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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... dragoon - The Marquis of Montrose does great service in Scotland - I leave the army on a visit to my father's - Disastrous termination of the war , and fate of the king's party 217 CHAPTER XVII . Various opinions on the king's throwing ...
... dragoon - The Marquis of Montrose does great service in Scotland - I leave the army on a visit to my father's - Disastrous termination of the war , and fate of the king's party 217 CHAPTER XVII . Various opinions on the king's throwing ...
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... dragoon -Messenger to Alicant - Letter from the king of Spain to the queen of England - The siege of Carthagena -- Signal defeat of the English before Villena - Comic appearance of Major Boyd on his journey to Venissa- Interesting ...
... dragoon -Messenger to Alicant - Letter from the king of Spain to the queen of England - The siege of Carthagena -- Signal defeat of the English before Villena - Comic appearance of Major Boyd on his journey to Venissa- Interesting ...
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... dragoons of the guards to convoy us out of the jurisdiction of Lyons . CHAPTER II . REFLECTIONS - JOURNEY TO GRENOBLE , AND DESCRIPTION OF THE SWISS TROOPS THERE - ACCOUNT OF THE KING AND COURT - DEPART FOR PIGNEROL - SIEGE OF CASAL— I ...
... dragoons of the guards to convoy us out of the jurisdiction of Lyons . CHAPTER II . REFLECTIONS - JOURNEY TO GRENOBLE , AND DESCRIPTION OF THE SWISS TROOPS THERE - ACCOUNT OF THE KING AND COURT - DEPART FOR PIGNEROL - SIEGE OF CASAL— I ...
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... dragoons ; we had also her majesty's pass , with which we came and went where we pleased ; and the cardinal , who was then not on very good terms with the queen , but willing to keep smooth water there , when two or three times our ...
... dragoons ; we had also her majesty's pass , with which we came and went where we pleased ; and the cardinal , who was then not on very good terms with the queen , but willing to keep smooth water there , when two or three times our ...
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... dragoons , with every horseman a footman behind him , whether he had swam the Po , or passed it above at a bridge , and made a long march after was not examined , but he came boldly up the plain , and charged our rear with a great deal ...
... dragoons , with every horseman a footman behind him , whether he had swam the Po , or passed it above at a bridge , and made a long march after was not examined , but he came boldly up the plain , and charged our rear with a great deal ...
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