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The History of Scotland, From the Earliest Period to the Close of the Rebellie 1745-46 Contained in Tales of a Grandfather
The History of Scotland From the Earliest Period to the Close of the Rebellie 174546 Contained in Tales of a Grandfather Author:Walter Scott General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1841 Original Publisher: Robert Cadell Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can s... more »elect from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: The English are very fond of their fine country ; they call it " Old England," and " Merry England," and think it the finest land that the sun shines upon. And the Scots are also very proud of their own country, with its great lakes and mountains; and, in the old language of the country, they call it " The land of the lakes and mountains ; and of the brave men;" and often, also, " The Land of Cakes," because the people live a good deal upon cakes made of oatmeal, instead of wheaten bread. But both England and Scotland are now parts of the same kingdom, and there is no use in asking which is the best country, or has the bravest men. i This is but a dull chapter, Mr Littlejohn. But as we are to tell many stories about Scotland and England, it is best to learn what sort of countries we are talking about. The next story shall be more entertaining;. CHAPTER 11. The Story of Macbeth. CONTEMPORARY SOVEREIGNS. England, Canute. Harold. Hurdi-CamitP. Edward the Confessor. F, ranee. Henry I. A. D. 1033 -- 1056. Soon after the Scots and Picts had become one people, as I told you before, there was a king of Scotland called Duncan, a very good old man. He had two sons ; one was called Malcolm, and the other Donaldbane. But King Duncan was too old to lead out his army to battle, and his sons were too young to help him. i " From the time of Kenneth MacAlpine to that of Macbeth -- that is, from 841 to 1040, a space of about two centuries, we have a line of fifteen kings of Scots, of whom it is easy to perceive that, in spite of the absurd prejudices concerning the...« less