Historical memoirs of Rob Roy and the Clan Macgregor
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NOTICES OF LADY GRANGE. 293
eagle, and the croaking of the raven, declared
the dreary solitude of the region.
The conductors of lady Grange, though accus-
tomed to scenes where nature had displayed
sterility and wildness, were unacquainted with
so sullen an aspect as their present tract exhi-
bited ; and Macdonald and Macleod, being both
conversant with the early history of Caledonia,
naturally recollected, in passing this frightful
defile, the opinion which the Romans enter-
tained of the people who inhabited so gloomy
a country.
The lady being now in formed where she was, and
possessing an understanding highly cultivated,
felt a melancholy satisfaction in contemplating
such new and wonderful objects ; and while she
gazed on the bold irregularity of the mountains,
as the scene of the hideous massacre, a sigh of
kindred horror burst from her heart, and she
shuddered at the destiny that seemed to await
herself. The sensations which she experienced,
passed unheeded by her companions ; and
though no one possessed of feeling, can pass
through the mournful valley of Glencoe, without
thinking of the deed which was there perpe-
trated, yet the escort of lady Grange proceeded
with the utmost unconcern. The road was so
eagle, and the croaking of the raven, declared
the dreary solitude of the region.
The conductors of lady Grange, though accus-
tomed to scenes where nature had displayed
sterility and wildness, were unacquainted with
so sullen an aspect as their present tract exhi-
bited ; and Macdonald and Macleod, being both
conversant with the early history of Caledonia,
naturally recollected, in passing this frightful
defile, the opinion which the Romans enter-
tained of the people who inhabited so gloomy
a country.
The lady being now in formed where she was, and
possessing an understanding highly cultivated,
felt a melancholy satisfaction in contemplating
such new and wonderful objects ; and while she
gazed on the bold irregularity of the mountains,
as the scene of the hideous massacre, a sigh of
kindred horror burst from her heart, and she
shuddered at the destiny that seemed to await
herself. The sensations which she experienced,
passed unheeded by her companions ; and
though no one possessed of feeling, can pass
through the mournful valley of Glencoe, without
thinking of the deed which was there perpe-
trated, yet the escort of lady Grange proceeded
with the utmost unconcern. The road was so
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| Description | Including original notices of Lady Grange. With an introductory sketch illustrative of the condition of the Highlands, prior to the year 1745. By K. Macleay With plates. Third edition. Edinburgh : W. Brown, 1881. |
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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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