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summit of Ben Nevis, snatch thee up in his
talons, convey and drop thee into the
month of Mount Hecla! That guiltless
flame will not receive thee — thou art e-
jected, miles in height, in a column of smoke
and ashes. Tremble, lest the angel of de-
struction, brandishing the forked light-
nings of an offended God, in a vindictive
whirlwind, drive thee down the horrific
mouth of Mount Etna, or dash thee into
the crater of Vesuvius. Still tremble, lest
the angel of truth transmit thee, by an in-
dignant earthquake, through the bowels of
the earth, to the furnace of the Azores.
Still tremble, lest a vertical sun, entering
Leo Belgicus, draw thee from the sulphu-
rous vortex of thy ignitious exhalations and
attractions, draw thee to himself, with a
rapidity quick as thought, from thence to
eject thee, in &Jire ball of judgment, to the
dark and dismal mansions of unfathomable
night, thy everlasting dukedom."
Thus, it is evident, that his grace of Gor-
don, disappointed by the decisions of the
Court of Session, as to Mamore, had re-
course to force of arms against Keppoch,
summit of Ben Nevis, snatch thee up in his
talons, convey and drop thee into the
month of Mount Hecla! That guiltless
flame will not receive thee — thou art e-
jected, miles in height, in a column of smoke
and ashes. Tremble, lest the angel of de-
struction, brandishing the forked light-
nings of an offended God, in a vindictive
whirlwind, drive thee down the horrific
mouth of Mount Etna, or dash thee into
the crater of Vesuvius. Still tremble, lest
the angel of truth transmit thee, by an in-
dignant earthquake, through the bowels of
the earth, to the furnace of the Azores.
Still tremble, lest a vertical sun, entering
Leo Belgicus, draw thee from the sulphu-
rous vortex of thy ignitious exhalations and
attractions, draw thee to himself, with a
rapidity quick as thought, from thence to
eject thee, in &Jire ball of judgment, to the
dark and dismal mansions of unfathomable
night, thy everlasting dukedom."
Thus, it is evident, that his grace of Gor-
don, disappointed by the decisions of the
Court of Session, as to Mamore, had re-
course to force of arms against Keppoch,
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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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