Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 86
entations which the countess of Strath-earn had given to them of the disunitedstate of the Scottish army, and the consequent dismaywhich had seized their hitherto all-conquering com-mander, bore down upon the Scots with an impetuositywhich threatened their universal destruction. Deceivedby the… … 58 Historic Scenes in Fiction his nobleness (so contagious is baseness, in too fond acontact with the unprincipled !), he placed himself onan adjoining height, intending from that commandingpost to dispense his orders and behold his victory. Soldiers! cried he, the rebels hour is come. —The…
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