The History of Scotland: Translated from the Latin of George Buchanan; with Notes, and a Continuation to the Present Time ...Blackie, Fullarton & Company, 1829 - Scotland |
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... horses that drew " the accursed thing . " But when the sum came to be examined , it was found that only one hundred thousand pounds had been remitted in specie , and the remainder had been sent down in exchequer bills and immediately a ...
... horses that drew " the accursed thing . " But when the sum came to be examined , it was found that only one hundred thousand pounds had been remitted in specie , and the remainder had been sent down in exchequer bills and immediately a ...
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... horse was taken prisoner and carried to Car- lisle , where he was tried and condemned . To extort a discovery of the person who had sent the horse , threats of immediate execution in case of refusal , and offers of pardon on his giving ...
... horse was taken prisoner and carried to Car- lisle , where he was tried and condemned . To extort a discovery of the person who had sent the horse , threats of immediate execution in case of refusal , and offers of pardon on his giving ...
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... gir- nel on a certain day , with their horses to carry home his meal , They VOL . VI . F captain , and judge ; his castle was the centre HISTORY OF SCOTLAND . 33 inhabiting the counties of Perth, Stirling, and Dumbarton...
... gir- nel on a certain day , with their horses to carry home his meal , They VOL . VI . F captain , and judge ; his castle was the centre HISTORY OF SCOTLAND . 33 inhabiting the counties of Perth, Stirling, and Dumbarton...
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... horse , I think they might easily have traced out Mr. Menzies if they had so chosen . • We complain , even now , and not without reason , of the law's de lay : many after being ruined themselves have left their law - suits as legacies ...
... horse , I think they might easily have traced out Mr. Menzies if they had so chosen . • We complain , even now , and not without reason , of the law's de lay : many after being ruined themselves have left their law - suits as legacies ...
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... sent notice to a certain number of the duke's tenants to meet him at the gir- nel on a certain day , with their horses to carry home his meal , They VOL . VI . F ber , Badenoch , and the north , whom they HISTORY OF SCOTLAND . 33.
... sent notice to a certain number of the duke's tenants to meet him at the gir- nel on a certain day , with their horses to carry home his meal , They VOL . VI . F ber , Badenoch , and the north , whom they HISTORY OF SCOTLAND . 33.
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