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... parties in England - Jacobite ballads against the reigning queen - Jacobite button - Scotch soldiers in France James reviews the corps - His emotion at meeting them - Mary the Second's death in 1695 - James the Second's death in 1701 ...
... parties in England - Jacobite ballads against the reigning queen - Jacobite button - Scotch soldiers in France James reviews the corps - His emotion at meeting them - Mary the Second's death in 1695 - James the Second's death in 1701 ...
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... parties in 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 ...
... parties in 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 ...
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... party safely at Calais . Louis XIV . acted a generous part . He responded to the touching letters in which Mary and James implored his aid and friendship , by invit- ing them to court , and treating them with as much . honour as if they ...
... party safely at Calais . Louis XIV . acted a generous part . He responded to the touching letters in which Mary and James implored his aid and friendship , by invit- ing them to court , and treating them with as much . honour as if they ...
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... party of Campbells went to Glencoe , and were Macdonald's guests for a fortnight . As soon as they thought that the passes were secured by the rest of their false clan , they fell on their hosts , and massacred nearly forty persons ...
... party of Campbells went to Glencoe , and were Macdonald's guests for a fortnight . As soon as they thought that the passes were secured by the rest of their false clan , they fell on their hosts , and massacred nearly forty persons ...
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... offered him refuge , rather than with Mary of England , whose conscience is said to have at length sorely plagued her for her unfilial conduct . Jacobite Songs . 19 There were two parties in England 18 Tales of the White Cockade .
... offered him refuge , rather than with Mary of England , whose conscience is said to have at length sorely plagued her for her unfilial conduct . Jacobite Songs . 19 There were two parties in England 18 Tales of the White Cockade .
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