True Stories from the History of Scotland: Intended as a Companion to "True Stories from English History." |
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... attack , crying aloud , Help is at hand ! " The Danes , believing that a fresh army was falling upon them , were dismayed , and totally defeated ; and the Scots thus freed their own country from servitude . After the battle , 66 the old ...
... attack , crying aloud , Help is at hand ! " The Danes , believing that a fresh army was falling upon them , were dismayed , and totally defeated ; and the Scots thus freed their own country from servitude . After the battle , 66 the old ...
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... attacked them ; but , having the misfortune to lose three of his general officers , he was obliged to retreat ; however , the Danish general being killed in pursu- ing him , the Scots were encouraged to renew the fight , and at last ...
... attacked them ; but , having the misfortune to lose three of his general officers , he was obliged to retreat ; however , the Danish general being killed in pursu- ing him , the Scots were encouraged to renew the fight , and at last ...
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... attacked the insur- gents separately , and , having subdued them all , put great numbers of them to death . He then began to lessen the too great power of the nobles ; and to deliver the common people from the op- pression under which ...
... attacked the insur- gents separately , and , having subdued them all , put great numbers of them to death . He then began to lessen the too great power of the nobles ; and to deliver the common people from the op- pression under which ...
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... attacks of the enemy . This loss , however , he made up for , in a great measure , by his policy ; for he found means to raise a jealousy between the two Welsh chiefs , and then induced them sepa- rately to conclude a peace with him ...
... attacks of the enemy . This loss , however , he made up for , in a great measure , by his policy ; for he found means to raise a jealousy between the two Welsh chiefs , and then induced them sepa- rately to conclude a peace with him ...
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... attack upon the English . Ormesby and Cressingham were the two men appointed by Edward to have the chief command over the oppressed Scots ; and they both made them feel how grievously they were enslaved ; for they ruled with the ...
... attack upon the English . Ormesby and Cressingham were the two men appointed by Edward to have the chief command over the oppressed Scots ; and they both made them feel how grievously they were enslaved ; for they ruled with the ...
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