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... Duke of Perth - Prince Charles attends mass - He attaches himself to favourites - Lord George Murray - The Prince intends taking Edinburgh - Alarm felt there - Edinburgh taken , and the Prince's entrance at the head of his High- landers ...
... Duke of Perth - Prince Charles attends mass - He attaches himself to favourites - Lord George Murray - The Prince intends taking Edinburgh - Alarm felt there - Edinburgh taken , and the Prince's entrance at the head of his High- landers ...
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... Duke of Cumberland at Holyrood - Retreat of the Highland army - The Prince's aversion to such a step- Siege of Blair Castle - The Highlanders raise the siege- Sufferings of Prince Charles Edward's army - The Prince concerts a night ...
... Duke of Cumberland at Holyrood - Retreat of the Highland army - The Prince's aversion to such a step- Siege of Blair Castle - The Highlanders raise the siege- Sufferings of Prince Charles Edward's army - The Prince concerts a night ...
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... ordinary interest . One of them related to his companions a scene that had taken place the day before . ' The Duke of Lauzun , ' he said , ' replied to the The Meeting of Louis and Queen Mary . 3 Duchess Tales of the White Cockade .
... ordinary interest . One of them related to his companions a scene that had taken place the day before . ' The Duke of Lauzun , ' he said , ' replied to the The Meeting of Louis and Queen Mary . 3 Duchess Tales of the White Cockade .
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... as well as those of chivalry , to undertake such a step ; and St. Victor joined him out of gratitude to James the Second . Thirty years before , the king , when Duke of York , had been the means of saving St. Victor's father's life at.
... as well as those of chivalry , to undertake such a step ; and St. Victor joined him out of gratitude to James the Second . Thirty years before , the king , when Duke of York , had been the means of saving St. Victor's father's life at.
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... Duke of Gordon , Lord Balcarres , and the brave and daunt- less Claverhouse of Dundee . A few days before he left England , James found himself friendless and almost penniless at Whitehall . It was at that moment that one of his ...
... Duke of Gordon , Lord Balcarres , and the brave and daunt- less Claverhouse of Dundee . A few days before he left England , James found himself friendless and almost penniless at Whitehall . It was at that moment that one of his ...
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