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  • Without a word Lachlan began, not "Lochaber" -- he was not ready for that yet -- but "The Flowers o 'the Forest," and from that wandered through

    The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories Franklin K. [Editor] Mathiews

  • Without a word Lachlan began, not 'Lochaber' -- he was not ready for that yet -- but 'The Flowers o' the Forest, 'and from that wandered through

    Black Rock: a Tale of the Selkirks Ralph Connor 1898

  • His belt bore a sword and dagger, and he had in his hand a Danish pole axe, more recently called a Lochaber axe.

    The Fair Maid of Perth 2008

  • Highlanders, the attendants of Evan, one of whom had upon his shoulder a hatchet at the end of a pole, called a Lochaber-axe,38 and the other a long ducking-gun.

    Waverley 2004

  • By his side depended a tremendous claymore; in his belt were stuck a dagger and a brace of pistols; and on his shoulder rested that formidable weapon called a Lochaber axe.

    Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXII Alexander Leighton 1837

  • His belt bore a sword and dagger, and he had in his hand a Danish pole axe, more recently called a Lochaber axe.

    The Fair Maid of Perth St. Valentine's Day Walter Scott 1801

  • a pole, called a Lochaber-axe, [Footnote: See Note 14] and the other a long ducking-gun.

    Waverley — Complete Walter Scott 1801

  • a pole, called a Lochaber-axe, [Footnote: See Note 14] and the other a long ducking-gun.

    Waverley — Volume 1 Walter Scott 1801

  • We had often sat, Graeme and I, in our student days, in the drawing-room at home, listening to his father wailing out "Lochaber" upon the pipes, and

    The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories Franklin K. [Editor] Mathiews

  • Without a moment's pause, and while the spell of "Lochaber" was still upon us, the minister, with exquisite skill, fell into the refrain of that simple and beautiful camp-meeting hymn, "The Sweet By-and-By."

    The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories Franklin K. [Editor] Mathiews

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