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Excerpt from James I. And ViThis apparent, though more apparent than real, success of James as a sove reign - a success of a strictly temporary character and akin to the period of quiet that precedes the storm - has thus deprived his life of the thrilling interest which attaches to the lives of the more unfortunate members of his~house. Yet.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more ...

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Excerpt from Mary Queen of Scots, Her Environment and Tragedy, Vol. 2: A BiographyAving thus bafiled Elizabeth and vanquished her brother, by far the most dangerous of all her Scottish foes, Mary, it might seem to some, was past the worst of her perplexities and troubles. Knowing nothing of fear, she was probably anticipating the future with higher hope than had been hers since Shefound herself in the hands of the Protestants. If her difficult...

Excerpt from Old-World Scotland: Glimpses of Its Modes and MannersDE quincey, who has some claims as an authority on intoxicants, has Opined that our northern climates have universally the taste latent, if not developed, for powerful liquors. He may be right, but, as a matter of fact, the taste has developed very slowly. In early times it prevailed chie¿y in climates Where the grape was grown, or in latitudes Where bang and Similar brews fired...

Excerpt from Scottish Vernacular Literature: A Succinct HistoryIn such auspicious circumstances a succinct hand book of the Whole subject - a handbook Which should summarise the main features of this in many ways admirable literature, should trace its interdependence, even in prosody, from its earliest beginnings down to Burns and his immediate successors, and should serve as, at least, an introduction and guide to its more general and systema...

Excerpt from The Casket Letters and Mary Queen of Scots: With AppendicesThe question as to whether Dr. Bresslau or I was the first to make historical use of Morton's narrative is scarcely even a Side issue. I am therefore the more surprised that Mr. Skelton Should have felt himself called upon to make against me on this score an insinua tion which he was confessedly unable to prove. I am not sure, he writes, that Mr. Henderson's claim to the c...

Excerpt from A Little Book of Scottish VerseThe Jollie Beggar General Leslie's March to Longmarston Moor For the Love of Jean Todlen Butt and Todlen Ben Scornfu' Napsy Young Lass contra Auld Man Jenny Nettles.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology...

Excerpt from A Little Book of Scottish VerseThe Jollie Beggar General Leslie's March to Longmarston Moor For the Love of Jean Todlen Butt and Todlen Ben Scornfu' Napsy Young Lass contra Auld Man Jenny Nettles.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology...