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... Argyll in their councils , he flung himself into the arms of the Cavaliers . On the other hand , his action has in both cases been represented as the result of one uniform policy . After long and careful deliberation he formed the ...
... Argyll in their councils , he flung himself into the arms of the Cavaliers . On the other hand , his action has in both cases been represented as the result of one uniform policy . After long and careful deliberation he formed the ...
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... Argyll , had ventured to enter the city ; they had come under the protection of Hamilton and his friends , and were now lodged safely in the castle . Swords and daggers were to be seen on all sides . The regularly elected members ...
... Argyll , had ventured to enter the city ; they had come under the protection of Hamilton and his friends , and were now lodged safely in the castle . Swords and daggers were to be seen on all sides . The regularly elected members ...
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... single day transferred the national faith from Rome to Geneva . Nor was this the Covenanters ' only triumph . The departure of Hamilton was the signal for the appearance III THE EARL OF ARGYLL 55 of an invaluable convert 54 CHAP . MONTROSE.
... single day transferred the national faith from Rome to Geneva . Nor was this the Covenanters ' only triumph . The departure of Hamilton was the signal for the appearance III THE EARL OF ARGYLL 55 of an invaluable convert 54 CHAP . MONTROSE.
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Mowbray Morris. III THE EARL OF ARGYLL 55 of an invaluable convert . Archibald , Earl of Argyll , then in his fortieth year , and but lately succeeded to the title and vast estates of his father , was reckoned the most powerful subject ...
Mowbray Morris. III THE EARL OF ARGYLL 55 of an invaluable convert . Archibald , Earl of Argyll , then in his fortieth year , and but lately succeeded to the title and vast estates of his father , was reckoned the most powerful subject ...
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... Argyll's assurance that he had always secretly been on their side and had only delayed declaring himself for them while he conceived that this ambiguity might best serve their interests ; matters had now come , he said , to such a ...
... Argyll's assurance that he had always secretly been on their side and had only delayed declaring himself for them while he conceived that this ambiguity might best serve their interests ; matters had now come , he said , to such a ...
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