 Hood," wrote Sir Walter Scott to Mr. Morritt, " will now be ' Cabarfeidh ' herself. She has the spirit of a chieftainess in every drop of her blood, but there are few situations in which the cleverest women are so apt to be imposed upon as in the management...  The Celtic Magazine - Page 260edited by - 1877Full view - About this book
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 314 pages
...existence. Our friend Lady Hood will now be Caberfae herself. She has the spirit of a chieftainess in every drop of her blood, but there are few situations...of the prophecy, that when there should be a deaf Caberfae, the house was to fall.* * Francis Lord Seaforth died llth January, 1815, in his GOth year,... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - Authors, Scottish - 1837 - 428 pages
...to be imposed upon as in the management of landed property, more especially of an Higbland estate. 1 do fear the accomplishment of the prophecy, that when there should be a deaf Caberfae, the house was to fall.* "I am delighted to find Mrs Morritt is recovering health and strength... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 434 pages
...women are so apt to be imposed upon as in the management of landed property, more especially of an Highland estate. I do fear the accomplishment of the prophecy, that when there should be a deaf Caberfae, the house was * Johnson's Vanity of Human Wishes. f Francis Lord Seaforth died llth January... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1847 - 612 pages
...women are so apt to be imposed upon as in the management of landed property, more especially of an Highland estate. I do fear the accomplishment of the. prophecy, that when there should l..ea dent Caberfae. the house was to fall • • 1 am delighted to find Mrs. Morrilt is recovering... | |
 | Alexander Mackenzie - 1878 - 178 pages
...Walter Scott to Mr Morritt, "will now be ' Cabarfeidh ' herself. She has the spirit of a chieftainess in every drop of her blood, but there are few situations...The remaining portion of Kintail, the sunny braes of Eoss, the church lands of Chanonry, the barony of Pluscarden, and the Island of Lews — a principality... | |
 | Alexander Mackenzie - Precognition - 1882 - 182 pages
...Walter Scott to Mr. Morritt, " will now be ' Cabarfeidh ' herself. She has the spirit of a chieftainess in every drop of her blood, but there are few situations...concludes thus : — " Scott's apprehensions proved only to well founded. One section after another of the estates had to be sold. The remaining portion of... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1882 - 432 pages
...women are so apt to be imposed upon as in the management of landed property, more especially of an Highland estate. I do fear the accomplishment of the prophecy, that when there should be a deaf Caberfae, the house was to fall. f * Johnson's Vanity of Human Wishes. f Francis Lord Seaforth died... | |
 | 1884 - 712 pages
...to be imposed upon as in the management of landed property, more especially of a Highland estate. 1 do fear the accomplishment of the prophecy that when...should be a deaf Cabarfeidh, the house was to fall.' Of Francis, Lord Seaforth, last Baron of Kintail, Sir Walter wrote, ' He was a nobleman of extraordinary... | |
 | English literature - 1888 - 882 pages
...Walter Scott, in writing to Mr. Morritt, says, " Our friend, Lady Hood, will now be Caberfeigh herself. I do fear the accomplishment of the prophecy that when there should be a deaf Caberfeigh the house is to fall." And the touching stanzas in which Sir W. Scott laments the extinction... | |
 | Ada Goodrich-Freer - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1902 - 546 pages
...which the cleverest women are so apt to be imposed upon as in the : management of landed property, especially of a Highland estate. I do fear the accomplishment...should be a deaf Cabarfeidh the house was to fall." The fall soon followed. Lady Hood married Mr. Stewart, who assumed the name of Mackenzie. Lord Seaforth... | |
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