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... brave Scottish gentleman , named William Wallace , raised an insur- rection against his officers , and defeating his army at Stirling in 1298 , cleared the whole country of its southern invaders . But 152 AMERICAN ENCYCLOPEDIA .
... brave Scottish gentleman , named William Wallace , raised an insur- rection against his officers , and defeating his army at Stirling in 1298 , cleared the whole country of its southern invaders . But 152 AMERICAN ENCYCLOPEDIA .
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... officers ; but at length he became so for- midable , that Edward found it necessary ( 1307 ) to lead a large army against him . The English monarch , worn out with fatigue and age , died on the coast of the Solway Firth , when just ...
... officers ; but at length he became so for- midable , that Edward found it necessary ( 1307 ) to lead a large army against him . The English monarch , worn out with fatigue and age , died on the coast of the Solway Firth , when just ...
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... officers were at first unsuccessful , and met with some serious defeats . In 1599 , Tyrone gained so great a victory ... officer introduced jealousy and disunion among the Irish chiefs . The very celerity of his movements tended to ...
... officers were at first unsuccessful , and met with some serious defeats . In 1599 , Tyrone gained so great a victory ... officer introduced jealousy and disunion among the Irish chiefs . The very celerity of his movements tended to ...
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... officers then constituted him PROTECTOR of the Commonwealth of Great Britain and Ireland , with most of the prerogatives of the late king . The war against Holland was still carried on with great spirit . In the summer of 1653 , two ...
... officers then constituted him PROTECTOR of the Commonwealth of Great Britain and Ireland , with most of the prerogatives of the late king . The war against Holland was still carried on with great spirit . In the summer of 1653 , two ...
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... officers , to make up a kind of Upper House . This assembly proved as intractable as its predecessors , and he contracted such a disgust at the very nature of a representative legisla- ture , as to resolve , like Charles I , never to ...
... officers , to make up a kind of Upper House . This assembly proved as intractable as its predecessors , and he contracted such a disgust at the very nature of a representative legisla- ture , as to resolve , like Charles I , never to ...
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