The Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott: With a Biography, and His Last Additions and Illustrations, Volume 6Conner & Cooke, 1833 - English literature |
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... France , but were not originally Frenchmen . Their forefathers were a colony of those northern pirates , whom we mentioned before as plundering all the sea - coasts which promised them any booty . They were fre- quently called Northmen ...
... France , but were not originally Frenchmen . Their forefathers were a colony of those northern pirates , whom we mentioned before as plundering all the sea - coasts which promised them any booty . They were fre- quently called Northmen ...
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... France , under pretence that he would receive a better education there than Scot- land could afford him . An English vessel took that on board of which the Prince was sailing to France , and James was sent to London . When Henry heard ...
... France , under pretence that he would receive a better education there than Scot- land could afford him . An English vessel took that on board of which the Prince was sailing to France , and James was sent to London . When Henry heard ...
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... France , and the King of France , on his part , desired much to renew the old alliance with Scotland , in order that the appre- hension of an invasion from the Scottish frontiers , might induce Henry to abandon his scheme of at - hearts ...
... France , and the King of France , on his part , desired much to renew the old alliance with Scotland , in order that the appre- hension of an invasion from the Scottish frontiers , might induce Henry to abandon his scheme of at - hearts ...
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... France , was generally accepted in that character . John Duke of Albany had been born and bred up in France , where he had large estates ; and he seems always to have preferred the interests of that king- dom to those of Scotland , with ...
... France , was generally accepted in that character . John Duke of Albany had been born and bred up in France , where he had large estates ; and he seems always to have preferred the interests of that king- dom to those of Scotland , with ...
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... France with great supplies of money , artillery , arms , and other provisions for continuing the war . These were fur- nished by France , because it was the interest of that country at all hazards to maintain the hostility between ...
... France with great supplies of money , artillery , arms , and other provisions for continuing the war . These were fur- nished by France , because it was the interest of that country at all hazards to maintain the hostility between ...
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