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... or whether some of them at least were not letters from Mary intended for her
husband Darnley , and therefore removed from the region of censure . It is
sufficient that the letters , genuine or not , existed at one time , and exercised a
powerful ...
... or whether some of them at least were not letters from Mary intended for her
husband Darnley , and therefore removed from the region of censure . It is
sufficient that the letters , genuine or not , existed at one time , and exercised a
powerful ...
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The remains of certain minor conspirators executed were conveyed to Glasgow
and hung up , in token of at least a small measure of justice meted out to the
murderers of one so intimately associated by descent and title with the West of ...
The remains of certain minor conspirators executed were conveyed to Glasgow
and hung up , in token of at least a small measure of justice meted out to the
murderers of one so intimately associated by descent and title with the West of ...
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In matters of feudal law he was acknowledged to have no rival , either on the
bench or at the bar - no rival at least which he needed to fear ; and there were in
his day either on the bench or at the bar names so historical as Robert Blair of ...
In matters of feudal law he was acknowledged to have no rival , either on the
bench or at the bar - no rival at least which he needed to fear ; and there were in
his day either on the bench or at the bar names so historical as Robert Blair of ...
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It thus came about that between Sunday , 2nd May , the day of Mary ' s escape
from Lochleven , and Thursday , 13th May , an army , irregular it is true , but full of
enthusiasm , and numbering at least four thousand , had gathered round the ...
It thus came about that between Sunday , 2nd May , the day of Mary ' s escape
from Lochleven , and Thursday , 13th May , an army , irregular it is true , but full of
enthusiasm , and numbering at least four thousand , had gathered round the ...
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... by the Boswell family , and the rest divided among the Marquis of Bute with ten
other proprietors . THE MURES OF CALDWELL . MURE , Moore , More , for the
same name has in process of time assumed all these and at least as many other
...
... by the Boswell family , and the rest divided among the Marquis of Bute with ten
other proprietors . THE MURES OF CALDWELL . MURE , Moore , More , for the
same name has in process of time assumed all these and at least as many other
...
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| Title | The West of Scotland in History: Being Brief Notes Concerning Events, Family Traditions, Topography, and Institutions |
| Author | Joseph Irving |
| Publisher | R. Forrester, 1885 |
| Length | 359 pages |
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