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" We were entertained with the usual hospitality by Mr. Macdonald and his lady Flora Macdonald, a name that will be mentioned in history, and if courage and fidelity be virtues, mentioned with honour. "
The Celtic Monthly: A Magazine for Highlanders - Page 104
1899
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The Book of Noble Englishwomen: Lives Made Illustrious by Heroism, Goodness ...

Charles Bruce - 1875 - 636 pages
...inscribed the following words by Dr. Johnson : — ' The preserver of Prince Charles Edward Stuart will be mentioned in history, and if courage and fidelity be virtues, be mentioned with honour.' In the course ot years, the stone became utterly destroyed by tourists taking...
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Brave women

Joseph Johnson - 1875 - 272 pages
...advanced age of seventy. - Dr. Johnson was right, then, when he said that her name "will be remembered in history, and, if courage and fidelity be virtues, mentioned with honour." " True valour Lies in the mind, the never-yielding purpose ; Nor owns the blind award of giddy fortune."...
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The Highlands and Highlanders of Scotland: Papers Historical, Descriptive ...

James Cromb - 1883 - 296 pages
...performed a work which will not readily be forgotten. " The preserver of Prince Charles Edward Stuart will be mentioned in history, and, if courage and fidelity be virtues, mentioned with honour," is the language of Doctor Samuel Johnson, and he was not a man to bestow praise lightly, nor was he...
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An Old Shropshire Oak, Volume 4

John Wood Warter - 1891 - 478 pages
...Re. We were entertained with the usual hospitality by Mr. Macdonald and his lady, Flora Macdonald, a name that will be mentioned in history, and, if...and fidelity be virtues, mentioned with honour. She is a woman of middle stature, soft features, and elegant presence.' After her return from London, where...
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Memoirs of the Pretenders and their adherents

John Heneage Jesse - 1901 - 348 pages
...says, "We were entertained with the usual hospitality by Mr. Macdonald and his lady Flora Macdonald, a name that will be mentioned in history, and, if...and fidelity be virtues, mentioned with honour. She is a woman of middle stature, soft features, gentle manners, and elegant presence." And again, Doctor...
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Scotland, Historic and Romantic, Volume 2

Maria Hornor Lansdale - 1901 - 598 pages
...adventure. No breath of scandal has ever sullied her fair name, which, as Dr. Johnson says, "is one that will be mentioned in history, and, if courage and fidelity be virtues, mentioned with honor." From Raasa the Prince returned to Skye, where he was cared for by the Maeleods and Mackinnons....
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A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland in 1773

Samuel Johnson - 1906 - 270 pages
...Portree. We were entertained with the usual hospitality by Mr. Macdonald and bis lady, Flora Macdonald, a name that will be mentioned in history, and if courage...and fidelity be virtues, mentioned with honour. She is a woman of middle stature, soft features, gentle manners, and elegant presence. In the morning we...
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Flora MacDonald in America: With a Brief Sketch of Her Life and Adventures

John Patterson MacLean - 1909 - 114 pages
...entertained with the usual hospitality by Mr. MacDonald and his lady, Flora MacDonald, a name that wilt be mentioned in history, and if courage and fidelity be virtues, mentioned with honor. She is a woman of middle stature, soft features, gentle manners, and elegant presence." In the...
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The Chautauquan, Volumes 59-60

1910 - 1042 pages
...her. "We were entertained with the usual hospitality by Mr. Macdonald and his lady, Flora Macdonald, a name that will be mentioned in history, and if courage and fidelity be virtues, mentioned with honor. She is a woman of middle stature, soft features, gentle manners, and elegant presence." At the...
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The Chautauquan: Organ of the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle

1910 - 1016 pages
...her. "We were entertained with the usual hospitality by Mr. Macdonald and his lady. Flora Macdonald, a name that will be mentioned in history, and if courage and fidelity be virtues, mentioned with honor. She is a woman of middle stature, soft features, gentle manners, and elegant presence." At the...
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