The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 51A. Constable, 1830 |
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Page 39
... King John , emblazoned Magna Charta , and consecrated the plain of Runnemede . In spite of Cressy , and Poictiers , and Agincourt , the reigns of the Edwards , and Henries , and Ri- chards , would have been read by comparatively few ...
... King John , emblazoned Magna Charta , and consecrated the plain of Runnemede . In spite of Cressy , and Poictiers , and Agincourt , the reigns of the Edwards , and Henries , and Ri- chards , would have been read by comparatively few ...
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... King of Sweden , was in the career of his victories as the champion of the Protestant cause , and of the liberties of Germany . Having obtained the post of ensign in a regiment of Scots , raised by Colonel Lumsden , he set out with them ...
... King of Sweden , was in the career of his victories as the champion of the Protestant cause , and of the liberties of Germany . Having obtained the post of ensign in a regiment of Scots , raised by Colonel Lumsden , he set out with them ...
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... king's ships were in the firth ; bot I was mistaken , for they were gone ; and no matter they had been gone sooner , for any good service they did the king there . ' Sir James wrote this in his old age , after he had adopted high ...
... king's ships were in the firth ; bot I was mistaken , for they were gone ; and no matter they had been gone sooner , for any good service they did the king there . ' Sir James wrote this in his old age , after he had adopted high ...
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... King . In reading the account which Sir James has given of the proceedings of the Scottish army in Ireland and England , we were particularly struck with his repeated attempts to fasten the charge of incapacity on the general . Not ...
... King . In reading the account which Sir James has given of the proceedings of the Scottish army in Ireland and England , we were particularly struck with his repeated attempts to fasten the charge of incapacity on the general . Not ...
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... king's sad fate , and the infatuated ' stupidity of these under him . ' ( P. 32. ) This last expression is a common one with the writer of the Memoirs . Had it not been for the fates , and the stupidity of his servants , the king would ...
... king's sad fate , and the infatuated ' stupidity of these under him . ' ( P. 32. ) This last expression is a common one with the writer of the Memoirs . Had it not been for the fates , and the stupidity of his servants , the king would ...
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