The X Jewel: A Scottish Romance of the Days of James VI.Harper & Brothers, 1896 - 262 páginas |
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... " This was not news to me . The King , who was but a lad eighteen years of age , was said to be ruled by the Earl of Arran . This so - called Earl , by name James Stewart , was a younger son of his house 14 THE X JEWEL .
... " This was not news to me . The King , who was but a lad eighteen years of age , was said to be ruled by the Earl of Arran . This so - called Earl , by name James Stewart , was a younger son of his house 14 THE X JEWEL .
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... called , and the Presbyterian Ministers , who styled themselves sometimes the Kirk and sometimes the Saints of God . These packing up their feuds made a combination so strong that the Earl of Arran was constrained to pray for the help ...
... called , and the Presbyterian Ministers , who styled themselves sometimes the Kirk and sometimes the Saints of God . These packing up their feuds made a combination so strong that the Earl of Arran was constrained to pray for the help ...
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... called him the Crownal . And I , having dressed myself with great care , was about to go in search of the lodging of this same Colonel when Saunders Robertson interrupted me . I knew him for a true Scot and a good soldier , and I ...
... called him the Crownal . And I , having dressed myself with great care , was about to go in search of the lodging of this same Colonel when Saunders Robertson interrupted me . I knew him for a true Scot and a good soldier , and I ...
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... sight of this our Palace . Then it was but the other day that William the Silent , as they called him- he's silent enough now , poor man - had three drops of lead put through him by a common messenger fellow with THE X JEWEL . 176 21.
... sight of this our Palace . Then it was but the other day that William the Silent , as they called him- he's silent enough now , poor man - had three drops of lead put through him by a common messenger fellow with THE X JEWEL . 176 21.
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... called him Judas . Among his fellows he was Red Rynian , or Rusty Rynian ; and as he came from the Debateable Ground , he may have been one of Dick the Devil's bairns . But I was content to call him Barabbas ; and although he did once ...
... called him Judas . Among his fellows he was Red Rynian , or Rusty Rynian ; and as he came from the Debateable Ground , he may have been one of Dick the Devil's bairns . But I was content to call him Barabbas ; and although he did once ...
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