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222 SUPPLEMENT.
ing and acceptation of the words, as ap-
plied to the then existing reasons and cir-
cumstances, but an insidious and selfish
design upon the properties of the simply
compassionate, and the unwary, a throw of
false dice against the honour of the sove-
reign, and the brightest jewel of his crown,
mercy, an infamous game of blacklegs, and
a bubble of the South Sea species. The
writer acknowledges that of 1745 to have
been a rebellion truly deserving of the
name. In the year 1680, the estate of
Alexander Robertson of Strowan was, by
a sentence of the parliament of Scotland,
forfeited. In 1703, he got a pardon from
Queen Anne, restoring him to his estate
and the bygone rents. He joined in the
rebellion of 1715, and was attainted by act
of parliament. In 1723, George the First
gave a gift of the estate to his sister, which
was revoked by his engaging in the rebel-
lion of 1745, and the estate was annexed
to the crown, and restored in 1784. The
writer introduces this with great pleasure,
from a desire of doing justice, and of show-
ing any instance of clemency, placability,
ing and acceptation of the words, as ap-
plied to the then existing reasons and cir-
cumstances, but an insidious and selfish
design upon the properties of the simply
compassionate, and the unwary, a throw of
false dice against the honour of the sove-
reign, and the brightest jewel of his crown,
mercy, an infamous game of blacklegs, and
a bubble of the South Sea species. The
writer acknowledges that of 1745 to have
been a rebellion truly deserving of the
name. In the year 1680, the estate of
Alexander Robertson of Strowan was, by
a sentence of the parliament of Scotland,
forfeited. In 1703, he got a pardon from
Queen Anne, restoring him to his estate
and the bygone rents. He joined in the
rebellion of 1715, and was attainted by act
of parliament. In 1723, George the First
gave a gift of the estate to his sister, which
was revoked by his engaging in the rebel-
lion of 1745, and the estate was annexed
to the crown, and restored in 1784. The
writer introduces this with great pleasure,
from a desire of doing justice, and of show-
ing any instance of clemency, placability,
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| Histories of Scottish families > Keppoch song > (218) Page 222 |
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| Description | A poem in five cantos: being the origin and history of the family, alias Donald, Lord of the Isles, carried down to its extinction, with a continuation of the family of Keppoch; the whole combined with the history of Scotland, with notes and references, and concluding with an analysis of the Scotch acts of Parliament, relative to the Douglas association; and an address to His Royal Highness the prince regent. By John Paul Macdonald. Montrose : Printed for the author by J. Watt, 1815. |
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| Description | A selection of almost 400 printed items relating to the history of Scottish families, mostly dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes memoirs, genealogies and clan histories, with a few produced by emigrant families. The earliest family history goes back to AD 916. |
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