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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3 2 0 Browse Search
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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3, Chapter 41: search for health.—journey to Europe.—continued disability.—1857-1858. (search)
London. He then went north to attend the exhibition at Manchester, and to fulfil engagements for visits at Mr. Ashworth's at Bolton, Miss Martineau's at Ambleside, and Mr. Ingham's at South Shields. From Edinburgh he penetrated into the highlands of Scotland as far as Fort Augustus, in order to visit an old acquaintance, Edward Ellice, Sr., at Glenquoich. From this northern point he wrote to E. L. Pierce:— I am here farther north than Iona and Staffa, beyond Morven, and near the Isle of Skye, where Flora Macdonald sheltered Charles Edward. There is no family living within forty or fifty miles of the friend whose guest I now am, and whose estate stretches for miles and miles. In front of the window at which I write are the hills of the immense possessions of Lochiel. I am away from American papers, and without letters. By chance some days ago I had a newspaper which contained Wilson's speech at Worcester,—his best effort. Indeed, I always think his last is his best. Neve
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Atlantic Essays, Ought women to learn the alphabet? (search)
of Libussa is still shown at Vienna; and the guide calls attention to the long-peaked toes of steel, with which he avers, the tender Princess was wont to pierce the hearts of her opponents, while careering through the battle. And there are abundant instances in which women have fought side by side with men, and on equal terms. The ancient British women mingled in the wars of their husbands, and their princesses were trained to the use of arms in the Maiden's Castle at Edinburgh, in the Isle of Skye. The Moorish wives and maidens fought in defence of their European peninsula; and the Portuguese women fought on the same soil, against the armies of Philip II. The king of Siam has, at present, a bodyguard of four hundred women: they are armed with lance and rifle, are admirably disciplined, and their commander (appointed after saving the king's life at a tiger-hunt) ranks as one of the royal family, and has ten elephants at her service. When the all-conquering Dahomian army marched
The Daily Dispatch: August 9, 1861., [Electronic resource], Remarkable instance of Canine attachment (search)
Remarkable instance of Canine attachment --A circumstance occurred very recently at Portiere, Isle of Skye, which may be added to the many chapters recording the fidelity and attachment of dogs to their masters.-- A rumor spread through the town one morning, that on the previous night the dogs had torn open the grave of a young man who had died of fever, and was laterred some weeks previous. So painful and shocking an occurrence caused great excitement in Portiere; but in the course of the day Sheriff Fraser and others having inquired into the facts of the case. found the facts to be not only of a less revolting nature, but fraught with the deepest interest. When the young man was buried, his dog followed his funeral to the churchyard, and was with difficulty removed. It returned again and again to the spot, and, unobserved, had dug into the grave until it reached the coffin. At Portres, as in many other parts of the Highlands, the people bury their dead in a very superficia