The Life and Times of Prince Charles Stuart, Count of Albany, Commonly Called the Young Pretender, Volume 1 |
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... letters and examinations of witnesses was virgin soil . It was a mine well worth the work- ing , and I delved amidst its unsunned treasures . From the events of the rebellion to the hero of the enterprise was but a natural step . To my ...
... letters and examinations of witnesses was virgin soil . It was a mine well worth the work- ing , and I delved amidst its unsunned treasures . From the events of the rebellion to the hero of the enterprise was but a natural step . To my ...
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... letters , bearing upon the life and conduct of Charles , were edited in 1845 by Earl Stanhope , then Lord Mahon , for the Roxburghe Club . To the world at large , the " Decline of the Last Stuarts , " the title of the work in which ...
... letters , bearing upon the life and conduct of Charles , were edited in 1845 by Earl Stanhope , then Lord Mahon , for the Roxburghe Club . To the world at large , the " Decline of the Last Stuarts , " the title of the work in which ...
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... letters of John Walton are to the earlier portion . Walton was the agent of the English Government at Rome , and his letters , running through several volumes , have never before to my knowledge been made public . They will be found ...
... letters of John Walton are to the earlier portion . Walton was the agent of the English Government at Rome , and his letters , running through several volumes , have never before to my knowledge been made public . They will be found ...
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... Letters of Sir Horace Walpole ; Coxe's Pelham ; A. Hayward's Essays ; and Articles in the Quarterly Review , Revue des deux Mondes , Scottish Episcopal Magazine , and Caledo- nian Mercury . LONDON , May , 1875 . CONTENTS . CHAPTER I ...
... Letters of Sir Horace Walpole ; Coxe's Pelham ; A. Hayward's Essays ; and Articles in the Quarterly Review , Revue des deux Mondes , Scottish Episcopal Magazine , and Caledo- nian Mercury . LONDON , May , 1875 . CONTENTS . CHAPTER I ...
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... letter to his father informing him of his resolution - The crew ignorant of his presence . CHAPTER IV . THE RAISING OF THE STANDARD . Engagement between the Elizabeth and the Lion - La Doutelle anchors off Erisca - Macdonald of Boisdale ...
... letter to his father informing him of his resolution - The crew ignorant of his presence . CHAPTER IV . THE RAISING OF THE STANDARD . Engagement between the Elizabeth and the Lion - La Doutelle anchors off Erisca - Macdonald of Boisdale ...
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