 I have been in town for a day or two, and heard no conversation but about M'Lean, a fashionable highwayman, who is just taken, and who robbed me among others ; as Lord Eglinton, Sir Thomas Robinson of Vienna, Mrs. Talbot, etc.  Lives and Exploits of the Most Noted Highwaymen, Robbers, and Murderers, of ... - Página 242por Charles Whitehead - 1836 - 288 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1833 - 832 páginas
...they were returning from parties. Walpole's account of his assailant, the noted Maclenn, is amusing. " I have been in town for a day or two, and heard no conversation but about M'Lean, a fashionable highwayman, who is just taken, and who robbed me among others; as Lord ligliuton,... | |
 | Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1840 - 522 páginas
...is come of the death of the King of Portugal, and of the young Pretender ; but that I don't believe. I have been in town for a day or two, and heard no conversation but about M 'Lean, a fashionable highwayman, who is just taken, and who robbed me among others ; as Lord Eglinton,... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1840 - 618 páginas
...is come of the death of the King of Portugal, and of the young Pretender ; but that I don't believe. I have been in town for a day or two, and heard no conversation but about M'Lean, a fashionable highwayman, who is just taken, and who robbed me among others ; as Lord Eglinton,... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1842 - 546 páginas
...is come of the death of the King of Portugal, and of the young Pretender ; but that I don't believe. I have been in town for a day or two, and heard no conversaiion but about M'Lean, a fashionable highwayman, who is just taken, and who robbed me among... | |
 | Anna Maria Hall - 838 páginas
...amusing and gossipping lctters. Writing to Horace Mann, in August, 1750, he says: — "I have bcen in town for a day or two, and heard no conversation but about M'Lean, a fashionable highwayman, who is just taken, and who robbed me amongst others His history ia... | |
 | 1846 - 586 páginas
...Sir Horace Mann, recently published, we find the following spirited and lively sketch of Machine. " I have been in town for a day or two, and heard no conversation but about M'Lane, a fashionable highwayman, who is just taken, and who robbed me among others ; as Lord Eglinton,... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1847 - 478 páginas
...Mann dated the 2nd of August, 1750, Walpole thus relates the capture of the dreaded M'Lean : — " I have been in town for a day or two, and heard no conversation but about M'Lean, a fashionable highwayman, who is just taken, and who robbed me among others. He was taken by... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1857 - 552 páginas
...is come of the death of the King of Portugal, and of the young Pretender ; but that I don't believe. I have been in town for a day or two, and heard no conversation but about M'Lean, a fashionable highwayman, who is just taken, and who robbed me' among others ; as Lord Eglinton,... | |
 | Charles Whitehead - 1867 - 456 páginas
...Horace Mann, rceently published, we find the following spirited and lively sketeh of Maclaine :— " I have been in town for a day or two, and heard no...but about M'Laine, a fashionable highwayman, who is iust taken, and who robbed me among others : »s lord Eglinton, Sir Thomas Rohinson of \ienna, Mrs.... | |
 | 1876 - 612 páginas
...The capture and exploits of the robber who shot him are mentioned in a letter of Aug. 2, 1750 : — ' I have been in town for a day or two, and heard no conversation but about M'Lean, a fashionable highwayman, who is just taken, and who robbed me among others ; as Lord Eglinton,... | |
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