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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... defend themselves . " Remain would be unable to withstand the attack of so many with me , " he said to the priests of Hexham , a large disciplined soldiers , and hastened to submit them - town in Northumberland , " for I cannot protect ...
... defend themselves . " Remain would be unable to withstand the attack of so many with me , " he said to the priests of Hexham , a large disciplined soldiers , and hastened to submit them - town in Northumberland , " for I cannot protect ...
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... defended , when he heard at a distance the baying of hounds , which was always coming nearer and nearer . This was the ... defend the passage with his own hand , until his men came to assist him . His armour was so good and strong , that ...
... defended , when he heard at a distance the baying of hounds , which was always coming nearer and nearer . This was the ... defend the passage with his own hand , until his men came to assist him . His armour was so good and strong , that ...
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... defend themselves , but being taken by surprise and unprepared , they were , for the greater part , killed or made prisoners , and that so suddenly , and with so little noise , that their companions in the castle never heard of it . So ...
... defend themselves , but being taken by surprise and unprepared , they were , for the greater part , killed or made prisoners , and that so suddenly , and with so little noise , that their companions in the castle never heard of it . So ...
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... defended not only by gates , which were usually kept shut against strangers , but also by a portcullis . A portcullis ... defend the entrance when it is not possible to shut the gates . Binnock knew this very well , but he re- solved to ...
... defended not only by gates , which were usually kept shut against strangers , but also by a portcullis . A portcullis ... defend the entrance when it is not possible to shut the gates . Binnock knew this very well , but he re- solved to ...
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... defend himself by taking possession of a very strong pass on the side of one of the largest mountains in Scotland , Cruachan Ben . The ground was very strait , having great rocks on the one hand , and on the other deep precipices ...
... defend himself by taking possession of a very strong pass on the side of one of the largest mountains in Scotland , Cruachan Ben . The ground was very strait , having great rocks on the one hand , and on the other deep precipices ...
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