. Old England : a pictorial museum of regal, ecclesiastical, baronial, municipal, and popular antiquities . 2289.—William III (From a Print daf;d l69i). 2291.—Gentlemen of the reigns of Queen Anne, George I, and 11«. (From Jeffreys Collection, published in 1767.) a, 1700-15.; 1,1735; c 1745; d, 1755 281 282 OLD ENGLAND. [Book VII. horse, and had scarcely touched the ground before another High-ander struck him on the back of his head. The dying mans last«ct was to wave his hat as a signal to a faithful servant that heshould fly. The man did so, but returned disguised two hours afterthe engageme
. Old England : a pictorial museum of regal, ecclesiastical, baronial, municipal, and popular antiquities . 2289.—William III (From a Print daf;d l69i). 2291.—Gentlemen of the reigns of Queen Anne, George I, and 11«. (From Jeffreys Collection, published in 1767.) a, 1700-15.; 1,1735; c 1745; d, 1755 281 282 OLD ENGLAND. [Book VII. horse, and had scarcely touched the ground before another High-ander struck him on the back of his head. The dying mans last«ct was to wave his hat as a signal to a faithful servant that heshould fly. The man did so, but returned disguised two hours afterthe engagement, and found the Colonel still breathing ; but he diedthe same morning in the house of the minister at Tranent. Our engraving (Fig. 2256) exhibits the house in which he wasborn, which is situated in a sequestered spot between BlacknessCastle and Borrowstoness, in Linlithgowshire, and commands adelightful view of the Frith of Forth. We shall not, of course, plunge into the almost unfathomablesea of European politics during the reigns of the first and secondGeorges ; but content ourselves with the mention of two or threeof the particular incid
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