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... Edinburgh between a party of his own men and the followers of Sir John Sandilands , by whom one of his clan had been murdered three years previously . In this affair Lord Graham fought by his father's side , and according to one account ...
... Edinburgh between a party of his own men and the followers of Sir John Sandilands , by whom one of his clan had been murdered three years previously . In this affair Lord Graham fought by his father's side , and according to one account ...
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... Edinburgh to young James Rollo , and both then and afterwards at Carnock in Fife , where ' the honeymoon was spent , there had been high festival . The result of all this gaiety , alternated with days of hard exercise in the saddle and ...
... Edinburgh to young James Rollo , and both then and afterwards at Carnock in Fife , where ' the honeymoon was spent , there had been high festival . The result of all this gaiety , alternated with days of hard exercise in the saddle and ...
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... , grandson to Montrose's guardian , and their son was the famous Dundee . Lord Carnegie had been created Earl of Southesk at the King's visit to Edinburgh in 1633 . guardians were well pleased to see their young chief in.
... , grandson to Montrose's guardian , and their son was the famous Dundee . Lord Carnegie had been created Earl of Southesk at the King's visit to Edinburgh in 1633 . guardians were well pleased to see their young chief in.
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... Edinburgh a royal edict destined to set not Scotland only but the whole kingdom in a blaze . By the Act of Revocation , as it was called , Charles , before he had been a year upon his throne , succeeded in doing what his father through ...
... Edinburgh a royal edict destined to set not Scotland only but the whole kingdom in a blaze . By the Act of Revocation , as it was called , Charles , before he had been a year upon his throne , succeeded in doing what his father through ...
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... Edinburgh on June 15th , and on the 18th the mischief began . The ceremonies of the coronation confirmed the worst suspicions . A table decked in the fashion of an altar was set up in the chapel of Holyrood ; behind it was hung a ...
... Edinburgh on June 15th , and on the 18th the mischief began . The ceremonies of the coronation confirmed the worst suspicions . A table decked in the fashion of an altar was set up in the chapel of Holyrood ; behind it was hung a ...
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