Popular History of England, Том 6Bradbury, Evans, 1860 |
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... thoughts of fighting , and soon sickened of it . " § At the moment when Mar raised the standard of revolt in Scotland , the news arrived of the death of Louis XIV . The great monarch died on the 1st of September . Bolingbroke , who as ...
... thoughts of fighting , and soon sickened of it . " § At the moment when Mar raised the standard of revolt in Scotland , the news arrived of the death of Louis XIV . The great monarch died on the 1st of September . Bolingbroke , who as ...
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... thought it imprudent to attack them . After having held Leith for two days , the insurgents , on the night of the 15th , marched at the lowest ebb of the tide , along the sands beyond Musselburgh ; and they reached Seton House , the cas ...
... thought it imprudent to attack them . After having held Leith for two days , the insurgents , on the night of the 15th , marched at the lowest ebb of the tide , along the sands beyond Musselburgh ; and they reached Seton House , the cas ...
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... thought it imprudent to attack them . After having held Leith for two days , the insurgents , on the night of the 15th , marched at the lowest ebb of the tide , along the sands beyond Musselburgh ; and they reached Seton House , the cas ...
... thought it imprudent to attack them . After having held Leith for two days , the insurgents , on the night of the 15th , marched at the lowest ebb of the tide , along the sands beyond Musselburgh ; and they reached Seton House , the cas ...
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... thought that , after the lapse of ten years , the hatreds of clanship , and the thirst for the fall of political enemies might have been laid aside . The following record is not creditable to the character of the duke of Argyle . In the ...
... thought that , after the lapse of ten years , the hatreds of clanship , and the thirst for the fall of political enemies might have been laid aside . The following record is not creditable to the character of the duke of Argyle . In the ...
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... thought would raise Spain in the scale of nations . He prepared an armament at Barcelona , whose destination was wholly unknown . In August , 1717 , a Spanish fleet anchored in the bay of Cagliari ; and eight or nine thousand troops ...
... thought would raise Spain in the scale of nations . He prepared an armament at Barcelona , whose destination was wholly unknown . In August , 1717 , a Spanish fleet anchored in the bay of Cagliari ; and eight or nine thousand troops ...
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