{"product_id":"2940013346000","title":"THE PRIVATE MEMOIRS AND CONFESSIONS OF A JUSTIFIED SINNER","description":"THE EDITOR'S NARRATIVE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt appears from tradition, as well as some parish registers still\u003cbr\u003eextant, that the lands of Dalcastle (or Dalchastel, as it is often\u003cbr\u003espelled) were possessed by a family of the name of Colwan, about one\u003cbr\u003ehundred and fifty years ago, and for at least a century previous to\u003cbr\u003ethat period. That family was supposed to have been a branch of the\u003cbr\u003eancient family of Colquhoun, and it is certain that from it spring the\u003cbr\u003eCowans that spread towards the Border. I find that, in the year 1687,\u003cbr\u003eGeorge Colwan succeeded his uncle of the same name, in the lands of\u003cbr\u003eDalchastel and Balgrennan; and, this being all I can gather of the\u003cbr\u003efamily from history, to tradition I must appeal for the remainder of\u003cbr\u003ethe motley adventures of that house. But, of the matter furnished by\u003cbr\u003ethe latter of these powerful monitors, I have no reason to complain: It\u003cbr\u003ehas been handed down to the world in unlimited abundance; and I am\u003cbr\u003ecertain that, in recording the hideous events which follow, I am only\u003cbr\u003erelating to the greater part of the inhabitants of at least four\u003cbr\u003ecounties of Scotland matters of which they were before perfectly well\u003cbr\u003einformed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis George was a rich man, or supposed to be so, and was married, when\u003cbr\u003econsiderably advanced in life, to the sole heiress and reputed daughter\u003cbr\u003eof a Baillie Orde, of Glasgow. This proved a conjunction anything but\u003cbr\u003eagreeable to the parties contracting. It is well known that the\u003cbr\u003eReformation principles had long before that time taken a powerful hold\u003cbr\u003eof the hearts and affections of the people of Scotland, although the\u003cbr\u003efeeling was by no means general, or in equal degrees; and it so\u003cbr\u003ehappened that this married couple felt completely at variance on the\u003cbr\u003esubject. Granting it to have been so, one would have thought that the\u003cbr\u003elaird, owing to his retiring situation, would have been the one that\u003cbr\u003einclined to the stern doctrines of the reformers; and that the young\u003cbr\u003eand gay dame from the city would have adhered to the free principles\u003cbr\u003echerished by the court party, and indulged in rather to extremity, in\u003cbr\u003eopposition to their severe and carping contemporaries.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47079428620528,"sku":"2940013346000","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013346000_p0.jpg?v=1763580014","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013346000","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}