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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... carried no provision , except a having more than double the number of the Scottish While the armies lay thus opposed to each other , bag of oatmeal ; and each had at his saddle a small army , all troops of the very best quality . plate ...
... carried no provision , except a having more than double the number of the Scottish While the armies lay thus opposed to each other , bag of oatmeal ; and each had at his saddle a small army , all troops of the very best quality . plate ...
Page 32
... carried to Jerusalem after his death , and requested Lord James of Douglas to take the charge of it . Douglas wept ... carry his heart to the Holy Land . To make you understand the meaning of this request , I must tell you , that at this ...
... carried to Jerusalem after his death , and requested Lord James of Douglas to take the charge of it . Douglas wept ... carry his heart to the Holy Land . To make you understand the meaning of this request , I must tell you , that at this ...
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... carried on from father to son , and often lasted betwixt families that were neighbours and ought to have been good ... carrying bows and arrows , large swords , which they wielded with both hands , called claymores , poleaxes , and ...
... carried on from father to son , and often lasted betwixt families that were neighbours and ought to have been good ... carrying bows and arrows , large swords , which they wielded with both hands , called claymores , poleaxes , and ...
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... carried on with the purpose of armed battle . In later times they fought with swords purposely blunted on the edge , and with lances which had no steel point ; but in the times we speak of at present , they used in tilts and tour ...
... carried on with the purpose of armed battle . In later times they fought with swords purposely blunted on the edge , and with lances which had no steel point ; but in the times we speak of at present , they used in tilts and tour ...
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... carrying James to Edinburgh , where he entered upon the administration of affairs , and having granted a solemn pardon to ... carried the estate and title of Arran . It was after the fall of the Boyds that the King came to administer the ...
... carrying James to Edinburgh , where he entered upon the administration of affairs , and having granted a solemn pardon to ... carried the estate and title of Arran . It was after the fall of the Boyds that the King came to administer the ...
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