Memoirs of Prince Charles Stuart: (count of Albany) Commonly Called the Young Pretender; with Notices of the Rebellion in 1745, Volume 1H. Colburn, 1845 |
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... , and to pass in review the more immediate predecessors of his race . Since the year 1370 , when the first Stuart mounted the throne of Scotland , under the title of Robert II . , eight sovereigns of the house 2 MEMOIRS OF.
... , and to pass in review the more immediate predecessors of his race . Since the year 1370 , when the first Stuart mounted the throne of Scotland , under the title of Robert II . , eight sovereigns of the house 2 MEMOIRS OF.
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... throne and that of his descendants with a new bulwark , he allowed his councillor , David Beaton , who was afterwards raised to the dignity of cardinal , to lull him into the belief that in a rich and educated clergy would ever be found ...
... throne and that of his descendants with a new bulwark , he allowed his councillor , David Beaton , who was afterwards raised to the dignity of cardinal , to lull him into the belief that in a rich and educated clergy would ever be found ...
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... throne of her forefathers , saw Scotland desolated by a civil war , the flames of which were kept alive for nineteen years by the zeal of the Reformers and their opponents , by the jealousy of Elizabeth , and by the intrigues of the ...
... throne of her forefathers , saw Scotland desolated by a civil war , the flames of which were kept alive for nineteen years by the zeal of the Reformers and their opponents , by the jealousy of Elizabeth , and by the intrigues of the ...
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... throne , Mary showed herself totally unfitted for the times upon which she was cast . Neither her personal beauty , nor her long - enduring sufferings , can secure her against the censure of posterity . She was so entirely the tool of ...
... throne , Mary showed herself totally unfitted for the times upon which she was cast . Neither her personal beauty , nor her long - enduring sufferings , can secure her against the censure of posterity . She was so entirely the tool of ...
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... throne of England , should Elizabeth die without issue . Accordingly , when the long anxiously - awaited event occurred , he succeeded to the vacant throne without opposition , and wore the crowns of the two kingdoms under the title of ...
... throne of England , should Elizabeth die without issue . Accordingly , when the long anxiously - awaited event occurred , he succeeded to the vacant throne without opposition , and wore the crowns of the two kingdoms under the title of ...
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Page 25 - Here lies our Sovereign Lord the King, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one.
Page 206 - TOR the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.
Page 101 - Eighth, by the Grace of God, King of Scotland, England, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. and for relieving this, his ancient kingdom, from the oppressions and grievances it lies under.
Page 249 - Charles put himself at the head of the second line, which was close behind the first, and addressed them in these words : — '" Follow me, gentlemen, and by the blessing " of God, I will this day make you a free and
Page 241 - THERE was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her beauty and her chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men; A thousand hearts beat happily; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell.
Page 309 - arrived at Derby two days after I parted. He had been sent by Sir Watkin Wynn and Lord Barrymore to assure me, in the name of my friends, that they were ready to join me in what manner I pleased, either in the capital, or every one to rise in his own country.
Page 144 - Let what will happen, the stroke is struck, and I have taken a firm resolution to conquer or to die, and stand my ground as long as I shall have a man remaining with me.
Page 32 - That the freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of parliament.
Page 161 - though no other man in the Highlands should draw a sword, I am ready to die for you.
Page 267 - As for the young man that is come " among us to seek an earthly crown, we beseech " thee in mercy take him to thyself, and give him " a crown of glory ! " Forbearance in such a case was easy, but in that of Edinburgh Castle it involved a heavy sacrifice.