CONTENTS
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| Preface | [xi] |
CHAPTER I | |
| The Urquharts and their Predecessors in Cromartie—SirThomas Urquhart, senior—Birth of our Author—Schooland University Days—Pecuniary and otherTroubles at Home—The Castle of Cromartie—OurAuthor's Studious Bent—Foreign Travel—The EnglishmanAbroad—The Scot Abroad | [1] |
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| Recalled Home—The Covenanting Movement—The Trot ofTurriff—Our Author escapes to England—Is Knighted—Publisheshis Epigrams—His Father's Embarrassmentsincrease—Lesley of Findrassie—Death of Sir ThomasUrquhart, senior—Our Author struggles in vain tokeep his Creditors at bay—Other Wrongs and Losses—Onbad Terms with the Church | [30] |
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| Unsuccessful Rising in the North—Sir Thomas makes hisPeace with the Church—Return of Charles II. to Scotland—Invasionof England—Battle of Worcester—SirThomas a Prisoner in the Tower—Makes Friends—Isliberated on Parole—Great Literary Activity—RevisitsScotland—Dies—Later History of the Urquharts ofCromartie—Characteristics of our Author—Glover'sPortraits of him | [69] |
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| EPIGRAMS: DIVINE AND MORAL—THE TRISSOTETRAS | [111] |
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| ΠΑΝΤΟΧΡΟΝΟΧΑΝΟΝ, or The Pedigree | [128] |
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| ΕΚΣΚΥΒΑΛΑΥΡΟΝ, or the Jewel,—LOGOPANDECTEISIONor The Universal Language | [148] |
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| TRANSLATION OF RABELAIS | [184] |
Appendices | [209] |
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| 1. Portrait of Sir Thomas Urquhart | [Frontispiece] |
| 2. Signature of Sir Thomas Urquhart | [Page vii] |
| 3. The Poet surrounded by the Muses | Facing page [109] |
| 4. Fac-simile of his Handwriting | " [116] |
| 5. Sculptured Stone at Kinbeakie House | " [137] |