Biographia Scotica: Or Scottish Biographical Dictionary; Containing a Short Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons and Remarkable Characters, Natives of Scotland, from the Earliest Ages to the Present TimeA. Constable & Company, 1805 - 428 páginas |
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... crowns , offered him consi - ther extraordinary passages we derable preferment , provided he meet with the following : would become a member of the " There is nobody in the world church of England . Not choos- who can so experimentally ...
... crowns , offered him consi - ther extraordinary passages we derable preferment , provided he meet with the following : would become a member of the " There is nobody in the world church of England . Not choos- who can so experimentally ...
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... crown of Scot- land with John Baliol . His fa- ther , yielding to the times , had served under the English ban- ners . But young Bruce had more ambition , and a more restless spirit . In his earlier years he acted upon no regular plan ...
... crown of Scot- land with John Baliol . His fa- ther , yielding to the times , had served under the English ban- ners . But young Bruce had more ambition , and a more restless spirit . In his earlier years he acted upon no regular plan ...
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... crown.brother . The king was dis He was accordingly crowned pleased at this treaty , which in- at Scone on the 25th Marchterrupted his operations , and 1306. Meantime Edward raise allowed the English to assem- ed an army , which he sent ...
... crown.brother . The king was dis He was accordingly crowned pleased at this treaty , which in- at Scone on the 25th Marchterrupted his operations , and 1306. Meantime Edward raise allowed the English to assem- ed an army , which he sent ...
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... crown against the power occasioned by the bite of a of the mighty and lawless ba - mad - dog , while others derived rons . By his artful policy the his madness from disappoint- young earl of Douglas and his ment in a love affair . What ...
... crown against the power occasioned by the bite of a of the mighty and lawless ba - mad - dog , while others derived rons . By his artful policy the his madness from disappoint- young earl of Douglas and his ment in a love affair . What ...
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... crown , whose pos- sessions lay in the midst of Douglas's lands in Galloway , had refused to attach himself to the earl . In the eyes of Doug- las this was an unpardonable offence . He besieged him in his castle , took and destroyed it ...
... crown , whose pos- sessions lay in the midst of Douglas's lands in Galloway , had refused to attach himself to the earl . In the eyes of Doug- las this was an unpardonable offence . He besieged him in his castle , took and destroyed it ...
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