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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Page 37
... naturally among the first to assert the cause of freedom . John Randolph , second son of the Regent , had formed a ... natural son of the Good Lord James , who made a great figure at this period . Although a bastard by birth , he had ...
... naturally among the first to assert the cause of freedom . John Randolph , second son of the Regent , had formed a ... natural son of the Good Lord James , who made a great figure at this period . Although a bastard by birth , he had ...
Page 79
... natural enemies , and knaves would not leave him ; and that he would be attempted to set up the right of Queen Mary as pre- obliged to the Queen , if she could put him on any terable to her own , so she was sure to find friends in way ...
... natural enemies , and knaves would not leave him ; and that he would be attempted to set up the right of Queen Mary as pre- obliged to the Queen , if she could put him on any terable to her own , so she was sure to find friends in way ...
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... natural in itself , but which became the intro- duction to a long and melancholy tale of misfortunes . CHAPTER XXVII . Queen Mary's Return to Scotland - Happy Commencement of her Reign - Expedition against Huntly - Negotiations with ...
... natural in itself , but which became the intro- duction to a long and melancholy tale of misfortunes . CHAPTER XXVII . Queen Mary's Return to Scotland - Happy Commencement of her Reign - Expedition against Huntly - Negotiations with ...
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... natural courage , and , marching at the should keep this determination , Mary of Scotland head of her soldiery , such was her spirit , that she was the next heir to the English crown . In expecta- publicly wished she had been a man , to ...
... natural courage , and , marching at the should keep this determination , Mary of Scotland head of her soldiery , such was her spirit , that she was the next heir to the English crown . In expecta- publicly wished she had been a man , to ...
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... natural ties were forgotten in the dis- tinction of Kingsmen and Queensmen ; and , as neither party gave quarter to their opponents , the civil war assumed a most horrible aspect . Fathers , and sons , and brothers , took opposite sides ...
... natural ties were forgotten in the dis- tinction of Kingsmen and Queensmen ; and , as neither party gave quarter to their opponents , the civil war assumed a most horrible aspect . Fathers , and sons , and brothers , took opposite sides ...
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