The Handy Volume "Waverly" ...: A legend of Montrose, &cBradbury, Agnew, 1877 |
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... assistance of their brethren of the English . Parliament that auxiliary army of twenty thousand men , by means of which accession of strength , the King's party had been reduced to the defensive , when in full career of triumph and ...
... assistance of their brethren of the English . Parliament that auxiliary army of twenty thousand men , by means of which accession of strength , the King's party had been reduced to the defensive , when in full career of triumph and ...
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... assistance of the Scottish forces . The Presbyterians , a numerous and powerful party in the English Parliament , had hitherto taken the lead in opposition to the King ; while the Independents and other sectaries , who afterwards ...
... assistance of the Scottish forces . The Presbyterians , a numerous and powerful party in the English Parliament , had hitherto taken the lead in opposition to the King ; while the Independents and other sectaries , who afterwards ...
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... waited to marshal them a way into the dwelling - house . But Captain Dalgetty refused the prof- fered assistance of those who wished to relieve him of the charge of his horse . " It is my custom 28 A LEGEND OF MONTROSE .
... waited to marshal them a way into the dwelling - house . But Captain Dalgetty refused the prof- fered assistance of those who wished to relieve him of the charge of his horse . " It is my custom 28 A LEGEND OF MONTROSE .
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... assistance of such fellows as our friend the soldado . To use the canting phrase of the saints in the English Parliament , the sons of Zeruiah are still too many for us . " " " " I must dissemble , then , as well as I can , " said Lord ...
... assistance of such fellows as our friend the soldado . To use the canting phrase of the saints in the English Parliament , the sons of Zeruiah are still too many for us . " " " " I must dissemble , then , as well as I can , " said Lord ...
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... assistance to our own party . " " " And if not , " said the Laird , " I protest , as the Captain says , that nothing that has passed this evening , not even his having eaten my bread and salt , and pledged me in brandy , Bourdeaux , or ...
... assistance to our own party . " " " And if not , " said the Laird , " I protest , as the Captain says , that nothing that has passed this evening , not even his having eaten my bread and salt , and pledged me in brandy , Bourdeaux , or ...
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