The History of Scotland: From the Union of the Crowns on the Accession of James VI. to the Throne of England, to the Union of the Kingdoms in the Reign of Queen Anne, Volume 1A. Strahan, 1800 - Gowrie Conspiracy, 1600 |
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... executed by Dr. Robertson , with a fidelity equal at least to the elegance and the fuccefs of his work ; but the domeftic transactions of Scotland , from the Acceffion to the Union , have hitherto remained concealed in manuscripts , or ...
... executed by Dr. Robertson , with a fidelity equal at least to the elegance and the fuccefs of his work ; but the domeftic transactions of Scotland , from the Acceffion to the Union , have hitherto remained concealed in manuscripts , or ...
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... executed ; and certainly the fituation of Scotland afforded ample scope for the exercife of his political wisdom . The country , agitated during his minority with civil diffenfions , and often ravaged by internal war , remained , on the ...
... executed ; and certainly the fituation of Scotland afforded ample scope for the exercife of his political wisdom . The country , agitated during his minority with civil diffenfions , and often ravaged by internal war , remained , on the ...
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... execution of the laws ; to the commons the encrease of their in- fant commerce , the prosecution of their neglected fisheries , and a fedulous application to the woollen manufactures , the fource of profperity and wealth to England . He ...
... execution of the laws ; to the commons the encrease of their in- fant commerce , the prosecution of their neglected fisheries , and a fedulous application to the woollen manufactures , the fource of profperity and wealth to England . He ...
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... execution must have failed to intimidate , and the licentious fpirit of those fierce mountaineers remained unfubdued ... executed with seven hoftages innocent of his crimes . Without habitations , and accom- panied on every excursion by ...
... execution must have failed to intimidate , and the licentious fpirit of those fierce mountaineers remained unfubdued ... executed with seven hoftages innocent of his crimes . Without habitations , and accom- panied on every excursion by ...
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... execution by a folemn fign ; when thrown from the ladder , he clapped his hands thrice together before he expired " . Logan's attainder , 1 66 Although Logan and his fervant were already dead , his memory was ftill exposed to ...
... execution by a folemn fign ; when thrown from the ladder , he clapped his hands thrice together before he expired " . Logan's attainder , 1 66 Although Logan and his fervant were already dead , his memory was ftill exposed to ...
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