True Stories from the History of Scotland: Intended as a Companion to "True Stories from English History." |
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... Began to reign , 976. Assassinated , 994 . BATTLE OF LANCARTY . A.D. 980 . IN the reign of Kenneth the Third , who was a wise and valiant prince , the Danes invaded Scot- land with a very large army . They first intended to land in ...
... Began to reign , 976. Assassinated , 994 . BATTLE OF LANCARTY . A.D. 980 . IN the reign of Kenneth the Third , who was a wise and valiant prince , the Danes invaded Scot- land with a very large army . They first intended to land in ...
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... , who , in his turn , was defeated and killed by Mal- colm II . the son of Kenneth , and rightful heir to the Scottish throne , A.D. 1003 . CHAPTER II . MALCOLM II . Began to reign , BATTLE OF LANCARTY . 3 Death of Kenneth III CONTENTS A.
... , who , in his turn , was defeated and killed by Mal- colm II . the son of Kenneth , and rightful heir to the Scottish throne , A.D. 1003 . CHAPTER II . MALCOLM II . Began to reign , BATTLE OF LANCARTY . 3 Death of Kenneth III CONTENTS A.
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... Began to reign , 1003. Assassinated , 1033 , aged 80 . A GREAT many hundred years ago , the Danes , who were a very fierce and warlike nation , were continually invading England and Scotland , and ra- vaging the country in the most ...
... Began to reign , 1003. Assassinated , 1033 , aged 80 . A GREAT many hundred years ago , the Danes , who were a very fierce and warlike nation , were continually invading England and Scotland , and ra- vaging the country in the most ...
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... Began to reign , 1040. Expelled , 1055. Slain in Battle , 1057 . DUNCAN the First succeeded his grandfather Malcolm , in the year 1033 ; and the first years of his reign were passed in great tranquillity : but domestic broils afterwards ...
... Began to reign , 1040. Expelled , 1055. Slain in Battle , 1057 . DUNCAN the First succeeded his grandfather Malcolm , in the year 1033 ; and the first years of his reign were passed in great tranquillity : but domestic broils afterwards ...
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... began to grow ambitious , aspiring to the crown itself ; and Dun- can not suspecting he had so dangerous a man near him , was murdered at Inverness , by Macbeth , who usurped the throne . During the greatest part of Macbeth's reign ...
... began to grow ambitious , aspiring to the crown itself ; and Dun- can not suspecting he had so dangerous a man near him , was murdered at Inverness , by Macbeth , who usurped the throne . During the greatest part of Macbeth's reign ...
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