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... hours passed there by Mary must often have been embittered if she recalled to mind how many of her subjects , from the common boatman plying his little craft beneath her gardens on the river Thames , might be heard humming the Jacobite ...
... hours passed there by Mary must often have been embittered if she recalled to mind how many of her subjects , from the common boatman plying his little craft beneath her gardens on the river Thames , might be heard humming the Jacobite ...
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... hour of his life to look upon himself as Prince of Wales , although many unworthy attempts were made to throw doubts on his birth ; whence his ap- pellation of Pretender . ' Such aspersions , however , on the honour of his parents were ...
... hour of his life to look upon himself as Prince of Wales , although many unworthy attempts were made to throw doubts on his birth ; whence his ap- pellation of Pretender . ' Such aspersions , however , on the honour of his parents were ...
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... hour . One of his relations , however , even in William the Third's reign , had had the courage to advocate the elder Pretender's cause to that monarch himself . That was the high spirited and minded Electress Sophia of Hanover . When ...
... hour . One of his relations , however , even in William the Third's reign , had had the courage to advocate the elder Pretender's cause to that monarch himself . That was the high spirited and minded Electress Sophia of Hanover . When ...
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... hour in the market - place , surrounded by crowds of loyal peasants , eager to touch his hand , or get a kind word from their long - lost prince . James seems , from all accounts , to have been very affable and gracious on this occasion ...
... hour in the market - place , surrounded by crowds of loyal peasants , eager to touch his hand , or get a kind word from their long - lost prince . James seems , from all accounts , to have been very affable and gracious on this occasion ...
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... to take the usual oath , retarded his intended coronation . The Duke of Argyle determined to march against him ; and in an ill - fated hour the Chevalier consented to sign an order for burning all the towns and villages be-
... to take the usual oath , retarded his intended coronation . The Duke of Argyle determined to march against him ; and in an ill - fated hour the Chevalier consented to sign an order for burning all the towns and villages be-
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