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 38
... whole host to attack them . The battle , like that of Falkirk and many others , was decided by that formidable force , the archers of England . They were posted in a marshy ground , from which they discharged their arrows in the most ...
... whole host to attack them . The battle , like that of Falkirk and many others , was decided by that formidable force , the archers of England . They were posted in a marshy ground , from which they discharged their arrows in the most ...
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... Whole families were reduced to eat grass , and others , it is said , found a more horrible aliment in the flesh of their fellow creatures . One wretch used to set traps for human beings as if for wild beasts , and subsisted on their ...
... Whole families were reduced to eat grass , and others , it is said , found a more horrible aliment in the flesh of their fellow creatures . One wretch used to set traps for human beings as if for wild beasts , and subsisted on their ...
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... whole festivities of King James's that unhappy claim of supremacy set up by Edward reign , and the style of living at his court , showed I. , and persevered in by all his successors . This was that the Scots , in his time , were a ...
... whole festivities of King James's that unhappy claim of supremacy set up by Edward reign , and the style of living at his court , showed I. , and persevered in by all his successors . This was that the Scots , in his time , were a ...
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... whole body for the faults of a few . King James suffered a doubtful promise to be extracted from him that he would meet Henry at York , if the affairs of his kingdom would permit . The King was now brought to a puzzling alter- native ...
... whole body for the faults of a few . King James suffered a doubtful promise to be extracted from him that he would meet Henry at York , if the affairs of his kingdom would permit . The King was now brought to a puzzling alter- native ...
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... whole building . This example was fol- lowed in other places ; and we have to regret that many beautiful buildings ... whole fabric of Popery , and adopted , main uninjured , and be applied to the use of a Pro - instead of the doctrines ...
... whole building . This example was fol- lowed in other places ; and we have to regret that many beautiful buildings ... whole fabric of Popery , and adopted , main uninjured , and be applied to the use of a Pro - instead of the doctrines ...
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