The Life and Times of Prince Charles Stuart, Count of Albany, Commonly Called the Young Pretender, Volume 1 |
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Page xi
... Inverness - Separation of the Princess from her husband -She retires into a convent - The scandal that ensued - Interference of the Vatican - The Queen of Spain remonstrates - Representations of the Jacobites - Obstinacy of James ...
... Inverness - Separation of the Princess from her husband -She retires into a convent - The scandal that ensued - Interference of the Vatican - The Queen of Spain remonstrates - Representations of the Jacobites - Obstinacy of James ...
Page xiv
... Inverness -Loudoun's account of it - Fidelity of the Highlanders - Indignation of the Duke - Surrender of Fort George - Siege of Blair Castle- Timidity of Lord Crawford - Precarious condition of the Prince- Desires aid from France ...
... Inverness -Loudoun's account of it - Fidelity of the Highlanders - Indignation of the Duke - Surrender of Fort George - Siege of Blair Castle- Timidity of Lord Crawford - Precarious condition of the Prince- Desires aid from France ...
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... Inverness and Secretary of State . According to Lockhart * he was " a cunning , false , avaricious creature , of very ordinary parts , cultivated by no sort of literature , and altogether void of experience in business ; with inso ...
... Inverness and Secretary of State . According to Lockhart * he was " a cunning , false , avaricious creature , of very ordinary parts , cultivated by no sort of literature , and altogether void of experience in business ; with inso ...
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... the veins of James's consort there ran the proud blood of the Sobieskis , and she declined to limit her resistance merely to the pettier insults she was in the habit of receiving from the Earl and Countess of Inverness . She.
... the veins of James's consort there ran the proud blood of the Sobieskis , and she declined to limit her resistance merely to the pettier insults she was in the habit of receiving from the Earl and Countess of Inverness . She.
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... Inverness ) . The Princess told him flatly that unless he dismissed that lady , she herself would quit the palace . The following reasons have contributed to this state of things which has been going on for several months , and always ...
... Inverness ) . The Princess told him flatly that unless he dismissed that lady , she herself would quit the palace . The following reasons have contributed to this state of things which has been going on for several months , and always ...
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