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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... battle , and his sons were too young to help him . " At this time Scotland , and indeed France and England , and all the other countries of Europe , were much harassed by the Danes . These were a very fierce , warlike people , who ...
... battle , and his sons were too young to help him . " At this time Scotland , and indeed France and England , and all the other countries of Europe , were much harassed by the Danes . These were a very fierce , warlike people , who ...
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... battle . Prince Malcolm mounted the throne of Scotland , and reigned long and prosperously . He rewarded Macduff by declar- ing that his descendant should lead the vanguard of the Scottish army in battle , and place the crown on the ...
... battle . Prince Malcolm mounted the throne of Scotland , and reigned long and prosperously . He rewarded Macduff by declar- ing that his descendant should lead the vanguard of the Scottish army in battle , and place the crown on the ...
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... battle near Hastings , and the victory was long obsti- the Normans themselves came to settle in Scotland . nately contested . The Normans had a great advan- King William could not satisfy the whole of them , tage , from having amongst ...
... battle near Hastings , and the victory was long obsti- the Normans themselves came to settle in Scotland . nately contested . The Normans had a great advan- King William could not satisfy the whole of them , tage , from having amongst ...
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... battle . But Cressingham , the Treasurer , the beams which supported the roof , and as the who was ignorant and presumptuous , insisted that it Scottish gentlemen were admitted by two and two was their duty to fight , and put an end to ...
... battle . But Cressingham , the Treasurer , the beams which supported the roof , and as the who was ignorant and presumptuous , insisted that it Scottish gentlemen were admitted by two and two was their duty to fight , and put an end to ...
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... battle by the English , lies buried in this place . " . A large oak tree in the adjoining forest was long shown as the spot where Wallace slept before the battle , or , as others said , in which he hid himself after the defeat . Nearly ...
... battle by the English , lies buried in this place . " . A large oak tree in the adjoining forest was long shown as the spot where Wallace slept before the battle , or , as others said , in which he hid himself after the defeat . Nearly ...
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