Novels and Miscellaneous Works: With Prefaces and Notes, Including Those Attributed to Sir Walter Scott, Volume 2G. Bell and Sons, 1885 |
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... attacks Newark - Successful excursion into Lincolnshire- Siege of Huntingdon - Brave action of a dragoon - The Marquis of Montrose does great service in Scotland - I leave the army on a visit to my father's - Disastrous termination of ...
... attacks Newark - Successful excursion into Lincolnshire- Siege of Huntingdon - Brave action of a dragoon - The Marquis of Montrose does great service in Scotland - I leave the army on a visit to my father's - Disastrous termination of ...
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... attack on Wyck - Siege of Cambray and St. Omars . 273 CHAPTER II . The famous peace concluded - Desperate battle at St. Dennis - Return to England - Commission given by King James - Earthquake at Dixmuyd -Siege of Namur - Prince ...
... attack on Wyck - Siege of Cambray and St. Omars . 273 CHAPTER II . The famous peace concluded - Desperate battle at St. Dennis - Return to England - Commission given by King James - Earthquake at Dixmuyd -Siege of Namur - Prince ...
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... attacking our camp , which he did not care to do . The next morning we had news of the surrender of Mantua to the imperial army ; we heard of it first from the Duke of Savoy's cannon , which he fired by way of rejoicing , and which ...
... attacking our camp , which he did not care to do . The next morning we had news of the surrender of Mantua to the imperial army ; we heard of it first from the Duke of Savoy's cannon , which he fired by way of rejoicing , and which ...
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... attacked , for we all expected the city would surrender that day , or next , and they might have capitulated upon very good terms . Being upon the works of the fort , on a sudden I heard the dreadfulest cry raised in the city that can ...
... attacked , for we all expected the city would surrender that day , or next , and they might have capitulated upon very good terms . Being upon the works of the fort , on a sudden I heard the dreadfulest cry raised in the city that can ...
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... castle ; the Scots were chose out to make this attack , and the king was an eye- witness of their gallantry . In this action Sir John was not WOUNDED BEFORE CASTLE OF MARIENBURG . 59 commanded out , 58 MEMOIRS OF A CAVALIER .
... castle ; the Scots were chose out to make this attack , and the king was an eye- witness of their gallantry . In this action Sir John was not WOUNDED BEFORE CASTLE OF MARIENBURG . 59 commanded out , 58 MEMOIRS OF A CAVALIER .
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