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" The nobles exhausting their fortunes by the expense of frequent attendance upon the English court, and by attempts to imitate the manners and luxury of their more wealthy neighbours, multiplied exactions upon the people, who durst hardly utter complaints... "
The History of Scotland, During the Reigns of Queen Mary and of King James ... - Page 269
by William Robertson - 1811
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The history of Scotland, during the reigns of queen Mary and of ..., Volume 2

William Robertson - 1771 - 458 pages
...luxury of their more wealthy neighbours, multiplied exactions upon the people, who durft fcarce utter complaints which they knew would never reach the ear...of their Sovereign, nor move him to grant them any redrefs. And from the union of the Crowns, to the Revolution in 1688, Scotland was placed in a political...
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The History of Scotland During the Reigns of Queen Mary and of ..., Volume 2

William Robertson - Scotland - 1794 - 620 pages
...which they knew would never reach the ear of their fovereign, nor move him to grant them any redrefs. From the union of the crowns to the revolution in 1688, Scotland was placed in a political fituation, of all others the moft fingular and the moft unhappy ; fubjected at once to the abfolute...
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The History of Modern Europe: With an Account of the Decline and ..., Volume 3

William Russell - Europe - 1802 - 542 pages
...luxury of their more wealthy neighbours, multiplied exactions upon the people ; who durst hardly utter complaints, which they knew would never reach the ear of their sovereign, or be rendered too feeble to move him tograntthem redress7. Thus subjected at once to the 7. Robertson,...
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The history of Scotland, during the reigns of queen Mary and of ..., Volume 1

William Robertson - 1817 - 442 pages
...luxury of their more wealthy neighbours, multiplied exactions upon the people, who durst hardly utter complaints which they knew would never reach the ear...to the revolution in 1688, Scotland was placed in a poT liticul situation, of all others the most singular and the most unhappy ; subjected at once to...
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The Works of William Robertson, D. D...: To which is Prefixed an ..., Volume 3

William Robertson, Dugald Stewart - History - 1821 - 512 pages
...luxury of their more wealthy neighbours, multiplied exactions upon the people, who durst hardly utter complaints which they knew would never reach the ear...From the union of the crowns to the revolution in 1 688, Scotland was placed in a political situation of all others the most singular and the most unhappy...
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The History of Modern Europe: With an Account of the Decline ..., Volume 3

William Russell - Europe - 1822 - 452 pages
...the ear of their sovereign, or would be rendered too feeble to move him to grant them redress6. Thus subjected at once to the absolute will of a monarch,...to the oppressive jurisdiction of an aristocracy, Scotland suffered all the miseries peculiar to both these forms of government. Its kings were despots,...
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Works: The history of Scotland. The history of Scotland.- v. 3-5. The ...

William Robertson - America - 1825 - 482 pages
...luxury of their more wealthy neighbours, multiplied exactions upon the people, who durst hardly utter complaints which they knew would never reach the ear...From the union of the crowns to the .revolution in one thousand six hundred and eighty-eight, Scotland •was placed in a political situation, of all...
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English Synonymes: With Copious Illustrations and Explanations, Drawn from ...

George Crabb - English language - 1826 - 768 pages
...manner is affectation which is at variance with genuine simplicity, if not directly opposed to it ; ' From the union of the crowns to the Revolution in 1688, Scotland was placed in a political situation the most singular and most unhappy.1 ROBERTSON. SOME, ANY. Some, probably contracted from so a one...
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The History of Scotland, and an Historical Disquisition Concerning Ancient India

William Robertson - Scotland - 1828 - 746 pages
...luxury of their more wealthy neighbours, multiplied exactions upon the people, who durst hardly utter complaints which they knew would never reach the ear...From the union of the crowns to the revolution in one thousand six hundred and eighty-eight, Scotland was placed in a political situation, of all others...
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The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of ..., Part 2, Volume 19

Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 420 pages
...luxury of their more wealthy neighbours, multiplied exactions upon the people, who durst hardly utter complaints which they knew would never reach the ear of their sovereign, nor more him to grant them any redress. From the union of the crewns to the Revolution, in 1688, Scotland...
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