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... Scotland towards the Stuarts - Massacre of Glencoe - A fresh attempt in 1692 in James the Second's favour - It fails - Generous conduct of the French king - James the Second's life in exile— His passion for the chase - Birth of the ...
... Scotland towards the Stuarts - Massacre of Glencoe - A fresh attempt in 1692 in James the Second's favour - It fails - Generous conduct of the French king - James the Second's life in exile— His passion for the chase - Birth of the ...
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... Scotland after 1715 - Another invasion attempted in 1719 - The youth of Charles Edward at Rome - His romantic visions- His departure for France in 1744 , and leave - taking from the Elder Pretender - Coldness of the French Government ...
... Scotland after 1715 - Another invasion attempted in 1719 - The youth of Charles Edward at Rome - His romantic visions- His departure for France in 1744 , and leave - taking from the Elder Pretender - Coldness of the French Government ...
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... Scotland - St . Ciaran - St . Columba - The Pictish kings -The Highlanders of Prince Charles's time - A tall , ro- bust people — The Highland garb - Clanship - Its origin― The manners and customs of Highlanders — The Fiery Cross -The ...
... Scotland - St . Ciaran - St . Columba - The Pictish kings -The Highlanders of Prince Charles's time - A tall , ro- bust people — The Highland garb - Clanship - Its origin― The manners and customs of Highlanders — The Fiery Cross -The ...
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... Scotland , where the High- landers clung with faithful tenacity to his memory . Living up in remote districts in primitive style , and looking up to the chiefs of their clans as their only authority , the Highlanders only saw in James ...
... Scotland , where the High- landers clung with faithful tenacity to his memory . Living up in remote districts in primitive style , and looking up to the chiefs of their clans as their only authority , the Highlanders only saw in James ...
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... Scotland were the last portions of the British empire that remained faithful to the Stuarts , and the first to rise in the defence of James the Second's claims . Three Scotch noblemen stood by the fallen king when all his courtiers and ...
... Scotland were the last portions of the British empire that remained faithful to the Stuarts , and the first to rise in the defence of James the Second's claims . Three Scotch noblemen stood by the fallen king when all his courtiers and ...
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