An Exposure of the Spy System Pursued in Glasgow, During the Years 1816-17-18-19 and 20: With Copies of the Original Letters, &c., of Andrew Hardie, who was Executed for High Treason at Stirling, in September, 1820Muir, Gowans & Company, 1833 - 242 страници |
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... Hope , Duncan M'Neil , & c .; and , on the other hand , there appeared for the prisoners , John Clerk , James Moncrieff , George Cranstoun , Francis Jeffrey , Henry Cockburn , and J. P. Graut . There never , indeed , was such a ...
... Hope , Duncan M'Neil , & c .; and , on the other hand , there appeared for the prisoners , John Clerk , James Moncrieff , George Cranstoun , Francis Jeffrey , Henry Cockburn , and J. P. Graut . There never , indeed , was such a ...
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... hope that he would , at least , furnish them with the means to return home . Mr. Warrander at first refused point blank to do any thing for them , whereupon Hood took speech in hand , and said , " Mr. Warrander , you or your masters ...
... hope that he would , at least , furnish them with the means to return home . Mr. Warrander at first refused point blank to do any thing for them , whereupon Hood took speech in hand , and said , " Mr. Warrander , you or your masters ...
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... Hope , where I should receive a grant of land , accompanied with a strong recommendation to the Governor of the Colony . My answer to this important proposition was requested in two days , which afforded little time to consult my ...
... Hope , where I should receive a grant of land , accompanied with a strong recommendation to the Governor of the Colony . My answer to this important proposition was requested in two days , which afforded little time to consult my ...
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... Hope , Mr. Finlay gave it as his opinion that whatever engagement I entered into , I ought to have committed to writing , as their verbal promises were not worth a straw . " Shade of Sidmouth ! Ghost of Castlereagh ! Do ye hear the char ...
... Hope , Mr. Finlay gave it as his opinion that whatever engagement I entered into , I ought to have committed to writing , as their verbal promises were not worth a straw . " Shade of Sidmouth ! Ghost of Castlereagh ! Do ye hear the char ...
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... Hope . I was requested to weigh the matter maturely , and if I would agree to go out , he was desired to assure me 1 would receive an outfit , & c .; in other words , this was a repetition of the offer made me the preceding year , which ...
... Hope . I was requested to weigh the matter maturely , and if I would agree to go out , he was desired to assure me 1 would receive an outfit , & c .; in other words , this was a repetition of the offer made me the preceding year , which ...
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