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... never shall we know again A heart so stout and true ; The olden times have passed away , And weary are the new .'- AYTOUN . Illustrations by John Lawson . FCA LONDON : GRIFFITH AND BO FARRA N , SUCCESSORS TO NEWBERY AND HARRIS , WEST ...
... never shall we know again A heart so stout and true ; The olden times have passed away , And weary are the new .'- AYTOUN . Illustrations by John Lawson . FCA LONDON : GRIFFITH AND BO FARRA N , SUCCESSORS TO NEWBERY AND HARRIS , WEST ...
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... never known another man so nearly approaching the description given by Plutarch of the heroes of old . ' No nation has surpassed the Scots in examples of heroic military qualities ; and not even the ad- ventures of ' bonnie Prince ...
... never known another man so nearly approaching the description given by Plutarch of the heroes of old . ' No nation has surpassed the Scots in examples of heroic military qualities ; and not even the ad- ventures of ' bonnie Prince ...
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... never noticed him at Court , from his resentment at the course that Rothes had adopted from the be- ginning of his reign , of opposition to the King's Scottish policy . The friends of Charles the First declare that he intended , in the ...
... never noticed him at Court , from his resentment at the course that Rothes had adopted from the be- ginning of his reign , of opposition to the King's Scottish policy . The friends of Charles the First declare that he intended , in the ...
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... never be true to a king . Charles , though accused of favouring the errors of Rome , disliked Papists . The Earl's father had become a Roman Catholic , and by so doing offended the King . With arbitrary power , Charles ordered the old ...
... never be true to a king . Charles , though accused of favouring the errors of Rome , disliked Papists . The Earl's father had become a Roman Catholic , and by so doing offended the King . With arbitrary power , Charles ordered the old ...
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... never came , as far as Newcastle was concerned . For , after the battle of Marston Moor , and the consequent surrender of York , he considered . himself so wronged by Prince Rupert , who would not listen to the Marquis's advice , and so ...
... never came , as far as Newcastle was concerned . For , after the battle of Marston Moor , and the consequent surrender of York , he considered . himself so wronged by Prince Rupert , who would not listen to the Marquis's advice , and so ...
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