The Life and Times of Prince Charles Stuart, Count of Albany, Commonly Called the Young Pretender, Volume 1 |
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... thought proper . The first thing , therefore , that had to be done was to render the amorous domestic favourable to the plot . A handsome bribe speedily secured his services , and made him warmly support any effort that should be ...
... thought proper . The first thing , therefore , that had to be done was to render the amorous domestic favourable to the plot . A handsome bribe speedily secured his services , and made him warmly support any effort that should be ...
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... thoughts doubtless crossed the mind of more than one silent spectator on this occasion . As soon as the lying - in - state was concluded the child was baptised . The names given him on that occasion were Charles Edward Louis Philip ...
... thoughts doubtless crossed the mind of more than one silent spectator on this occasion . As soon as the lying - in - state was concluded the child was baptised . The names given him on that occasion were Charles Edward Louis Philip ...
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... thought it incumbent on him to invite us to divine service ( next day being Easter Sunday ) : such language at Rome appeared to me a jest , I stared at the Doctor , who added that the Pretender ( whom he called king ) had prevailed with ...
... thought it incumbent on him to invite us to divine service ( next day being Easter Sunday ) : such language at Rome appeared to me a jest , I stared at the Doctor , who added that the Pretender ( whom he called king ) had prevailed with ...
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... thought fit to have him bred up by their 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 ...
... thought fit to have him bred up by their 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 ...
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... thoughts - the love of my country is the first principle of my worldly wishes , and my heart bleeds to see so worthy and honest a people distressed and misled by a few wicked men , and plunged into miseries almost irretrievable ...
... thoughts - the love of my country is the first principle of my worldly wishes , and my heart bleeds to see so worthy and honest a people distressed and misled by a few wicked men , and plunged into miseries almost irretrievable ...
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