their chiefs ; and fifteen thousand pounds were remitted from England for this purpose. The clans being informed of this remittance,...appropriate to himself the best part of the money, and when he began to treat with them made such extravagant demands, that he found his scheme impracticable.... | |
| Tobias George Smollett - 1848 - 588 pages
...remitted irom England tor mission of this purpose. The clans being informed of this remit- the Hightance, suspected that the earl's design was to appropriate to himself the best part of the money, and when he began to treat with them made such extravagant demands, that he found his scheme impracticable.... | |
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