 | Tobias Smollett - 1848 - 582 pages
...informed of this remit- tlie H'8h ,»,«.« i) i • • landers. tance, suspected that the earl s design was to appropriate to himself the best part of the money, and when he began to treat with them made such extravagant demands, that he found his scheme impracticable.... | |
 | David Hume - 1854 - 520 pages
...by distributing sums of money among their chiefs; and £15,000 were remitted from England for this purpose : the clans being informed of this remittance,...appropriate to himself the best part of the money ; and when he began to treat with them, made such extravagant demands, that he found his scheme impracticable... | |
 | John Warner Barber - 1855 - 608 pages
...remitted from England for this purpose. The clans being informed of ttiiv remittance, suspected thnt the Earl's design was to appropriate to himself the best part of the money; nnd when he begun to treat with them, made such pximvagant demands, that he found his scheme impracticable.... | |
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Breadalbane undertook to bring them over, by distributing sums of money among their chiefs ; and fifteen thousand pounds were remitted from England for this purpose. The clans being informed of this remittance, suspected that the earl's design was to... 
