The highland rogue : Or, The memorable actions of the celebrated Robert Mac-Gregor, commonly called Rob-Roy. Containing a genuine account of his education, grandeur, and sudden misfortune; his commencing robber, and being elected captain of a formidable gang; his exploits on the highway, breaking upon houses, taking prisoners, commencing judge, and levying taxes; his defence of his manner of living; his dispute with a Scotch parson open predestination; his joining with the Earl of Marr in the rebellion; his being decoy'd and imprison'd by the Duke of --------, with the manner of his escape, &c. Introduc'd with a relation of the unequal'd villanies of the clan of the Mac-gregors for several years past. The whole impartially digested from the memorandums of an authentick Scotch MS.
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E. B. |
| Format | Electronic and Book |
| Publication Info | London : Printed for J. Billingsley under the Royal Exchange; J. Roberts in Warwick-Lane A. Dodd without Temple-Bar; and J. Fox in Westminster-Hall, 1723. |
| Description | 63, 1 unnumbered page ; 8⁰. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text online |
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| General note | Sometimes attributed to Daniel Defoe. |
| General note | The preface signed: E. B., i.e. Elias Bockett?. |
| General note | Price on title page: Price One Shilling. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from British Library. |
| References | English Short Title Catalog, T109114. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
| Genre/form | Fiction. |
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