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Page 64
... hearts , especially the hearts of soldiers , and that it was none the worse for pleasing their eyes as well . The blue ribbons were at once popular , and Montrose's whimsies , as they were at first contemptuously called , soon became ...
... hearts , especially the hearts of soldiers , and that it was none the worse for pleasing their eyes as well . The blue ribbons were at once popular , and Montrose's whimsies , as they were at first contemptuously called , soon became ...
Page 67
... heart from my sovereign . " He was at once sent as a prisoner to the Castle , with his heir Lord Gordon who had accompanied him from Aberdeen . His second son , Lord Aboyne , should also have been there , but he had been allowed by ...
... heart from my sovereign . " He was at once sent as a prisoner to the Castle , with his heir Lord Gordon who had accompanied him from Aberdeen . His second son , Lord Aboyne , should also have been there , but he had been allowed by ...
Page 68
... heart than Hamilton's might well have shrunk from the prospect before him . His men were raw English peasants , without drill or dis- cipline and careless of the cause for which they had been armed with weapons of whose use they were ...
... heart than Hamilton's might well have shrunk from the prospect before him . His men were raw English peasants , without drill or dis- cipline and careless of the cause for which they had been armed with weapons of whose use they were ...
Page 76
... carried into the town . A cry rose that he was dead . The citizens , without their brave leader , lost heart and gave way . The cavalry , returning IV HIS CLEMENCY 77 from their bootless ride , might 76 CHAP . MONTROSE.
... carried into the town . A cry rose that he was dead . The citizens , without their brave leader , lost heart and gave way . The cavalry , returning IV HIS CLEMENCY 77 from their bootless ride , might 76 CHAP . MONTROSE.
Page 79
... hearts that any final solution to the quarrel between them had been found at Berwick . It was at most a truce ; and it was soon made clear how short and hollow a truce it was destined to be . The Pacification was signed on June 10th ...
... hearts that any final solution to the quarrel between them had been found at Berwick . It was at most a truce ; and it was soon made clear how short and hollow a truce it was destined to be . The Pacification was signed on June 10th ...
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