The Life and Times of Prince Charles Stuart, Count of Albany, Commonly Called the Young Pretender, Volume 1 |
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... hand , that though I refer to the work of Earl Stan- hope , I have none the less examined the papers for myself . I have to thank the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs for permission to make this exami- nation . What the ...
... hand , that though I refer to the work of Earl Stan- hope , I have none the less examined the papers for myself . I have to thank the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs for permission to make this exami- nation . What the ...
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... hand was courted by many and would have been a prize to the noblest . In an evil hour , dazzled by the prospect of a crown , she was wooed and won by the head of the House of Stuart . To James the alliance was in every way desirable ...
... hand was courted by many and would have been a prize to the noblest . In an evil hour , dazzled by the prospect of a crown , she was wooed and won by the head of the House of Stuart . To James the alliance was in every way desirable ...
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... hand with their bearded lips , and felt a new life animating their loyalty . Bigoted intriguers , whose one prayer was that England might return to the Catholic faith , hurried to the couch to pay homage , knowing that as long as the ...
... hand with their bearded lips , and felt a new life animating their loyalty . Bigoted intriguers , whose one prayer was that England might return to the Catholic faith , hurried to the couch to pay homage , knowing that as long as the ...
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... hand of an assassin , after a wearisome imprison- ment in England . His son , the second James , began a troublous reign by slaying his own nephews , and was himself slain by the bursting of a gun at Roxburgh siege . The third James had ...
... hand of an assassin , after a wearisome imprison- ment in England . His son , the second James , began a troublous reign by slaying his own nephews , and was himself slain by the bursting of a gun at Roxburgh siege . The third James had ...
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... hands , and that in the country where she was born there was no other distinc- tion but that of honest and dishonest . * These women , and particularly two Londoners , kept such a racket about us to make us kiss the young Pretender's hand ...
... hands , and that in the country where she was born there was no other distinc- tion but that of honest and dishonest . * These women , and particularly two Londoners , kept such a racket about us to make us kiss the young Pretender's hand ...
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