More famous homes of Great Britain and their stories (1902)
Malan, Alfred Henry, comp · New York, G.P. Putnam's sons, London, The Pall Mall magazine · leaf 346
following, 1747, came the Disarming Act, connected with which,it may be remembered, was this cheerful oath : I . . . do swear 1 have not nor shall have in my pos-session any gun, sword, pistol, or arm whatsoever, and never usetartan, plaid, or any part of the highland garb ; and if I do, may 1be… … 3t5 o 16 1lm>erara\> This inexorable and execrable Act was quickly repealed ; butthe spirit of the Highlanders was curbed, and the time soon camewhen a strolling piper might strike up The Hieland Laddie, orskirl away at The Campbells are Coming, without any of his list-eners wanting to draw…
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