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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... Scottish history , yet the Norman Conquest of Eng- our blessed Saviour . He had an army of sixty land produced a great effect upon their neighbours . thousand chosen men for accomplishing his bold In the first place , a very great ...
... Scottish history , yet the Norman Conquest of Eng- our blessed Saviour . He had an army of sixty land produced a great effect upon their neighbours . thousand chosen men for accomplishing his bold In the first place , a very great ...
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... Scottish royal family , tempted the English monarch again to set up his unjust pretensions to be sovereign of Scotland , and gave occasion to a series of wars , fiercer and more bloody than any which had hitherto taken place betwixt the ...
... Scottish royal family , tempted the English monarch again to set up his unjust pretensions to be sovereign of Scotland , and gave occasion to a series of wars , fiercer and more bloody than any which had hitherto taken place betwixt the ...
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... Scottish sub- the nobility and clergy of Scotland to meet him at the jects to appeal from the courts of Baliol to his own ; Castle of Norham , a large and strong fortress , which and as Baliol declined making appearance in the Eng ...
... Scottish sub- the nobility and clergy of Scotland to meet him at the jects to appeal from the courts of Baliol to his own ; Castle of Norham , a large and strong fortress , which and as Baliol declined making appearance in the Eng ...
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... Scottish no- | Warren hesitated , for he was a skilful soldier , and bility and gentry in the western parts , to meet him he saw that to approach the Scottish army , his at some large buildings called the Barns of Ayr , for troops must ...
... Scottish no- | Warren hesitated , for he was a skilful soldier , and bility and gentry in the western parts , to meet him he saw that to approach the Scottish army , his at some large buildings called the Barns of Ayr , for troops must ...
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... Scottish nation . But and handsomest men of the army . although Wallace , as we have seen , was the best solder and bravest man in Scotland , and therefore the most fit to be placed in command at this critical period , when the King of ...
... Scottish nation . But and handsomest men of the army . although Wallace , as we have seen , was the best solder and bravest man in Scotland , and therefore the most fit to be placed in command at this critical period , when the King of ...
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