The History of Dunbar: From the Earliest Records to the Present Period : with a Description of the Ancient Castles and Picturesque Scenery on the Borders of East Lothian |
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... camp - The barracks - The false alarm - Napoleon -George IV.'s visit to Scotland - Queen Victoria's visit - The Russian war - Militia artillery , 172 CHAPTER VIII . Lady Elizabeth Dunbar - Betrothed to the Duke of Rothsay - The duke ...
... camp - The barracks - The false alarm - Napoleon -George IV.'s visit to Scotland - Queen Victoria's visit - The Russian war - Militia artillery , 172 CHAPTER VIII . Lady Elizabeth Dunbar - Betrothed to the Duke of Rothsay - The duke ...
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... camp , and with bards to celebrate victories before they were achieved , melted like the pillars of an icy palace on the immortal plain of Bannockburn ; and Edward , after seeing his army nearly annihilated , fled with a body of horse ...
... camp , and with bards to celebrate victories before they were achieved , melted like the pillars of an icy palace on the immortal plain of Bannockburn ; and Edward , after seeing his army nearly annihilated , fled with a body of horse ...
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... camp , put them to the sword . Surprise , consternation , and confu- sion , seized the Scottish host ; and the chieftains , rushing preci- pitately to repel the aggressors , were slain amidst heaps of their followers . The Earl of Mar ...
... camp , put them to the sword . Surprise , consternation , and confu- sion , seized the Scottish host ; and the chieftains , rushing preci- pitately to repel the aggressors , were slain amidst heaps of their followers . The Earl of Mar ...
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... camp , " lay in garrison . Percy , willing to shew some proof of his personal prowess , challenged Douglas to single combat . In the first en- counter the English knight was unhorsed , and had been taken prisoner , but for the timely ...
... camp , " lay in garrison . Percy , willing to shew some proof of his personal prowess , challenged Douglas to single combat . In the first en- counter the English knight was unhorsed , and had been taken prisoner , but for the timely ...
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... camp . But our watches were in such readiness , that they had no vantage there , but were fain to recoil without doing of any harni . That night they looked for us to have burnt the town of Dunbar , which we deferred till the morning at ...
... camp . But our watches were in such readiness , that they had no vantage there , but were fain to recoil without doing of any harni . That night they looked for us to have burnt the town of Dunbar , which we deferred till the morning at ...
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