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 78
... considerable auxiliary force of French sol- diers , under an officer named D'Esse , who rendered material assistance in recovering several forts and castles which had fallen into the hands of the English after the battle of Pinkie , and ...
... considerable auxiliary force of French sol- diers , under an officer named D'Esse , who rendered material assistance in recovering several forts and castles which had fallen into the hands of the English after the battle of Pinkie , and ...
Page 82
... considerable part of those domains which had belonged to the Earldom of Murray . This Earl of Huntly was a brave man , and possessed of very great power in the Northern counties . He was one of the few remaining Peers who continued ...
... considerable part of those domains which had belonged to the Earldom of Murray . This Earl of Huntly was a brave man , and possessed of very great power in the Northern counties . He was one of the few remaining Peers who continued ...
Page 126
... considerable degree of disunion into so formidable a league . The General Assembly of the Church convened according to the treaty , failed not to confirm all that had been done by their predecessors at Glasgow ; the National Covenant ...
... considerable degree of disunion into so formidable a league . The General Assembly of the Church convened according to the treaty , failed not to confirm all that had been done by their predecessors at Glasgow ; the National Covenant ...
Page 136
... considerable stream being thus inter- posed betwixt the two parts of his army , which should have been so stationed as to be ready to support each other on a sudden alarm . But Montrose had no in- formation of the vicinity of Lesley ...
... considerable stream being thus inter- posed betwixt the two parts of his army , which should have been so stationed as to be ready to support each other on a sudden alarm . But Montrose had no in- formation of the vicinity of Lesley ...
Page 140
... considerable sum , unless to facilitate their obtaining possession of the King's person ; and this sordid and base transaction , though the work exclusively of a mercenary army , stamped the whole nation of Scot- land with infamy . In ...
... considerable sum , unless to facilitate their obtaining possession of the King's person ; and this sordid and base transaction , though the work exclusively of a mercenary army , stamped the whole nation of Scot- land with infamy . In ...
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