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 49
... young King . An old adherent of the family greatly dissuaded the Earl from accepting this invitation , and exhorted him , if he went to Edinburgh in person , to leave at least his brother David behind him . But the young Earl , thinking ...
... young King . An old adherent of the family greatly dissuaded the Earl from accepting this invitation , and exhorted him , if he went to Edinburgh in person , to leave at least his brother David behind him . But the young Earl , thinking ...
Page 65
... young King , James V. , who , as had been too often the case on former similar occasions , ascended the throne when a child of not two years old . But the authority of Margaret was greatly dimin- ished by a hasty and imprudent marriage ...
... young King , James V. , who , as had been too often the case on former similar occasions , ascended the throne when a child of not two years old . But the authority of Margaret was greatly dimin- ished by a hasty and imprudent marriage ...
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... young King of Scotland , though yet a boy , began to show tokens of ill - will towards the French and Albany . Some nobles asked him what should be done with the French , whom the Regent had left behind . " Give them , " said James ...
... young King of Scotland , though yet a boy , began to show tokens of ill - will towards the French and Albany . Some nobles asked him what should be done with the French , whom the Regent had left behind . " Give them , " said James ...
Page 68
... young King like a prisoner , and that all the administration of the kingdom centred in the Douglasses . He assembled an army of ten or twelve thousand men , and advanced upon Edin- burgh from Stirling . Angus and Arran , who were still ...
... young King like a prisoner , and that all the administration of the kingdom centred in the Douglasses . He assembled an army of ten or twelve thousand men , and advanced upon Edin- burgh from Stirling . Angus and Arran , who were still ...
Page 74
... young King of Scotland , to make the same alteration of religion in his country , which had been introduced into England . Henry , if we can believe the Scottish historians , made James the most splendid offers , to induce him to follow ...
... young King of Scotland , to make the same alteration of religion in his country , which had been introduced into England . Henry , if we can believe the Scottish historians , made James the most splendid offers , to induce him to follow ...
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