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 67
... obtained a supe- riority in the Scottish councils , and became the head Buccleuch , with the Border thieves of Teviotdale and of those nobles who desired to maintain a friendly Liddesdale , to interrupt your Grace's passage . I alliance ...
... obtained a supe- riority in the Scottish councils , and became the head Buccleuch , with the Border thieves of Teviotdale and of those nobles who desired to maintain a friendly Liddesdale , to interrupt your Grace's passage . I alliance ...
Page 73
... obtain pardon , by prayer for the souls who were in Purgatory , and to have the gates of that place of torture opened ... obtained by money , and all this money went to the priests . But the Pope and his clergy carried the matter still ...
... obtain pardon , by prayer for the souls who were in Purgatory , and to have the gates of that place of torture opened ... obtained by money , and all this money went to the priests . But the Pope and his clergy carried the matter still ...
Page 75
... obtained success in the first con- siderable action , to his unutterable satisfaction , and prepared for more ... obtain the supreme power . Mary of Guise , the Queen Mother , with Cardinal David Beaton , were at the head of that which ...
... obtained success in the first con- siderable action , to his unutterable satisfaction , and prepared for more ... obtain the supreme power . Mary of Guise , the Queen Mother , with Cardinal David Beaton , were at the head of that which ...
Page 84
... obtaining what was called in Scotland the Crown Matrimonial ; that is , the full equality of royal right in the crown with his consort . Until he obtained this eminence he was not held to be King , though called so in courtesy . He was ...
... obtaining what was called in Scotland the Crown Matrimonial ; that is , the full equality of royal right in the crown with his consort . Until he obtained this eminence he was not held to be King , though called so in courtesy . He was ...
Page 93
... obtained grants of the church lands from those who had possession of them for the time . The Earl of Morton , however , set the example of another and less violent mode of appropriating church revenues to his own purposes . This was by ...
... obtained grants of the church lands from those who had possession of them for the time . The Earl of Morton , however , set the example of another and less violent mode of appropriating church revenues to his own purposes . This was by ...
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