The highland rogue [electronic resource] : 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.
1723
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The highland rogue [electronic resource] : 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.
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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.
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Great Britain -- England -- London.
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English
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63,[1]p. ; 8⁰.
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Sometimes attributed to Daniel Defoe.
The preface signed: E. B., i.e. Elias Bockett?.
Price on title page: Price One Shilling.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
The preface signed: E. B., i.e. Elias Bockett?.
Price on title page: Price One Shilling.
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English Short Title Catalog, T109114.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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