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... fire while peer after peer poured invectives on his ministers , and laughed louder than the rest when Shaftesbury directed his coarsest taunts at the barren- ness of the queen . Courtiers were entrusted with the secret " management " of ...
... fire while peer after peer poured invectives on his ministers , and laughed louder than the rest when Shaftesbury directed his coarsest taunts at the barren- ness of the queen . Courtiers were entrusted with the secret " management " of ...
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... fires over the whole city , the drinking in every street , accompanied by cries to the health of the bishops and confusion to the Catholics , with the play of fireworks and the discharge of firearms , and the other demonstrations of ...
... fires over the whole city , the drinking in every street , accompanied by cries to the health of the bishops and confusion to the Catholics , with the play of fireworks and the discharge of firearms , and the other demonstrations of ...
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... fire , and killed four of them . The owner of the house , a brother of the slain Auchintriaten , escaped unhurt , and expressed a wish to be put to death rather in the open air than within the house . 66 For your bread which I have ...
... fire , and killed four of them . The owner of the house , a brother of the slain Auchintriaten , escaped unhurt , and expressed a wish to be put to death rather in the open air than within the house . 66 For your bread which I have ...
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... fire , the mountaineers presenting their pieces as they ran , dropping them when discharged , and rushing on to close conflict sword in hand . The events of the pre- ceding night had created among the regulars an apprehension of their ...
... fire , the mountaineers presenting their pieces as they ran , dropping them when discharged , and rushing on to close conflict sword in hand . The events of the pre- ceding night had created among the regulars an apprehension of their ...
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... fire of the Highlanders , and went off without even an attempt to charge , riding down the artillery guard in their flight . The rearmost squadron , commanded by Gardiner , might , if steady , have yet altered the fate of the day , by ...
... fire of the Highlanders , and went off without even an attempt to charge , riding down the artillery guard in their flight . The rearmost squadron , commanded by Gardiner , might , if steady , have yet altered the fate of the day , by ...
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