The Lay of the Last Minstrel: A PoemW. S. Orr, 1838 - 216 pages |
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... battle rode : Anne , Duchess of Buccleuch and Monmouth , representative of the ancient lords of Buccleuch , and widow of the unfortunate James , Duke of Monmouth , who was beheaded in 1685 . Francis Scott , Earl of Buccleuch , father of ...
... battle rode : Anne , Duchess of Buccleuch and Monmouth , representative of the ancient lords of Buccleuch , and widow of the unfortunate James , Duke of Monmouth , who was beheaded in 1685 . Francis Scott , Earl of Buccleuch , father of ...
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... And , gazing timid on the crowd , Halidon - hill , on which the battle of Melrose was fought . Lauds , the midnight service of the Catholic church . C He seem'd to seek in every eye If they approved CANTO I. ] 17 THE LAST MINSTREL .
... And , gazing timid on the crowd , Halidon - hill , on which the battle of Melrose was fought . Lauds , the midnight service of the Catholic church . C He seem'd to seek in every eye If they approved CANTO I. ] 17 THE LAST MINSTREL .
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... battle , intending to have fulfilled the king's petition , and therefore came stoutly forward on the back side of Haliden hill . By that the Earl of Angus , with George Douglas , his brother , and sundry other of his friends , seeing ...
... battle , intending to have fulfilled the king's petition , and therefore came stoutly forward on the back side of Haliden hill . By that the Earl of Angus , with George Douglas , his brother , and sundry other of his friends , seeing ...
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... battle of Melrose , there ensued a deadly feud betwixt the names of Scott and Kerr , which , in spite of all means used to bring about an agreement , raged for many years upon the Borders . Buccleuch was imprisoned , and his estates ...
... battle of Melrose , there ensued a deadly feud betwixt the names of Scott and Kerr , which , in spite of all means used to bring about an agreement , raged for many years upon the Borders . Buccleuch was imprisoned , and his estates ...
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... battle betwixt Buccleuch and Angus , which is called to this day the Skirmish Field . - See the 5th note on this Canto . Note XXII . Old Melros ' rose , and fair Tweed ran.-P. 17 . The ancient and beautiful monastery of Melrose was ...
... battle betwixt Buccleuch and Angus , which is called to this day the Skirmish Field . - See the 5th note on this Canto . Note XXII . Old Melros ' rose , and fair Tweed ran.-P. 17 . The ancient and beautiful monastery of Melrose was ...
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