The Lyon in Mourning, Vol. 1: or a collection of speeches, letters, journals, etc. relative to the affairs of Prince Charles Edward StuartForbes, Robert
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The Lyon in Mourning, Vol. 1: or a collection of speeches, letters, journals, etc. relative to the affairs of Prince Charles Edward Stuart
Forbes, Robert
Charles Edward, Prince, grandson of James II, King of England, 1720-1788; Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746 -- Sources
Some paragraphs of a letter to Mr. Deacon's father, said to
be written by the nonjurant clergyman that used to
visit Mr. Deacon, etc., 221
Letter from Sir Archibald Primrose of Dunipace, to his
sister, 222
Letter to the same lady, which served as a cover to the
above, from Mr. James Wright, Writer in Edinburgh, 223
Song, to the tune of 'A cobbler there was,' etc., 223
Poem on a late defeat, 1746, said to have been composed
by a Scots gentleman, an officer in the Dutch service, 226
A Paraphrase upon Psalm CXXXVII., by Willie Hamilton, 228
Ode on the 20th of December 1746, 229
Ode on the 10th of June 1747, 233
Soliloquy, September, 29th 1746, 235
Lines upon the different accounts of the behaviour of the
two executed lords, Kilmarnock and Balmerino, taken
out of an English newspaper, 237
These lines turned into the form of an inscription, 238
Lines on Lord Balmerino, 238
Lines on the death of Sir Alexander MacDonald, 239
Lines spoken extempore on Lovat's execution, by a lover
of all those who will and dare be honest in the worst
of times, 239
Lines on a young lady, who died on seeing her lover, Mr.
Dawson, executed on 30th July 1746, 241
The contrast set in its proper light; said to be done by a
lady, 241
A Catch, 1746, 244
Lines by the Rev. Mr. Thomas Drummond, Edinburgh, on
Mr. Secretary Murray's turning evidence, 245
Satan transformed into an angel of light, or copy of a letter
from Mr. Evidence Murray, to his nephew, Sir David
Murray, of seventeen or eighteen years of age, in jail
in the city of York, 1747, 247
Copy of the Prince's summons to the city of Edinburgh to
surrender, 249
Narrative by Mr. Alexander Murray, printer in Edinburgh, 250
Letter from Charles Gordon of Terperse to his own lady, 252
Letter, which served as a cover to the above, from Mr.
Patrick Gordon, minister at Rhynie, 253
Letter, said to be written by Lord George Murray or one of
his friends, as to the battle of Culloden, 254
Conversation with Captain John Hay, 267
Some omissions in Donald MacLeod's Journal, 268
Letter to Mr. Robert Forbes, containing a true and genuine
account of the case of poor William Baird, 270
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