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... fact strangely ignorant of his history – apart from some of its more romantic episodes it may be true that a nation ... fact . Horatius may never have defended the Tiber bridge against the proud Lars Porsenna , but he illustrates the ...
... fact strangely ignorant of his history – apart from some of its more romantic episodes it may be true that a nation ... fact . Horatius may never have defended the Tiber bridge against the proud Lars Porsenna , but he illustrates the ...
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... fact that the Scots sought to be loyal to the Stuart kings as well as to their own Church . This goal may have been unwise and even unattainable , but it seems very far from an insane intoler- ance . The plain fact is that in the ...
... fact that the Scots sought to be loyal to the Stuart kings as well as to their own Church . This goal may have been unwise and even unattainable , but it seems very far from an insane intoler- ance . The plain fact is that in the ...
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... fact they do , they find ascribed to themselves characteristics utterly alien to their own traditions . The images and stereotypes and legends dinned daily into Scottish ears are purely English . If Scotland is recognised at all , the ...
... fact they do , they find ascribed to themselves characteristics utterly alien to their own traditions . The images and stereotypes and legends dinned daily into Scottish ears are purely English . If Scotland is recognised at all , the ...
Contents
TO OUR ENGLISH BROTHER | 19 |
Demand for a plebiscite | 26 |
HISTORY AND LEGEND | 33 |
Copyright | |
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