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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... sent on a message to the Scotch army - The king is reduced to submit to their terms - Encroachments of the par- liament - The gates of Hull shut against the king - The king raises an army - Loyalty of the English gentry 114 CHAPTER X ...
... sent on a message to the Scotch army - The king is reduced to submit to their terms - Encroachments of the par- liament - The gates of Hull shut against the king - The king raises an army - Loyalty of the English gentry 114 CHAPTER X ...
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... sent for him imme- diately to come to me , mightily approved my choice ; so we got our equipage ready , and came ... sent into the village , hired a peasant and a horse for my captain , and sent him to guide us into the road . At parting ...
... sent for him imme- diately to come to me , mightily approved my choice ; so we got our equipage ready , and came ... sent into the village , hired a peasant and a horse for my captain , and sent him to guide us into the road . At parting ...
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... sent them thirty thousand crowns for present supply , which heartened them a little , but had not the truce been made as it was , they must have sur- rendered upon what terms the Spaniards had pleased to make them . Never were two ...
... sent them thirty thousand crowns for present supply , which heartened them a little , but had not the truce been made as it was , they must have sur- rendered upon what terms the Spaniards had pleased to make them . Never were two ...
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... sent eight thousand foot and two thousand horse to join the Polish army against the king , and had thereby given some check to his arms in that war . In pursuance therefore of his resolution to quarrel with the emperor , but more ...
... sent eight thousand foot and two thousand horse to join the Polish army against the king , and had thereby given some check to his arms in that war . In pursuance therefore of his resolution to quarrel with the emperor , but more ...
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... sent , and the bait so neatly concealed , that the electors of Bavaria and Mentz , the King of Hungary , and several of the popish princes , not foreseeing that the ruin of them all lay in the bottom of it , foolishly advised the ...
... sent , and the bait so neatly concealed , that the electors of Bavaria and Mentz , the King of Hungary , and several of the popish princes , not foreseeing that the ruin of them all lay in the bottom of it , foolishly advised the ...
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